707 kt groundspeed

Lost in Saigon · Post by **Lost in Saigon** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 10:00 pm

Enroute from Vietnam to Japan.

What is the highest groundpeed you have seen in a subsonic aircrafrt?

eep...2 Green · Post by **eep...2 Green** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 10:34 pm

I once saw 5kts in a 150...but that was backwards

Glen Quagmire · Post by **Glen Quagmire** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 10:45 pm

Mach .834 in a 763, really pouring the coals to her.

Lost in Saigon · Post by **Lost in Saigon** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:18 pm

At Vietnam Airlines they are very generous with the fuel and we get paid salary and so we often fly .82 instead of .80 or econ.

On this occasion the Capt wanted to see us break 700 so he bumped it up to .83 and turned the A/C off the airway for a second to get more tailwind.

KAG · Post by **KAG** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:00 am

Saw 408KTS in descent (398KTS in cruise) in a BE20 one time. Also have seen 135KTS in level flight...Could have flown it backwards.

someguy2 · Post by **someguy2** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:31 am

I did over.90 in decent last week by mistake

, but have spent a lot of time over.86 to.87 this past month. One Capt really likes going fast....

flyinhigh · Post by **flyinhigh** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:34 am

well I am far from that,
the best I've got so far is 257 knots in the HO in cruise at 12.5,
and 271 knots in the decent.
I was happy for that, now 700 knots thats just awesome, can you imagine the concorde routinely did that.

eep...2 Green · Post by **eep...2 Green** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:43 am

Schlem · Post by **Schlem** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 1:27 am

King Air Guy wrote:Saw 408KTS in descent (398KTS in cruise) in a BE20 one time. Also have seen 135KTS in level flight...Could have flown it backwards.

I've also broken 400 knots in a King Air 200... in the descent too.

...broke 600 knots in a Learjet once

shankdown · Post by **shankdown** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 1:45 am

Piper Navajo 310 heading east over the Sierra Nevada's, level flight at 17000 feet, saw 295 knots groundspeed. Level flight. Couldn't believe it.

Shizzledank

Captain Crunch · Post by **Captain Crunch** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 6:03 am

Lost in Saigon wrote:At Vietnam Airlines they are very generous with the fuel and we get paid salary and so we often fly .82 instead of .80 or econ.

On this occasion the Capt wanted to see us break 700 so he bumped it up to .83 and turned the A/C off the airway for a second to get more tailwind.

Sounds like an Airbus pilot, "hold on to your panties, we're at .82" seen .88 in cruise for long periods, .901 in a decent once, but thats a 747 400 for ya...

twotter · Post by **twotter** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 8:27 am

Had a 12 knot G/S in a beaver one windy day..

Machdiamond · Post by **Machdiamond** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 9:31 am

Lost in Saigon, do I understand you're flying a 763?

The current 763 ground speed record is 700 kts at

http://groundspeedrecords.com/

You way want to add you name to the list...

--Machdiamond

PS: Me? 175kts in a Katana C1 once. Alas, no camera.

kim_2222 · Post by **kim_2222** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 9:46 am

seen 220kts in a seminole. (well. not me, but i've seen the pic)

k

Lost in Saigon · Post by **Lost in Saigon** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 9:49 am

Yes it was a B767-300ER. 02 Apr 2004

Thanks for the link, I will try to add it.

flyinhigh · Post by **flyinhigh** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 10:14 am

well now that I see 305 for the HO, I have a new goal to get to. HAHA
Fed ex power all the way.
all seriousness, that is a cool website though.

phillyfan · Post by **phillyfan** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 10:30 am

185 in a piston Beaver.

sanjet · Post by **sanjet** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:36 am

Went 170 in a katana once for toronto-montreal flight, had a 50 knot tailwind at 9500. Did the flight in less then 1.5 hours (takes 50 min by jets), not bad for a single piston 2 seater!

co-joe · Post by **co-joe** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:34 pm

This is why I especially like the GNS 430, because it has a high score page. Only complaint is that you can't put your name next to it.

TTail · Post by **TTail** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 1:12 pm

just curious, whats the Mmo on a 767?

Flying Newf · Post by **Flying Newf** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 1:42 pm

338 KTS in a 182, I think it’s rigged, or he had a jet strapped to the belly of it!

Donald · Post by **Donald** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 2:38 pm

Did you notice that a lot of the photo evidence is from DME readouts? Or just the GPS screen? There's probably more than one fake in there.

rejd · Post by **rejd** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 3:09 pm

Seeing as the VNE on the 182 is around 172kts I would think the plane would not survive 332kts.

but that is just my opinion. Any one care to argue?

TTail · Post by **TTail** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 3:26 pm

rejd wrote:Seeing as the VNE on the 182 is around 172kts I would think the plane would not survive 332kts. but that is just my opinion. Any one care to argue?

well rejd, if the pilot had the 182 at 172kts and had a 160kt tailwind component that would equal 332kts groundspeed. It has nothing to do really with the aircraft surviving. This scenario would not exceed the aircraft's limitations.

TTail · Post by **TTail** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 3:27 pm

of course that supposed jetstream that this pilot was riding would have had to been pretty low for that airplane