Originally Posted by
star_world
For the technical ones among you
Here's the FlightAware track log for this flight, compared with the one the previous day, in the last final minutes:
Time / Ground Speed / Altitude
- 15:14 193 3000
- 15:15 188 2900
- 15:16 179 2500
- 15:17 176 1700
- 15:18 169 800
Time / Ground Speed / Altitude
- 15:00 192 3000
- 15:02 173 2800
- 15:03 151 1800
- 15:04 125 1100
- 15:05 122 400
So yes, significantly faster! Obviously this is ground speed not airspeed, but still an interesting comparison.
Still, I'm impressed that an a/c this big can land without flaps at 169 kph. That's only slightly faster than a 744 landing with full flaps.