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Old Dec 12, 2009 | 11:34 am
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Originally Posted by marcus613
Yesterday I was aboard UA104 from LAS to IAD on a 757. About half way into the flight the captain comes on and announces that "normally I don't interrupt with flight information" but we are currently cruising at 37,000 feet with a tail wind of 180kts so the effective ground speed is 748mph.

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I was flying IAD-LAS yesterday, and we were ~15 minutes late because of the strong head-winds. I only had a 30-minute connection in LAS for my LAX flight, but was able to make it. Turns out the incoming plane that was supposed to go LAS-LAX was a little late as well...
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