Originally Posted by
airport_monkey
I was on 320 bus (n496ua) doing the UA 190 with those crazy tailwinds (145 mph). The pilot announced at 39000 feet we were flying faster than 700 mph. We were the first bus to do this he says (I imagine for a normal daily flight.)
Sent my father and sister off on a PHX-YYZ USAirways Airbus yesterday and tracked the flight.
My jaw hit the floor when I saw that their speed over Indianna was
Mach .99!! Also at FL390. Even if that's groundspeed that's one heck of a tailwind.
I wonder what people going in the opposite direction were suffering in terms of extended flight time. It would be a headwind for them!
I didn't even think that was possible in an A319.