Originally Posted by
moondog
I once flew BOS-LAS on an HP flight that lasted over 7 hours (around this time of year).
I had a IAH-PHX flight that went to 4.5 hours due to head winds...pilot said we didn't crack 380mph the whole flight. Terrible turbulence the whole way. Searched all kinds of altitudes..even at fl400 it was nasty. It was in Feb, with a low jetstream going the opposite direction.