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Old Mar 9, 2017 | 2:56 pm
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Originally Posted by Hawes7701
Many years ago I was on a flight from EDI-LTN and the captain made an announcement to the effect of "we have a very strong tail wind that we could break the sound barrier, but we aren't allowed to do it over land"

didnt think much much of it at the time, but anyone know if that's correct ?
My understanding is that it is not correct. The speed to break the sound barrier does not include the wind.
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