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Old Jan 15, 2018 | 12:14 am
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Originally Posted by justforfun
Just flew JFK-CDG on AA. Pilot said there were 190mph tailwinds. Arrived a full hour early with a flight time of under 6 hours. Amazing.
I flew same route Saturday on DL. 6 hour flight time (didn't see the tailwinds or routing) and arrived an hour early as well. Also, 15m from pushback to takeoff at JFK didn't hurt.
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