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Old Nov 6, 2005 | 11:20 pm
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CelticFlyer
 
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Originally Posted by indufan
We had a strong tail wind from SLC to ATL one day in a 763 ER and saw a ground speed of 733 mph which I think translated to over .9 mach, according the on screen info. And it was one damn quick flight to ATL. Poor people that were going the other way that day.
Except that the mach number is used for airspeed, not ground speed!
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