fastest subsonic transatlantic crossing?
Anyone know what the fastest subsonic crossing of the Atlantic is?
In the late 1980's I was on a BA 747 Boston > Heathrow which took off in the teeth of a gale and did a rollercoaster ride all the way. On landing the pilot announced we had completed the "second fastest subsonic Atlantic crossing".
The background was that the aircraft had arrived two hours late from Philadelphia. We boarded immediately but were then held for another two hours while the aircraft was deiced and the runway ploughed clear of snow (a massive storm was approaching)
We left nearly four hours late and arrived virtually on time after sitting in a 300+ mph jet stream all the way
So anyone know what would have beaten that? A VC-10?