150kts on the nose heading to the west over the middle east..............what sort of altitudes is that sort of wind found at.
Now according to my met book, winds should reduce significantly above the tropopause.
So generally what altitude is the tropopause in that region and is the book correct about the wind reducing above it.
I would have thought getting up around FL470 would have got you above the worst of the headwind.
When the x was launched many years ago, i was quite surprised that it was only given a range of around 2800nm in the early models, later bumped up to around 3000 in later versions.
I'm even more surprised that with the new Ten, Cessns havent given it an extra 1500lbs of fuel, would be a useful increase in range for trips that require an alternate or holding fuel.