Originally Posted by
b1lanc
Virgin Atlantic 787 - 801mph ground speed yesterday over Pennsylvania - 48 minutes early.
Not really notable except well played by the airline's
PR. Not even the fastest logged for a 787.
It's the Inverse Gell-Mann Effect at work; once you find a news story that you know is incorrect or sensationalised, you start wondering how many other news reports about things outside your knowledge are also rubbish.