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Old 4th Mar 2008, 15:57
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Foul-Sudan
 
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I've never landed with a 100kt tailwind!

We used to cruise at .84 and .86M indicated usually and were natuarally
restricted within the NATS system on the ocean. During the 'Air Race' JFK-LHR some good crossing times were converted to 'nil point' by long taxy foul ups either end.

I personally sat mesmerised one night as the G/S increased to 676 Kts in very
smooth air on a crossing from Chicago. The block time I recall beat the schedule by an hour.
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