Fastest subsonic transatlantic crossing
Happened upon this thread - remembered my Dad coming home when I was a kid and announcing he had just got the transatlantic record. So I emailed him and got this reply:
"Found it! - New York to Prestwick 6 Sept. 1966 total time 5hrs.20mins, airborne time T/O to Landing 5hrs.04 mins, I was the First Officer but flew that sector, Neville Oakley the Captain, nice guy. We asked to come straight in to Prestwick but they refused due to other traffic in the area, we estimated we would have been just under 5hrs airborne. Oh well 5:04 wasn't bad. Yep we had huge tailwinds most of the way."
It could still be the current record flight - but who would know?
Anyway, there is a funny part to this - I have just realised that ROBof6PIN who did the 2004 post ... is my Dad. I did email him this page link, seems he didn't recognise it!