{"id":4675,"date":"2020-02-11T22:25:13","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T03:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/?p=4675"},"modified":"2020-02-11T22:25:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T03:25:19","slug":"world-record-atlantic-crossing-by-boeing-747","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/world-record-atlantic-crossing-by-boeing-747\/","title":{"rendered":"World Record Atlantic Crossing by Boeing 747"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over this past weekend, a British Airways Boeing 747 set a\nnew world record for crossing the Atlantic Ocean.&nbsp; Here are the details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Normal Route<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Normally a flight from New York to London is accomplished in\nabout 6 hours and 15 minutes.&nbsp; The\nairliner would be cruising along between 590 and 650 mile per hour.&nbsp; Jets flying this route generally cruise above\n30,000 feet.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BRITISH_AIRWAYS_747-400_2151573834-1024x515.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4672\" width=\"242\" height=\"121\"\/><figcaption>The Boeing 747-400<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This past weekend, British Airways Flight 112 flew from New\nYork\u2019s JFK to London\u2019s Heathrow on 4 hours and 56 minutes.&nbsp; This is over an hour faster than the average\ntime.&nbsp; At points along the route, the\ntwenty year old Boeing 747-400 was flying at over 800 miles per hour ground\nspeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Did They Do It?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/488px-Jet_Stream.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4670\" width=\"113\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/488px-Jet_Stream.jpg 488w, https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/488px-Jet_Stream-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/488px-Jet_Stream-320x393.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>What accounts for such a fantastic time?\u00a0 The wind my friend, the wind.\u00a0 The wind can be a pilot\u2019s best friend or worst enemy.\u00a0 On February 8\/9 it was British Airway\u2019s Bosom Buddy.\u00a0 The aircraft picked up a 200+ mph tailwind.\u00a0 The wind essentially pushed the airplane along, effectively causing it to travel 200 miles further each hour over the ground than it would have with a calm wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Can Wind Be That Strong?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/402px-Wiley_Post_cph.3b33667.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4669\" width=\"119\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/402px-Wiley_Post_cph.3b33667.jpg 402w, https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/402px-Wiley_Post_cph.3b33667-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/402px-Wiley_Post_cph.3b33667-320x477.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 119px) 100vw, 119px\" \/><figcaption>Wiley Post<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The discovery of such high winds, for centuries unheard of outside of a hurricane, was only made in the last 100 years.\u00a0 The advent of high altitude flight led to the discovery.\u00a0 Wiley Post, who set several aviation records in the 1930s, is generally credited with the finding.\u00a0 Post was attempting to cross North America and noticed his ground speed was well above his indicated airspeed.\u00a0 Post correctly attributed this phenomenon to an unusually high tailwind. \u00a0As a tragic footnote, Post was killed, along with his friend, American humorist Will Rogers (I never met a man I didn\u2019t like) in a plane crash in 1935.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Name and Phenomenon<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A German meteorologist, Heinrich Seilkopf, is credited with naming the jet stream in 1939.\u00a0 There are actually three jet streams operating above the earth.\u00a0 They always flow west to east (due to the earth\u2019s rotation) and are strongest in winter.\u00a0 The Polar Jet Stream is the strongest and was operating along British Airways Flight 112\u2019s flight path over the weekend.\u00a0 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/jetstream\/jet\">National Weather Service<\/a> has an excellent site on the jet stream.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Footnote to the Record<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/800px-British_Airways_Concorde_G-BOAC_03-e1581476841895.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4671\" width=\"226\" height=\"150\"\/><figcaption>The Concorde<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The British Airways 747 broke the sub sonic (below the speed of sound) record by 17 minutes this past weekend.\u00a0 However, the supersonic record is still held by a British Airways-Air France Concorde in 2 hours and 52 minutes.\u00a0 The graceful bird set the record in 1996 when it was cruising over 1,350 mph (Mach 2+).\u00a0 For more details on the 747\u2019s record and a picture of the jet stream and flight path, see this <a href=\"https:\/\/weather.com\/news\/news\/2020-02-09-jet-stream-north-atlantic-flights-record-time\">Weather Site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over this past weekend, a British Airways Boeing 747 set a new world record for crossing the Atlantic Ocean.&nbsp; 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