Hello captain's i know this aint PMDG related at least not totally.But as the topic says what is the highest groundspeed you ever had? i just broke my record by 663kts over the atlantic tailwind of 127kts.Flying from St. Maarten to Amsterdam

Not really the highest I've had, as I had some headwind, but its pretty high :)

Edited March 5, 201214 yr by Sekstifire

15,050 kts.....in my space shuttle.

Here you have few pictures from RW aviation :( http://www.groundspeedrecords.com/

Not really the highest I've had, as I had some headwind, but its pretty high :)

Concorde? :)

I've seen examples of 700+ in real life on the 777 over the pacific - you get into the jetstream and it can really make you go.

There was a good thread over on pprune like this with photos of the ND as proof. I've seen some crazy tailwinds 200kts plus while jumpseating on flights over Saudi flying east. Can't remember what the ground speed was.

I've seen examples of 700+ in real life on the 777 over the pacific - you get into the jetstream and it can really make you go.

Yes!I remember a flight last year coming back from NRT -> YVR. flight is usually around 10 hours. We did it in 7.15I'd feel bad for west bound flights that day.cheers,

I've seen examples of 700+ in real life on the 777 over the pacific - you get into the jetstream and it can really make you go.

WOW

My personal best is 570kt with a 128kt tailwind. Of course an hour and a half later (on the return leg) we couldn't even get it up to 320. Of course that would happen on the go home leg.Paul

I've seen a few FDX and UPS MD-11's at 720kt's gs in the jetstream west of YYD from PANC.

Probably 8-10 kilometres per hour for me, but then I was being chased down the street by a Doberman on foot!

Probably 8-10 kilometres per hour for me, but then I was being chased down the street by a Doberman on foot!

hahahaha

I've seen examples of 700+ in real life on the 777 over the pacific - you get into the jetstream and it can really make you go.

Me too. Recent flight YSSY - KLAX we were close to that for the first hour or two out of Sydney (Delta 777). On track for a 9 hour flight instead of 13...but slowed down :(Richard Shumack

This might be unrealistic but on vatsim over the atlantic (with no atc) onboard the PMDG 747 without any tailwinds I got up to 630 knots or mach .90