A significant airliner speed record was bagged by United recently. The event involved a Boeing 747-400,callsign”United 816″,nonstop from Sydney to Lax,across the Pacific.
UAL816,under the command of Captain David Seymour,reached a cruising speed of 1017.18 kilometres per hour.The previous speed record was 988.59 kilometres per hour,which was recorded back on April 18 1981,by an airliner under the command of Captain Verne Jobst,also from the USA.
The new UAL-816 speed record was ratified by the FAI,the record was Claim No 7593 in Sub Class C,Group 3 which means “turbine aeroplane catergory operating a commercial air route.
By: greekdude1 - 23rd May 2003 at 18:57
Why can’t they go fast when I’m on that flight! I’ve been on UA816 from SYD to LAX at least a half dozen times. It typically lasts around 13 hours, I’d like to see how long this one took.
By: KabirT - 23rd May 2003 at 16:07
Originally posted by andrewm
what mach was he doing then
that would be enar abt 0.86.
By: EGNM - 23rd May 2003 at 15:33
thats quite a differance between the old and new records!
By: monster500 - 23rd May 2003 at 14:16
what was the final journey time for UA 816??
and how much of the journey was assisted by the jetstream?
the journey on average from Syd to Lax is about 13hr.45min
By: wysiwyg - 23rd May 2003 at 13:55
He would be cruising at between his normal operating mach number and MMo but he would have been travelling the bulk of the way down a huge jetstream to set these kinds of speeds.
By: andrewm - 23rd May 2003 at 10:20
what mach was he doing then
By: KabirT - 23rd May 2003 at 06:12
thats cool!
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