The planes didn’t break the sound barrier because it was the air moving them so quickly, not their engines. The report compared it to someone walking on a moving walkway at an airport – the person is ...

The fastest recorded ground speed reached by a transatlantic flight was 835mph, which was hit by a commercial aircraft going ...

An unusually strong jet stream over the Atlantic bringing Storm Eowyn to the UK and Ireland is so powerful it pushed a flight ...

When Virgin Atlantic Flight 10 took off from New York’s JFK International Airport this week, it was running 1 hour 13 minutes ...

At least two flights briefly traveled faster than the speed of sound as the jet stream sped up, but there would not have been ...

The polar vortex can be a powerful source of winter weather, but it's not the only cause of severe cold and snow in regions better known for warmth and sunshine. The Gulf Coast states are still ...

Moving at roughly 20,505 miles per hour along the distant world's equator, it’s the fastest known jet stream that wraps ...

The last time it was this dry in January, there were barely more than 500 people in San Diego. The year was 1850, and only a ...

Natural forces also play a role, and powerful jet streams can sometimes help flights move much quicker than expected. On ...

Scientists are scrambling to understand how climate change may be interfering with the winds that carry our weather, with ...

In Earth's upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stream blows with winds of more than 275 miles (442 km) ...

A jet stream of over 200 mph is impacting flights across the eastern United States. The impacts of this can be positive or ...