Jet stream helping planes slingshot across Atlantic Ocean at 800 mph
When Virgin Atlantic Flight 10 took off from New York’s JFK International Airport this week, it was running 1 hour 13 minutes ...
Intense jet stream has planes moving faster than the speed of sound on flights bound for Europe
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 ...
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British Airways Flight Nears Subsonic Speed Record Due to Jet Streams
Natural forces also play a role, and powerful jet streams can sometimes help flights move much quicker than expected. On ...
The intriguing phenomenon helping planes slingshot across the Atlantic at 800 mph
The jet stream has been pushing airliners across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans at high speed, with some west-to-east ...
Explained: Why Meteorologists Are Comparing Storm Eowyn To A Bomb
Storm Eowyn has unleashed strong and damaging winds over the British Isles, and particularly over Ireland and Scotland.