Airplane Atlantic speed record!

These last few days several aircraft have set new sub-sonic speed-records over the Atlantic. How is it possible for an aircraft to fly this fast? Wouldn't a sub-sonic aircraft face problems if they fly faster than the speed of sound?
This is one of the issues I will be talking about in todays "bonus" video. I will also explain why aircraft sometimes "goes around" even after they have touched down and much, much more.
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[@coreyneal3705]

It's such a beautiful thing that it was the 747 that set the record. She's a glorious bird and still making sure everyone knows that she's still the queen of the skies. 2020 and she's still setting records.

[@ronashman8463]

Corey Neal best comment so far...

[@TeoZMuff313]

Amazing machine

[@dantx4545]

I agree 100 percent @ the 747 is truly a grand aircraft I just hope I get to fly in one before they go extinct for those stupid Airbus things

[@kraftrad7840]

Has nothing to do with the aircraft,

[@paulh4943]

An A350 already broke the record yesterday.

[@dcdortho]

Another analogy would be like walking on the moving walkway at the airport. We walk the same speed as we usually do but go faster because the walkway is carrying us along as well.

[@jacquelinejacobson6789]

Yes. Very similar!

[@carolwilliams7052]

Back in the late 60s, I was the programmer/analyst/systems engineer responsible for the maintenance/repair provisioning of DC8s & 9s (including the "Big Bunny" Stretch-9). I worked on Century Blvd, overlooking the LAX North Runway, which was the only runway reinforced and long enough for the new 747s to land. I spent many hours on our rooftop vantage point observing them "float" in - - compared to other jets, they appeared to be traveling in slow motion. The 747 remains my favorite plane (although I did enjoy the tailcone airstair available on the DC9).

[@Igbon5]

Yeah, it's amazing how with just the right conditions they can seem to be just hanging up there in the air.

[@Qasibr]

That’s so cool @Carol, have you ever written about your experiences?

[@bobbowie5334]

That's because _LAX_ is right at sea level. You can also watch on _KZbin_ a 747 *fall out of the sky* on approach to a high-altitude airport in Afghanistan on a hot and humid day. It's all about air-density.

[@mikecowen6507]

@Carol Williams That was an amazing time to be working around LAX before much of the aerospace manufacturing (and Nash) went away.

[@TheTropic23]

I was a f/f, paramedic at MIA in the early 80’s. We would get to the airport early and wait to be escorted in. I would love to watch a 747 “float” in that landed around the same time in the morning. I would always just say it looked so “graceful “.

[@EdwinvandenAkker]

My dad used to say: _A flight from the US to Europe goes faster since you go through the night. In the night everything is cooler. Thus the oceans shrink and the continents move closer to each other._ Of course my dad knew how it all really worked. But I always thought it was funny...

[@jeanburk9539]

Lol I had a dad that told spoof stories like that, just for fun.

[@jaybee2344]

Well Hawaii is moving closer to Japan...

[@falxonPSN]

@@jaybee2344 Yup! Someday, if I wait long enough, I can just hop across in a Cessna in 15 minutes!

[@HugoNav9]

How is Hobbes doing?

[@pretzel_cat]

Jason Buis I had no idea that was happening! Pretty stealthy way to start a secessionist movement I’d say.

[@GabesHacks]

The difference between air speed and ground speed is similar to the difference between ground speed and galactic speed. If you stand still, your ground speed is 0, but your galactic speed is 67,000 mph (the speed the earth orbits the sun). (I just made up the term "galactic speed")

[@largesoda1729]

Captain: I feel the need... Capt and FO: THE NEED FOR SPEED!

[@skyhawk_4526]

And their callsign is "Speedbird" after all.

[@bobmirdiff2043]

Concorde's fastest Transatlantic Crossing was on 7 February 1996 when it completed the New York to London flight in 2 hours 52 minutes and 59 seconds!

[@alanv7464]

So why is 4 hrs a record?

[@KristopherNoronha]

@@alanv7464 because the concorde was designed to be supersonic while the 747 is not. it's like formula 1 vs formula 3 speed records.

[@alanv7464]

It sounded like they were saying overall...not "for airliners that cruise at Mach 0.8 something." But I like F3 too...lol

[@RichTechGuy]

Last week, I was a passenger on a plane on final approach to STL and we did a go around just before we reached the runway. It was an odd feeling initially as we were about to touch and suddenly the engines spun up and we started climbing like a takeoff. Once we were back up and re-entered the approach pattern, the captain got on and said there was an obstruction on the runway. And that was my first go around experience.

[@robertshanahan6623]

Great point about either pilot being able to call a go-around. Came about from the Alitalia 404 crash after the FO initiated a go-around and the captain vetoed it.

[@wendypierce5621]

So basically flying in a jet stream is like jogging on the moving walkway (woot I’m a speed runner as long as I don’t trip getting off.)

[@josephjakubec3171]

Yes, as a lifelong mountain trail runner, I laugh when people tell me about their thread mill running.

[@01thomasss]

As long as the moving walkway is moving in the same direction as what you're jogging!

[@brkitdwn]

@@01thomasss Genius!

[@frogstamper]

Excellent analogy Wendy...:)

[@vibratingstring]

@@josephjakubec3171 You can get the moving walkway while trailrunning too. Just go down a scree slope... and keep running...

[@mikeL5183]

Brings new meaning to their callsign - "speedbird"...

[@tjking1909]

Flying once from LAX to NRT on NWA. Had to stop in Sapporo to refuel. Winter time.

[@Gribbo9999]

A few months ago I flew with Thai Airways from Bangkok to Sydney which I do fairly regularly. I noticed we tracked south rather more west than usual in fact passing just east of Jakarta. However when crossing into South Australia quite far west of Sydney we turned almost due east and the ground speed picked up to just over 1,200 km/h - of course we had been picked up by the jet stream - and we arrived in Sydney a little before schedule. Well done Thai Airways! Saved fuel by flying a longer over the ground distance but a shorter time in the air, burning less fuel. Nice piece of navigation.

[@maxart3392]

As we recently learned from PIA, there's another situation when goaround isn't a particularly good idea: when you land and you notice that you actually landed gear-up.

[@Starryeyed1801]

That opening chair spin to face the camera was pretty epic 😍

[@patricj951]

In december 1997 I flew in a DC-10 from Miami to Stockholm. During that flight the captain announced that we had strong tailwind. He told that it was the fastest he ever flown and the speed was 1235km/h. Not so much slower than this new record. I also recall that we arrived to Stockholm sooner than "normal" time.

[@shapman280]

Wow that cargo door is tough

[@brkitdwn]

@@shapman280 Yes. It was upgraded.

[@Swag_K1RBY]

Georgejr Pangan it might be a DC10-30 or DC10-40 but *OK*

[@dezsokeAnonim]

No blame policy for go around: It seems that Pegasus Airways in Turkey might have a different policy.

[@SpamMouse]

Although the airline will have this policy as it saves broken airplanes and dead PAX, some pilots consider themselves above such pesky things such as safety-first. I suggest it's a common trait that is seen more often in former military pilots who have converted to civilian jobs.

[@kpn574]

Agree. And often a timid first officer or the pilot observing cannot overrule the pilot. This is what happened to the Air India Express crash at IXE about 10 years ago. Sad.

[@krissp8712]

@@kpn574 That's why CRM is a thing.

[@clayyosten2833]

@@kpn574 That's also what's theorized to have happened with the Korean Air 801 flight. Crew Resource Management is a thing now, especially in more "developed countries". Pilots have equal say at all times inflight. If that is broken then there's serious fines/consequences ready to be handed out.

[@breadboi1248]

Lmao

[@macjonte]

A trip three years ago from New York to Stockholm in a Norwegian Dreamliner 787, the ground speed was around 1050 km/h for most of the trip. Yes we landed early. :)

[@steveshuffle]

You rock Petter! Watching you is fun and makes you learn. Plus it's helping me with my fear of flying! Thank you !!

[@Avgeek1564]

Big Jet TV here in the UK was streaming live from LHR on Sunday, he got some fantastic shots of lots of go arounds. He even got a BA 777 doing a touch and go.

[@sebastiangonzalezgonzalez2183]

Mentour Pilot you are my favourite english aviation pilot. Period. In Portuguese its "Avioes e Musicas" p.s I'm not sponsored by that channell, just recommend it to anyone who speaks portuguese.

[@TheWeatherbuff]

Excellent episode, as always, Sir. I don't fly much, but I did experience one "touch and go". We were landing at Harrisburg, PA. The plane (MD-80) barely touched the runway, then the pilots goosed it and we went for a go-around. Why? Deer on the runway. I loved it, but the look on my wife's face was priceless. ;-)

[@aerojetrocketdyners-2538]

When life gives you storms,ride the tailwind....

[@inactivefatimahgianna245]

Great advice!!!

[@ThomasJoshua]

I love these videos! They actually inspired me to make my own channel :D Thanks a lot!

[@MentourPilot]

Glad to hear that!! Best of luck!

[@captaingenius295]

I watch u all the time ur the best

[@ideacastilluminate]

This is a good way to promote your new channel. I subbed you and will join the ride! Cheers and all the best.

[@joannap518]

Subscribed!

[@allansr100]

Another superbly informative video. Many thanks .

[@mickboakes7023]

Thanks for that. Always very informative 🇬🇧

[@vaqarkhan8306]

Wonderful video as always! Thanks Petter.

[@MentourPilot]

Glad you liked it my friend!

[@Ameer-Hamza786]

Hi mentor, great videos. Always looking forward to seeing new videos. I Hope I can become a successful pilot like you soon. Keep Up The Good Work!

[@michaelloder6159]

I once flew from LA to Newark NJ in 4 hours and 35 minutes with a jet stream behind pushing us!!

[@TheAviationChannel]

*Although the British Airways Concorde has been retired since 2003, they're still breaking speed records in 2020*

[@krugerfuchs]

How

[@chartle1]

@@krugerfuchs they're as in I guess anyone is still breaking records. Not the Concord. Its phrased oddly.

[@TheAviationChannel]

@@krugerfuchsThey beat the sub-sonic transatlantic record with Storm Ciara and the Boeing 747. Of course, nothing can beat the almighty Concorde, however that belongs in the category of 'supersonic' records across the atlantic ocean.

[@woolooloo]

Their callsign is Speedbird after all.

[@TheAviationChannel]

@@woolooloo that is very true

[@saadn.3348]

Awesome topic. I was waiting for you to explain it to us here! Thank you!

[@johnheaney6383]

Always informative and entertaining. Thank you!

[@mikegirard4388]

The twitter posts from pilots thanked their planning departments for the optimum routes in the record. An Airbus A330 I believe also nearly set the record. Missed it by 1 minute.

[@murphsmodels8853]

A few years back, I was a fueler at the airport in my town. We only got 1 British Airways (BA) 747 flight in a day, so only had 3 of us trained on fueling them. We also used FlightAware24 to keep track of when they were going to land so one of us could be there to greet it. One day, on my day to fuel BA, I was heading out to another flight when I say BA's 747 land...3 hours early. Our poor dispatcher had to rush to find somebody to fuel the flight I was heading for, and to find me a truck to go fuel BA. On an unrelated note, I once watched a Condor/Thomas Cook 767 touch down 2/3rds of the way down the runway, and take right back off before the nose wheel even touched.

[@mikezerker6925]

Thank you Peter!! Your videos are absolutely fantastic!

[@welshpete12]

An excellent explanation , and very clear. Thank you for posting !

[@innuendo1]

Only been in a go around situation once. It was landing in a BA A321 at Heathrow in November 2016. We were about 30 foot from the floor when it was decided to abort the landing due to a TAP airlines aircraft not expediting their exit from the runway. It is on film somewhere with big jet TV!

[@ericrotermund1004]

Imagine the fuel savings

[@snypa-ck7hn]

"IF" they recuded the power output to match the "normal air" speed... The boat explanation actually helped me a lot.

[@Marco-wz3ff]

@@snypa-ck7hn true but they safe fuel due to time saving

[@ronashman8463]

@@Marco-wz3ff exactly. Four thirsty engines for two hours. Wow.

[@RustOnWheels]

With my car I usually drive around 100 km/h which uses around 1 liter per 17.5 kilometers. Driving 130 this swiftly goes to 1:10. This Monday the wind was still strong in Western Europe and I drove with tailwinds, normal gas pedal stance, around 120 km/h (20km above normal) and a consumption of 1:22. That was sooo cool, it felt like being pushed forward!

[@SpamMouse]

What you gain the swings you loose on the roundabouts: there is always the return flight to consider.

[@sharifibrahim1970]

Marvelous video captain, thank you for answering my question on your previous video, keep up the good work Sir :)

[@supraking1319]

As always brilliant mentor pilot.

[@clnelson321]

I can hear it already. "I did the Kessel run in 4 hours 56 minutes. She's plenty fast for you, kid"

[@ianjames1179]

Many thanks for all these fantastic videos. You are doing a fab job. Best wishes.

[@UraFlight]

Very informative material. Thank you

[@imicca]

thanks for making this video ;D

[@RichyJam2011]

Fascinating video as always mate .

[@janasuranova3222]

Thank you for such a great explanation :) 🙂❤

[@mixedboi]

Thank you very much for your content. Awesome 👍👍👍

[@FilDoyon]

I don't understand what the people that have disliked this video have to reproach to it. And I have the same question about all the videos of Mentour Pilot. This channel is so perfectly made.

[@ianwright7903]

Great explanation (as always).

[@bzjttpoz]

Thanks for very interesting video! 🤩

[@martinmukonje6739]

This is an incredible video, great insights, thanks Captain 👌🙂👍

[@adamhall4438]

Nice touch putting your info videos over your monitor - might be worth tilting it towards the camera so it matches the video's shape better, but it's fine the way it is too. As always, thank you for thesis fantastic videos. Of all the aviation videos I watch, yours are my favorite. You have a great teaching and explaining style. Not everyone does!

[@navelpicker]

Regarding the 'no blame' attitude towards a go-around, I'd like to hear your take on the recent over-run in Istanbul.

[@tscottme]

Don't fly with macho pilots. The crew approached at a very high airspeed, landed with a massive tailwind, landed 2/3 of the way down the runway, was still doing over 60kts when they went off of the end of the runway.

[@ronashman8463]

@@tscottme seriously, did they really land with a tail wind?

[@timaahhh]

@@ronashman8463 Something like 19 kts with 30 kts gusts.

[@deeanna8448]

@@ronashman8463 Rnwy 06, landed 6400 ft past threshold, winds 290 This is according to the blancolirio channel.

[@ronashman8463]

@@timaahhh thank you.

[@squirrelg5135]

I love the fact that it's a no blame scenario for a go around :) it takes the stress (of that aspect) out of the equation which brings a huge safety margin into play :):):)

[@looseycanon]

This happened to me once. We flew from Brno (BRQ) to Palma de Mallorca (PMI) via Prague (PRG). We arrived at Prague about half an hour late, but then we've managed to catch up so much, we've arrived hour early. There was no ground crew to greet us (because both airline and travel agency folded), I was too young to speak any English at the time, the only person, who spoke any foreign language refused to speak at all. Fortunately, we've managed to get in to a taxi with some Germans, who went to the same town we were supposed to go to and, luck would have it, our hotel wasn't far from theirs. Only the next day, our guide, who was supposed to meet us upon landing, showed up, saying, it never ever happened in twenty years of his experience, for a plane to arrive an hour early. It was adventureous night...

[@fredjones7307]

Brilliant as usual..

[@BlackXIV]

"The airplan isn´t moving faster than normal... but the air arround the airplane is moving!" ... so technicaly they are at Warp? ^^

[@user-do5zk6jh1k]

Lol. Never thought of it like that

[@TheAviationChannel]

@@user-do5zk6jh1k yep. Air speed was the same but groundspeed was a lot more higher. Tailwinds make the aircraft aerodynamically slower but can push the groundspeed higher in an aircraft. I'm assuming that you might not have fully known this but at the same time, you may have already known this fact :)

[@user-do5zk6jh1k]

@@TheAviationChannel Nah. I'm an aeronautical engineer and an Air Force pilot, so I got the concept. It's the comparison to a Scifi warp bubble that was new to me. Good explanation, though. You're spot on.

[@patthewoodboy]

great analogy

[@aerojetrocketdyners-2538]

if only space had the equivilant of jet strems.The nearest thing i can think of are solar winds.

[@My_AviationChannel]

Lol I love that into how you turned around like, Oh hey 👋

[@alanrcrews]

Loved the earth rotation wind direction that was on you monitor...

[@hydrusje]

It was cool seeing you in the plane savers chat, you deffinitly should get over there! I'm sure Joe would be happy to have you in the FO's seat of a DC3.

[@tarassa85B]

Have to say that I enjoy your channel!! One of my favorite TV shows is “Air Crash Investigation”. So I think it would be awesome if you could review some of those episodes, & give your insight into what you personally would have done differently in those situations. For example, how about revisiting the Air France 447 crash, & dissecting what they did wrong, & how you would have handled it differently. Keep the awesome episodes coming!

[@marik3152]

As always Very interesting ❤

[@Danno-df9hq]

4 hrs across the atlantic followed by the mandatorious 3 - 5 holding patterns over BIG in London airpace I reckon...

[@christopherjohnson3520]

Hello Commander! Yes. Maybe you were listening. “Big Jet Tv”!!!! 6 hrs of planes coming in Sideways, Big Storm Ciara. Lots of Go Rounds!!!! My New Favorite Channel broadcasting from Heathrow!!! Big Thnx To Blancolirio for his Great Show Sunday Morning. So Cool to Listen to a Great Pilot get so excited about watching Pilots overcome difficult conditions to get the plane down. Awesome!!!! Patxi! CJ

[@miks564]

Thank you for another fantastic video. I’ve missed the dogs though. 😊

[@Thomashorsman]

Some planes, did one landing attempt then diverted to Munich, Frankfurt or even Barcelona which is about 2 hours away

[@britsuelamphere9531]

I have flown two superquick flights West to East - one from Montreal to Heathrow and another time Boston to Heathrow. No time to eat breakfast!! Both were extremely smooth flights.

[@brianjreintjes]

In 1995 I was flying from PHL to LHR on a BA 767-300ER, we left 1:45 late and up at LHR 15 early, truly amazing.

[@zolimajster8313]

i feel so much safer thanks to your great educational videos, cheers!

[@PapaG603]

Great Video

[@jonbuggins5575]

Great video as ever! I remember being in a dash 8 coming in to land at Penang and on approach the wind really started kicking up the plane was banking hard left and right, I was thinking the flight deck are really fighting this, then as we landed we slammed hard onto the runway I really thought we'd be going back up but no we bounced and landed again... you could hear a pin drop in the cabin everyone just went silent at that moment...I wonder if the aircraft took any damage that day...I'm glad we didnt go around i was just happy to get off!

[@thomassletvik1353]

Great stuff as always :) Over in Norway flights have been cancelled this week due to too low air pressure, like 944 hPa. Maybe you could do something on that?

[@missburn]

Sounds like an interesting video idea.

[@gordonrichardson2972]

Thomas Sletvik Only on certain older aircraft that could not calibrate their altimeters below 950hPa.

[@thomasosterloh8247]

It's been awhile. Back in the 70's I worked the radar sites in southern Greenland. But I remember we would see the flights from Europe passing right over us on their way to North American, usually NY. But I don't remember any flights going east. So I would assume that the fights going west would be too far north for the jet stream, that is if the easterly flights are in the jet stream.

[@andraslibal]

I clicked like even before he said he hopes I am doing ABSOLUTELY fantastic. I experienced speed ups coming home from the US, always a fun thing to ride the stream and get home earlier.

[@justicemoody]

Great stuff.

[@andyrichardsvideovlogs8835]

Love your new "subscribe" animation. Very creative 👍

[@cayrick]

Good video!

[@tonysamos2113]

I always wondered why it took 14 hours to get to Sydney from L.A. and then only 12.5 hours on the way back. Fascinating stuff.

[@bassrover5925]

It was cariolis effect

[@davidgiles5030]

I fly from Vancouver to Chiang Mai via Taipei every year. It's 12.45 westbound, 10.30 eastbound.

[@Anonymous-mf8ii]

I remember taking a flight that was non-stop going from New York to Italy, with a quick stop at Shannon during the return flight. There’s always Gander in a pinch.

[@Banglish123]

I like your boat & current analogy. I was already thinking along the lines of those moving walkways at airports. In reality I'm a walking. But its like 10mph.

[@biffnarzilla4649]

Love the new "call signal" subscribe graphic.

[@christopherjohnson3520]

Yes. After Awhile, you could tell how good a Pilot was. Plane coming in really sideways. Big Jet saying uh oh, & the Pilot drops it in nice & easy. Those British Airways Pilots seemed to really have a handle on how to get it in there. AMAZING!!!! Nerves of Steel!!!! One of the best videos ever!!!! I like the last second Go Around the Best!!!! I’m Not going to make it . Go Round!!!! Thnx, Commander! Patxi! CJ

[@ICEMANZIDANE]

In 1974 a 747 started from Paris to Boston. At the same time a Concorde started from Boston to Paris. The Concorde landed in Paris, waited for more than a hour (took fuel etc.) and took off again to Boston. The Concorde landed in Boston before the 747 landed in Paris :D Absolutely ridiculous. The Concorde doesnt give a shit about jet streams

[@sre331l]

Concorde doesn’t do any of the above. Air France pilot hit Delta FOD and Air France mechanic missed a spacer so the aircraft was off the centreline. Besides, BA hold all the speedbird records!

[@fergusonhr]

One thing that amazes me is when I'm watching a restoration of a world war 1 or 2 aircraft, the amount of detail and parts that went into them...they were built extremely well

[@19carrot84]

Loved the new subscribe animation.

[@hhanger1]

I remember practicing MCA's in a 152 into a 35 kt headwind and having virtually zero GS. You are basically hovering in an airplane. Lot's of fun!

[@florent1201]

Hey Mentour. I am 99.9% sure that I recognized your captian voice this morning when I took a flight from the costa brava to the Netherlands (13-2-2020). Can you maybe confirm that it was you flying me over the pyrenees? After listening to a lot of your video's I thought that was pretty funny and also not a very likely thing to happen. Keep up the good work. :-)

[@time-lapseseb1141]

Hi Mentour! I'm not a pilot or engineer, but I love to watch your informatife and interesting videos! I have a question to you, which is completely unrelated to this: I would like to know, if you are also interested in SpaceX and especially theire take on human space travel. I am a fan of science and space exploration since my childhood, and I am curious how you as a pilot and maybe also your colleagues think about human space exploration. Is it something pilots are interested about or not? And would you use Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic or SpaceX to go to the edge of space or even beyond? Sorry if these unrelated questions bother you, but I thought it might be interesting to see this answered by someone who's work is at least a little bit related to that. Fly safe!

[@weiSane]

Cmon Peter reply this lads comment . Hope he sees it

[@time-lapseseb1141]

@@weiSane Thanks, I apreciate your support!

[@monika.alt197]

I'm pretty sure everyone, let alone pilots, would enjoy space exploration. The thing is big companies are getting involved into something that mustn't be capitalised.

[@erichstocker4173]

A couple of times we landed at SFO 40mins early but both times were late at the gate. One time as late as 30 mins because the flight at the designated gate had a delay. So in spite of being 40 mins early, we were 70min late and several people missed their flights. The mess in commercial aviation is almost always on the ground and only very seldom in the air.

[@Stephanie-vt8xi]

OH HEY, I JUST REALISED MY TWEET IS THERE ON YOUR VIDEO!!! :D thanks!

[@jonathanmartin163]

im from east coast usa in Virginia, i have never flown before and am terrified of flying.... but i have been looking into traveling to aus because that's a place ive always wanted to visit i was hoping maybe you would see this comment and make a video on long haul flights as you call them because watching your videos has gave me a small sense of comfort in trying to step out of my comfort zone and take the trip!..... thanks again for all the extremely helpful and useful knowledge, and for the completely addicting videos!

[@johnbrown1835]

Back in the 90s at the time of the first gulf war I was flying from London Heathrow to Sydney Australia we were held up for 5 hours in Heathrow then redirected further east to avoid the Gulf due to tail winds over Europe we arrived in Sydney on time we were flying in a Qantas 747

[@nativeafroeurasian]

we talked about that in physics today but they made fun of me saing "groundspeed" and "airspeed"

[@poruatokin]

So you can go back to them and call them idiots.

[@ChristinaChrisR]

Haha! Like it☺️

[@u2mister17]

I suppose they would laugh their asses of at heading and direction.

[@nativeafroeurasian]

@@poruatokin unfortunately English is not the first language in my country so they said I should speak in that language. Later we talked about an approaching the ground so I mentioned "vertical speed" but again they made fun:( thank you anyway:)

[@nativeafroeurasian]

@@u2mister17 yes they do

[@jasonespinoza2071]

I was on a cathay pacific flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong in a 747-400 and we had such a bad headwind we had to stop in Taiwan to refuel. There were several other planes with passengers refuling with us out on the tarmac away from the gates, so this jet stream must have been covering a large area. Note that the pilot did advise we had enough fuel to make it to Hong Kong but not enough to hold in a pattern if there was traffic, so he played it safe and took on more fuel before proceeding to HK as it seems many others did as well.

[@Wendygirljp]

That same situation happened in a flight where I was involved with happened from Fukuoka, Japan (RJFF) to Tokyo Haneda (RJTT). Going from RJTT to RJFF, we were more than an hour late getting in. Returning, on the other hand, was obviously much quicker. By the time we hit the Top Of Climb (TOC) it was time to descend.

[@petertwiss356]

Great video, and the Victoria's Secret wallpaper in your office is a really nice touch.

[@MaxVliet]

When I was based in Dubai doing a flight to Casablanca, we flew up over Cyprus, Turkey, Greece, Italy and southern Spain and it took almost 11 hours (as opposed to 8h30m) due to the jetstream. The return leg the day after only took under 6 hours.

[@alexhedlund1]

I love your videos and everything you do. But man, that was some bad cropping on the video on your computer. Haha jokes aside, interesting video! :D Du är grym!

[@Fr99763]

Could you make a video about the Airbus Maveric? Thanks, P.S: we are accustomed that a Mentour video includes your dog 🦮😀

[@CO84trucker]

I flew Austrian Airlines flight 66 to VIE this past Saturday/Sunday on a 767-300 and arrived at Schwechat airport an hour ahead of schedule... smooth landing on VIE runway 16.