How fast is the fastest subsonic airliner flight?
1,327 km/hAbout 825 mph · Jet
A British Airways 747 hit 825 mph over the ground with a huge jet stream tailwind in 2020.
That's about 24 times a red kangaroo's top speed (56 km/h).
✈️1,327 km/h
🧺a spin cycle
By speed: a jet-stream flight is about 10× faster than a spin cycle.
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- How fast does London move as Earth spins?1,042 km/h
- How fast is sound at airliner cruising height?1,062 km/h
- How fast did Chuck Yeager fly to break the sound barrier?1,127 km/h
- How fast was ThrustSSC?1,227.98 km/h
- How fast is the speed of sound?1,235 km/h
- How fast did Felix Baumgartner fall?1,357.6 km/h
- How fast does Earth spin at the equator?1,674 km/h
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