Max groundspeed you have ever gotten?

[AAsRedHeadedbro]

621 Knots grounspeed ORD to BTV (Burlington, Vermont) at FL 370, January of 2003. However, coming back, we paid the piper. We flew low at FL 220 to try to mitigate the wind somewhat but still saw 310 knot grounspeeds with a TAS of 450 knots.

 

[Cat Driver]

Well, last July I averaged 151 knots from Keflavik Iceland to Narsarsauq Greenland in a PBY, that is the highest GS I have ever had in one of those on a long trip in the last 36 years of flying the things.

Now maybe it ain't a jet but it is an airplane.

 

[Craven Morehead]

Not subsonic, but: 1350, no wind/F-14A/South of San Clemente Island, California. Thought it would be just between me and my RIO until maintenance pointed out that the nose cone was devoid of paint after we parked the jet. The jet's a monster above 1.5 mach.

 

[freightdoggie]

Navajo at 17000 265 level, pushed it over just so I could say I hit 300k in a Piper.... from cmh - iad

 

[HAZ-MAT]

Fastest in the Caravan was 248kts, and one night while holding, in slow flight i got 17kts.

 

[FearlessFreep]

B-747, 705 Kts at level off after departing Japan. Didn't last too long, about 10 minutes before it went to to about 690 Kts. Have heard a lot of stories of very high groundspeeds over the Northern Pacific Area.

 

[Valkyrie]

339 Knots GS in a King Air F-90, while in descent.

223 knots GS in a BE58 (the 2x300hp) while in cruise.

Sorry, that's all for me!


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[ultrarunner]

I had to actually look in my logbook, as I had made a note of it...

Falcon 10

CGX-ROC (can't do that city pair anymore)

blocked at 52 minutes

max recorded GS 676 level at 330.

SMOKIN!

 

[ibaflyer]

Last Friday.... St. Louis (Creve Couer-1H0 to PHD) in a Piper Lance @9500
hit 216 kts and made the trip in 2:01 Woopie!!!!

 

[THE Flying Ace]

We hit 500 kts in the Citation II going from FCM-MNM at FL290.

 

[Mmmmmm Burritos]

I saw -25 knots GS (yes Negative) in a Cessna 152 once. I asked approach what my groundspeed was and he couldnt even see me

 

[Mu2Driver]

419 KTS in the Mu-2 at FL270 from FXE-CDW had 110kts on the tail over North Carolina

saw 791 kts over the deserts of Utah this past summer in the back of an F-16

 

[ultrarunner]

saw 791 kts over the deserts of Utah this past summer in the back of an F-16

I'd still have a hard-on!!!

 

[ShawnC]

635 kts Roswell, NM to Nashville several years ago. 1:37 min in a Lear 25

Must be the aliens in Roswell giving you an extra push.

*Puts on Tin foil hat*

 

[Flywrite]

I was sitting around the FBO Monday waiting for pax when I picked up Robb Report or some other "stuff you cant afford" type magazine. There was an article by the SR-71 pilot who wrote "Sled Driver".

He tells a story about a training mission over California where they hear a guy in a Cessna ask ATC for a groundspeed. They tell him 92 or something like that. Then a guy in a Bonanza (or similar) asks the same, they tell him 160. Next a cocky sounding guy in an F-18 asks. ATC tell him 615 knots. These two Blackbird drivers decide this guy is being an arrogant a$$ and decide to nip it in the bud. Naturally, they ask for their groundspeed, and the controller tells them, without missing a beat, 1,905 knots! (I cant remember the exact #, but it was in that region.)

As for myself...428kts in a DHC-8 TLH-CLT in the low 20s.

 

[countbat]

I was flying in the area when I heard Grand Canaris Control asking a TU-154 for Mach number. It was given .95 and for ground speed 735 kts.

 

[jaxgus]

Not Shabby

1600+ knots -- Mach 2.39 @ 38,000' with 150 knots on the tail

F-15 in slick configuration on a maintenance test flight

 

[TurboS7]

Climbing out of Japan the other day we saw 210kts. Amazing it was very smooth, we were on our way to Guam.

 

[TEXAN AVIATOR]

I saw -25 knots GS (yes Negative) in a Cessna 152 once. I asked approach what my groundspeed was and he couldnt even see me

LMAO

169 kt GS at 12,000' in a C 172 SLC-BOI.

 

[SpiffAV8]

457kts @ 23.0 between LIT and CVG in SA227. For once I was in the right place at the right time. The controllers where said that was the best they had ever seen for a Metro.