One Boeing 747 de British Airways registró a new speed record for a commercial flight subsóonly one flying between New York and London.
The 9 February, flight BA-112 broke downó the current speed record for a commercial flight subsónico, when making the flight from New York to London in just 4 hours and 56 minutes.
Assigned to this flight was «queen of heaven» Boeing 747-436 foodíG-CIVP number with núMSN serial grouper 28850 and with 22 años since its entry into service for the main airlineíUK line, which, taking advantage of the strong currents of high winds called in Englishés «jet stream» becameó almost in a legendary Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde.
Sayún reportó the portal Flight Radar 24, the previous record was held by a Boeing 787 de Norwegian, which he madeó a flight between New York and London – Gatwick one 5 hours and 13 minutes.
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breaking the record with 17 flight minutes, the boeing 747-400 British Airways made good use ofó jet streams to reach más ráI ask your destiny and alsoén, consume less fuel y así generating a lower environmental impact.
The flight in questionón leggó at a speed mámaximum recorded 825 mph o 1,327km/h, what to implyíto break the sound barrier, but the speed reported by Flight Radar 24 is the speed relative to the ground.
During flight the speed récord a través del Atláantique, BA112 yoursó at a constant Mach 0.86 O 86 percent of the speed of sound. Because the speed of sound is relative to the mass of air in which the aircraft is traveling, the flight is not «breaks the sound barrier».
Jet stream or jet stream
The jet stream or jet stream is not más that a current of wind at high speed and that is located in specific areasífigures of the planet of no great «width».
On earth, These currents meet at the tropopause between 9 a 17 kilómeters high and the directionón of the wind is from west to east (direction deviations may occurón) at speeds greater than 180 km/h.
In general terms, The jet streams are classified by polar current, these being the más veloces, and by lower velocity subtropical currents, but taller.
