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 ...
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The intriguing phenomenon helping planes slingshot across the Atlantic at 800 mph
The jet stream is like a river of west-to-east winds in the upper atmosphere. Airplanes use it like a highway.
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Jet Stream vs. Gulf Stream: What’s the Difference?
When meteorologists in North America mention “the jet stream,” they are usually referring ... The Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León was the first European to observe the ocean pattern ...
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Transatlantic flights flew over 800 mph after freezing weather juiced the jet stream
Most flights between the US and Europe travel through the North Atlantic jet stream, and its tailwinds are the reason it's faster to fly to Europe from the US rather than vice versa. The climate ...
Storm Éowyn to bring wet and windy weather to West
Soon afterwards, notably windy conditions will become widespread into the early hours of Friday as Storm Éowyn (pronounced ...
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Astronomers detect ferocious jet-stream winds on alien planet
WASHINGTON - In Earth's upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stream blows with winds of more than 275 ...
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Winds of up to 33,000kph detected on distant planet
In Earth’s upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stream blows with winds of more than 442kph, but they ...
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Storm Eowyn jet stream causes BA flight to hit subsonic speed of 814mph
The jet stream steers weather systems across the Atlantic towards Europe. When the jet stream dips south over the UK, it can bring colder, sometimes stormy weather as it drags Arctic air down with it.