Jet stream helping planes slingshot across Atlantic Ocean at 800 mph
When Virgin Atlantic Flight 10 took off from New York’s JFK International Airport this week, it was running 1 hour 13 minutes ...
Jet Stream vs. Gulf Stream: What’s the Difference?
The Deep South of the United States was hit with a rare snowstorm, the result of a collision of air pressure systems moved by ...
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 compared it to someone walking on a moving walkway at an airport – the person is ...
Transatlantic flights flew over 800 mph after freezing weather juiced the jet stream
At least two flights briefly traveled faster than the speed of sound as the jet stream sped up, but there would not have been ...
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The intriguing phenomenon helping planes slingshot across the Atlantic at 800 mph
The reason? Fierce jet stream winds supercharging its speed. The jet stream is like a river of west-to-east winds in the upper atmosphere. Airplanes use it like a highway. If flights are heading ...
Storm Eowyn’s jet stream across Atlantic sees US flights reach UK hour earlier
The fastest recorded ground speed reached by a transatlantic flight was 835mph, which was hit by a commercial aircraft going ...
Astronomers detect ferocious jet-stream winds on alien planet
In Earth's upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stream blows with winds of more than 275 miles (442 km) ...
What impact did the jet stream have on winter storms in Georgia? See what experts said.
As the Arctic rapidly warms, the temperature difference between the polar region and lower latitudes decreases, which weakens ...
Storm Eowyn jet stream causes BA flight to hit subsonic speed of 814mph
An unusually strong jet stream over the Atlantic bringing Storm Eowyn to the UK and Ireland is so powerful it pushed a flight ...
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Storm Eowyn jet stream causes BA flight to soar to 814mph across the Atlantic
An unusually strong jet stream pushed the British Airways flight to 814 miles per hour nearly breaking the subsonic speed ...
What the jet stream means for the UK weather forecast this week
Britain could face travel disruption and see damage to buildings from Thursday onwards as Storm Eowyn lashes the UK.
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Jet Stream vs. Gulf Stream: What’s the Difference?
Meteorologists often blame unusual weather events on the movements of a jet stream, not to be confused with the similarly active Gulf Stream. Learn the key differences between the two before the ...