Qantas Boeing 787 smashing speed records

[Greg Hyde]

Qantas Boeing 787 smashing speed records

The Qantas Boeing 787-9 Perth to London nonstop service is smashing speed records, with some flights beating the schedule by up to an hour.

Monday’s QF10 flight time from London to Perth was just 15 hours 45 minutes — one hour faster than published as the pilots hooked up with a strong jet stream.

The average speed for the journey was 938km/h but just before the descent into Perth, the plane was flying at 1114km/h.

The typical cruise speed for a 787 is 900km/h.

And the journey to London is also getting quicker, with QF9 on Wednesday taking just 16 hours 55 minutes — 25 minutes faster than the schedule.

The previous record for the flight was set in April 1987 when a Royal Air Force VC-10 flew from Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, to Perth non-stop being refueled twice inflight.

That record was marker to marker and did not include the take-off and landing

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