An unusually strong jet stream over the Atlantic bringing Storm Eowyn to the UK and Ireland is so powerful it pushed a flight travelling to London to near record speeds, data suggests. According to ...

The current subsonic speed record stands at 1,344 km/h (835 mph), set in 2020 by a New York to London flight that completed the journey in just four hours and 56 minutes. The increase in speed was ...

The fastest recorded ground speed reached by a transatlantic flight was 835mph, which was hit by a commercial aircraft going from New York to Lisbon last February. Although such a speed is officially ...

Storm Eowyn has resulted in jet stream winds in excess of 260mph over the east coast of the US, meaning records could be broken over the coming days. Transatlantic passengers flying between the US and ...

An unusually strong jet stream pushed the British Airways flight to 814 miles per hour nearly breaking the subsonic speed ...

A British Airways flight from Las Vegas to London Heathrow approached subsonic speeds on Wednesday thanks to the unusually strong jet stream bringing Storm Eowyn to the UK and Ireland. According ...

Boom's Supersonic XB-1 jet became the “world’s first independently developed supersonic jet” to break the sound barrier ...

A sleek white aircraft became the first independently developed jet to break the sound barrier Tuesday, tearing through the ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator jet broke the sound barrier at Mach 1.122, reaching an altitude of 35,290 feet at ...

Boom's Supersonic XB-1 demonstrator aircraft is the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier since the Concorde. | ITV ...