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184mph!

Postby JamesL » Fri Mar 06, 2015 9:24 am

A massive cheat tbh, but clocked this on the Eurostar back from Brussels yesterday. Still astonishing though; those trains certainly shift, and it's effortless...

Even more of a cheat, clocked 707mph coming back from the States last year, with a favourable following breeze. I think I've had 740 on a similar trip but even I'm not quite anal enough to find it. Left it on the GPS for a while in case I needed to impress the Bill - that would be quite something for an airhead! :D
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Postby David_S_Walker » Fri Mar 06, 2015 10:22 am

Hello,

I once (genuinely) travelled at 1,354mph...

...anyone care to guess how?

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Postby Topcat » Fri Mar 06, 2015 10:30 am

Concorde?
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Postby David_S_Walker » Fri Mar 06, 2015 10:36 am

Hello,

Got it in one! Faster than a bullet from a gun....apparently

Childhood dream come true. Went up to the flight deck (In the days when you could) and saw the curvature of the earth out of the front window.

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How fast?

Postby Dickl » Fri Mar 06, 2015 10:38 am

How fast does the earth go when travelling round the sun? Or doesn't that count?
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Postby Topcat » Fri Mar 06, 2015 10:43 am

David_S_Walker wrote:Hello,

Got it in one! Faster than a bullet from a gun....apparently

Childhood dream come true. Went up to the flight deck (In the days when you could) and saw the curvature of the earth out of the front window.

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Watched a programme last night about Concorde on a DVD a friend gave me. What a machine!! :D

Very envious of your flight.
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Postby The Teutonic Tangerine » Fri Mar 06, 2015 11:28 am

This is my GPS fastest speed.

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But this was on Skis and I was aged 55 at the time. I spent a week skiing in Niederau Austria and when I added up the weeks stats I had skied down the equivalenmt of over 120,000 feet and had covered 147 miles (going downhil on skis as opposed to going up hill on chairlifts).
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Postby Gromit » Fri Mar 06, 2015 11:31 am

I once did approx 500mph...at an altitude of approx 200 feet. That felt quick. :)
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Re: How fast?

Postby Corvus » Fri Mar 06, 2015 12:06 pm

Dickl wrote:How fast does the earth go when travelling round the sun? Or doesn't that count?


I think it's speed changes, according to some geeza named Kepler.
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Postby Corvus » Fri Mar 06, 2015 12:11 pm

The mph thing with aircraft gets interesting because you're not contacting the earth. Mmmm. ( strokes chin)



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Postby slparry » Fri Mar 06, 2015 1:33 pm

Flying over London once my TomTom on the phone was going nuts with speed camera warnings at 300 mph :)
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Postby Corvus » Fri Mar 06, 2015 2:37 pm

Do gps systems know your road speed from Doppler shifts? Does it matter the altitude of the road? Does that affect accuracy?
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Postby Topcat » Fri Mar 06, 2015 2:46 pm

Corvus wrote:The mph thing with aircraft gets interesting because you're not contacting the earth. Mmmm. ( strokes chin)



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While everyone else reaches for a stiff drink :wink:
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Postby Corvus » Fri Mar 06, 2015 3:35 pm

Topcat wrote:
Corvus wrote:The mph thing with aircraft gets interesting because you're not contacting the earth. Mmmm. ( strokes chin)



(Puts kettle on)


While everyone else reaches for a stiff drink :wink:


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Postby f90x » Fri Mar 06, 2015 4:55 pm

I've traveled towards the earth using my own weight at approximately 125mph
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