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Re:Boeing 787 Reaches 801 MPH as a Jet Stream Packs Record-B... by TheCraiggers on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @04:04PM (#19202777)
Yes. Ground speed is basically airplane speed + wind speed.
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Re:Boeing 787 Reaches 801 MPH as a Jet Stream Packs Record-B... by cyberferret on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @05:07PM (#19203341)
<pedant mode>Technically it would be airplane speed + wind speed vector for the same direction the airplane is heading.</pedant mode> :)
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Re:Boeing 787 Reaches 801 MPH as a Jet Stream Packs Record-B... by TheCraiggers on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @12:52PM (#19210082)
Hey, I said 'basically'! :P

But yes, you are correct. However, the person I was replying to already said they were ignorant of this stuff, so I didn't want to get too crazy.

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