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There has probably been a thread on this subject before, but maybe not recently... What is the fastest you have ever flown?? Passenger ride-alongs and co-piloting duties do not count... I'm interested in PIC time, speed and type aircraft. (LOL... There has to be some kind of handicap for us smaller/slower birds)

Me... Piper Archer (PA28-181).... 188 knots. :yes:
 
Are we talking ground speeds? indicated? true? I've had the Navion on to about 230knots gs on a nice high flight with good tailwinds.
 
242 kts over the ground in the 310
310 kts over the ground in the Commander 690A
300 kts over the ground in the Cheyenne II
225 kts over the ground in the Aztec
 
Flown down my basement stairs last week, I'd say a good 15mph just before touch down...
 
150 kt GS in a 152

turned on course after leaving the pattern, and my GS in the climb was already over cruising TAS
 
flyingron said:
Are we talking ground speeds? indicated? true? I've had the Navion on to about 230knots gs on a nice high flight with good tailwinds.
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LOL... Let's go with GS... It sounds more awesome in my case because I fly a 120 knot airplane. According to Mr. Piper, I would be in deep doo doo if I were flying at 188 knots indicated in my Archer. :yikes:
 
200 indicated in my Turbo Arrow.

(Probably more like 145 indicated after the ASI was fixed and recalibrated.)
 
Mach .92 @ fl430 (710kts over the ground over pueblo) Ce750
 
I like the way Guy Maher explained it at a flight ops clinic this past weekend.

"The fastest ground speed I've ever been in a C177 was 205 knots. Then I had to go home"​

meaning the helper tailwind was now working against him.
 
212kts ground, back from 1K1 in a commanche. We weren't even 75% power, due to the turbulence.
 
I'll go for the other end of the spectrum. -2Kt in the air in a 172S (ground speed).
 
flygirl34q said:
co-piloting duties do not count
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Hey, that's not fair to Greg and his thousands of hours in the 777!

(Or me, and my 1.0 in the Hawker. :rofl:)

Funny thing is, I've gone almost as fast in the 182 as I have in the Ovation - 206 knots in the 182 descending into Madison on the way home from a PoA gathering in Iowa, whereas in the Ovation I got up to 209 knots on the way to Myrtle Beach at the end of September.

Winter's here, though, maybe I can find one of those 60+ knot tailwinds in the Ovation one of these days. :D

Oh, and... http://groundspeedrecords.com/
 
In my MM I saw 420 on the back side of a storm I rode into Morgan City. Travelair I caught a low jetstream and saw 330 at 250. I got a GS check I've Indiana in an Arrow II at 210, the opposite direction Navajo was not so enthusiastic with the respons he got. "Hey, that's not fair!":rofl:
 
flygirl34q said:
Passenger ride-alongs and co-piloting duties do not count... I'm interested in PIC time,
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That is kind of a slam against us SIC types, Lynn. In multi-pilot airplanes the flight does not go unless BOTH of the pilots are there, PIC AND SIC.

flyingcheesehead said:
Hey, that's not fair to Greg and his thousands of hours in the 777!

(Or me, and my 1.0 in the Hawker. :rofl:)
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Thanks, Kent.
 
No idea. Greater than 220 less than 280. In the Flybaby I'm a happy camper if I'm doing 80 knots.
 
165 mph @ 0AGL, piloting this:

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Greg Bockelman said:
That is kind of a slam against us SIC types, Lynn. In multi-pilot airplanes the flight does not go unless BOTH of the pilots are there, PIC AND SIC.



Thanks, Kent.
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The F-111 isn't technically a two pilot airplane as the WSO doesn't necessarilly need to know how to fly the anymore than a gunner really. It's better if he's a pilot but not necessary. I don't think the Aussie WSOs were pilots. The F-111 has been used as a high speed long range taxi in times of need even.
 
Henning said:
The F-111 isn't technically a two pilot airplane as the WSO doesn't necessarilly need to know how to fly the anymore than a gunner really. It's better if he's a pilot but not necessary. I don't think the Aussie WSOs were pilots. The F-111 has been used as a high speed long range taxi in times of need even.
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What does this post have to do with anything? :dunno:
 
Greg Bockelman said:
What does this post have to do with anything? :dunno:
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People quibbling about the details of multi crewed aircraft. On the mil side (not sure how it is done on the civilian 121/135/etc side) there is only one guy/gal who signs for the aircraft, and they log the entire flight as PIC, regardless of who is at the controls. Others can log 1st pilot time but not PIC. Either way, that is minutia that is unimportant, especially when considering an aircraft with only one pilot on board (or a single seat jet)
 
Greg Bockelman said:
That is kind of a slam against us SIC types, Lynn. In multi-pilot airplanes the flight does not go unless BOTH of the pilots are there, PIC AND SIC.
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Greg, I was surprised after the jet flight how people think that SIC's are unimportant. People seemed to be about as impressed that I'd flown in the right seat of a jet as they would have been if I'd been in the back seat. Oddly enough, I think this belief was at least as strong among pilots, if not more so, than the general public.

Folks, a two-crew aircraft isn't a two-crew aircraft because bad stuff would happen if the PIC died suddenly - It's a two-crew aircraft because BOTH crewmembers are required to complete the flight safely. I dunno what the 777 is like, but on the Hawker there are things the PIC *cannot* do. There are others that the PF might be able to handle, but it would increase accident risk significantly (do you want your pilot flying to be messing with pressurization controls on short final?).

So let's give those SIC's some respect - I think in this type of survey it makes sense to limit it to required crewmember instead of PIC.
 
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