PIC Speed Records!

Mafoo said:
165 mph @ 0AGL, piloting this:
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If you are going to play that game...

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Over 100 MPH on I-95 one day. (not this one but another similar 1982 Seagraves).
 
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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Oops... call it "tunnel vision" from a private pilot who forgot to include the pros out there, Greg. MY co-pilot holds my charts/iPad for me and does things like change radio freqs for me in IMC while I'm focused on flying. Nice to have, but not required like you are when part of a crew. Actually, when I typed the original post, I hadn't really considered the military types out there either. :eek:
 
Yesterday the iPad shows 145kts during a descent into WST flying the 172N. Didn't think to take a screenshot.


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flygirl34q said:
Oops... call it "tunnel vision" from a private pilot who forgot to include the pros out there, Greg. MY co-pilot holds my charts/iPad for me and does things like change radio freqs for me in IMC while I'm focused on flying. Nice to have, but not required like you are when part of a crew. Actually, when I typed the original post, I hadn't really considered the military types out there either. :eek:
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AND on Veterans day to boot...... :nono: :D
 
Kelvin said:
:D No such thing a -2 kts ground speed...that really 2 kts GS in the wrong direction...:D
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Well, if you are going from point A to point B, and you are getting FARTHER away from point B, I would say that was a negative ground speed. :wink2:
 
Ground speed, right?

387 - Beech 1900
Saab, I'm not sure. Probably 120 on a good day.
508 - Pistachio P-180
512 - Dash 8. I have a picture of that one somewhere.
 
Wow, I'm surprised that so many people remember. I can't come up with anything. :dunno:
 
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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Henning is mostly wrong.
 
Teller1900 said:
I have pictures of mine. When all you fly is turboprops, seeing 500 is a noteworthy life-event! :yes:
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I don't think the turboprops I flew could even dream of 500. :rofl:

The King Air, she is not exactly fast. Even the 680 is a climber rather than a speedster. I did time a climb recently. 6,000 MSL to FL410 in 14 minutes. We almost never get an unlimited climb but it was some stupid hour.
 
Everskyward said:
Wow, I'm surprised that so many people remember. I can't come up with anything. :dunno:
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I just put down the fastest thing I ever flew. I don't specifically recall the date, but I know we operated at top end occasionally. That number was more dramatic that the 110kts we could wring out of a HH52 downhill with a tailwind. :lol:
 
Mafoo said:
165 mph @ 0AGL, piloting this:

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160mph @ 0 AGL in one of these:
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Not with Dallas PD. It wasn't by choice. And believe me, 160 in that was far scarier than 165 in a Porsche.
 
Threefingeredjack said:
That number was more dramatic that the 110kts we could wring out of a HH52 downhill with a tailwind. :lol:
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An HH52 will go significantly faster than that.
Once.
After you let the rotor take off the boom.

See my sig.
 
187kt GS in an Arrow I with a stiff 50+ kt tailwind in level flight.

170kt GS in a M20J-205 with maybe 10kt of tailwind in level flight.

197kt GS in a M20J-205 in a 300fpm power on descent.

:yes:

Makes up for all those times I flew a Cessna 152 with 60kt GS at full rental power flying into a headwind. :(
 
About 170 kts level flight GS in my Cardinal, just this Saturday in fact. Winds more than 40 kts or so below 6 kft and I'm probably going to stay on the ground.
 
DME indicated 155+ kts in a 150hp cherokee 140.

The fortunate part was this was on the return trip.
 
flyingron said:
If you are going to play that game...

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Over 100 MPH on I-95 one day. (not this one but another similar 1982 Seagraves).
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You got that thing up to a 100???

Did you have a full tank of water?

I used to drive a Ford Pumper of that vintage.....I would have been hard pressed getting it up that fast.
 
165kts ground speed in a 177B this last Sunday. It was windy.
 
PPC1052 said:
165kts ground speed in a 177B this last Sunday. It was windy.
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Sunday was windy here too (Central Illinois). I came back from St. Louis with 185 knots in level flight at 5,500'. Wheeee! :D
 
flygirl34q said:
Sunday was windy here too (Central Illinois). I came back from St. Louis with 185 knots in level flight at 5,500'. Wheeee! :D
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I'm getting used to going really fast on *every* flight... Dunno how I'm gonna go back to flying 130-140 knot airplanes! :dunno: :frown2:
 
EvilEagle said:
Mach 1.8 at 48k' and about 740 kias at 500'. Both in the Eagle.
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Once saw a test Eagle out of WRB (Rogue) on approach doing over 1,000 kts at FL490. I watched him hit the warning area at 500 kts turn south and then crank up the speed. Since my scope only had 3 digits for speed, once he went over 999 kts it registered as ***. Never really knew what top speed he hit but I bet the fishermen down below got a heck of a wallop!
 
210 kts in the Glasair few years ago.

205 kts in a Black Hawk few years ago over Germany.

195 kts in the Velocity earlier this year resulting in non-stop from Riverside, Ca to Abilene, Tx with over an hour fuel reserve.

170 Kts in a Bell 407 2 weeks ago...slight descent though. :wink2:
 
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Ron Levy said:
770 knots true airspeed at 200 AGL. F-111D at White Sands.
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:D O.k., a follow-up question in the spirit of his: who has been the lowest (AGL) with your gears up?

And yes - an NTSB report or similar "post-event documentation" disqualifies...
 
sballmer said:
:D O.k., a follow-up question in the spirit of his: who has been the lowest (AGL) with your gears up?

And yes - an NTSB report or similar "post-event documentation" disqualifies...
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My gear is down and welded. :)
 
Everskyward said:
I don't think the turboprops I flew could even dream of 500. :rofl:

The King Air, she is not exactly fast. Even the 680 is a climber rather than a speedster. I did time a climb recently. 6,000 MSL to FL410 in 14 minutes. We almost never get an unlimited climb but it was some stupid hour.
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It takes me about 30 minutes or so to get to 10,000 ft in the FlyBaby. What is your secret?
 
Ground speeds where I have pictures to confirm and I'm flying
Lear 25 - 609kts
Mooney M20J - 250kts
 
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