Qualifying Long-Range Claims
It's only 5,948 nm between New York and Tokyo as the crow flies, but very few birds can make this journey nonstop. About 85 percent of the year, there's a headwind of up to 34 knots that increases the equivalent still air distance to 6,424 nm, assuming a 0.80 Mach cruise speed. Holding all other...
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