As you can see this Southwest plane is going 516 knots at 27,455 feet. When I fly around 30,000 feet. I can only go 349 knots or less. Is this part of the new update or at I missing something.
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That’s a ground speed reading I believe. You can easily reach 516 knots GS.
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you know how every car has a top speed it can reach? yea… similar way
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Flights in LiveFlight are tracked in ‘Groundspeed’
You are looking at the ‘Indicated Airspeed’ on your HUD.
Look for the little ‘GS’ and it will have a number next to it. Thats your groundspeed that you can compare…
If you’re not sure how Indicated Airspeed Versus True Airspeed Versus Groundspeed works, google it, and you’ll get a good understanding of the differences.
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As already been said, it displays ground speed. So does FlightAware, FlightRadar24 and other similar services.
If David were to fly 516kts IAS at that altitude, he would be at Mach 2+… Good luck with that in a 738.
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Thanks everyone. Just learned something. You always learn something every day! Good Luck in your future flights for Global!✈️
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P.S: this is not me. It’s from YouTube.
Yes. That is overspeeding. This was prior to the red line tape that we have on the airspeed indicator now.
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