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Old 07-12-2011 | 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Check Essential
I can beat that. Right in the same vicinity south of Japan.
On a flight from Cubi Point to Kadena we got a P-3 going 11 knots backwards.
Same wind, same altitude. Around 170-180 kts headwind. Dropped the flaps and slowed down and actually went backwards.


I landed an AN-2 once with zero forward groundspeed.