alt Hacker News> And a 777 is about 16x faster than a carrier.
Surely that's missing a 0 or are carriers really that fast?
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jmalicki • yesterday at 7:23 PM
Commercial airliners are sub mach1. The Charles de Gaulle is reported to go at least 27 knots at top speed.
27*16=432, a 777 goes 510-520 knots.
So maybe more like 18-19x.
For the carriers it is at least as the true top speed is classified.
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Aircraft carrier speed... 33 knots or about 35mph[1]
Boeing 777 speed 554mph[2]
So about 16x!
[1] http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-028.php
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777