Any airline pilots out there?

[YUCCA]

Im just curious what the standard cross country jets climbrate and cruising speed is.

[Gadfly]

I'm hoping you are interested in glide slope and landing speeds as well......

[YUCCA]

lol.  nah i was just watchin a couple take off today and couldn't tell how fast they were climbin and kinda sparked an interest lol.

[B17Skull12]

from my expirence on FS2002 and vatsim online stuff etc. depended on the type of plane.  most of them were around 2000 but wtf do i know?

[AKcurly]

Originally posted by YUCCA
Im just curious what the standard cross country jets climbrate and cruising speed is.

Next time you see AKRoper, Yucca, ask him.

curly

[flakbait]

Typical climb rate is around 4k per minute at 240 knots. Cruising speed around 30,000 ft can be as high as 480 knots TAS for the big boys.



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[beet1e]

One of the most impressive civil airliners is the Boeing 757. I think it can climb at 7000fpm. Mr. Toad will know, as he knows all about flying 757s. The 757 really stands on its tail, and is also renowned for its relatively aggressive wake vortices.

Coming home from the west coast minicon trip at the weekend, our 747-400 was achieving a stonking 668mph ground speed! Information was provided by the Sky Map. The wind strength was well over 100mph over the US mainland.

Later on, I took this picture. Any pilots know what the vertical separation would be between us and the aircraft below? I think it's 2000ft for IFR above a certain level, but I'd like to know what that level is.

[Furball]

Ask one of the 418 squadron guys, lot of them are pilots.

[Bodhi]

Beetle, vert sep is 1000 feet per level, with odds and evens going different directions.

THat looks to be atleast 4000 sep to me.

[Krusher]

Originally posted by beet1e
Later on, I took this picture. Any pilots know what the vertical separation would be between us and the aircraft below? I think it's 2000ft for IFR above a certain level, but I'd like to know what that level is.

When you snapped that picture I bet you were thinking about how easy it would be to bounce the lower jet

[jigsaw]

I think it's 2000ft for IFR above a certain level, but I'd like to know what that level is.

Currently it's 2000 above FL290. It's about to change to 1000 ft.

At lower altitudes it can be as little as 500 feet without radar seperation. With radar it can be closer.
We were out shooting approaches at night into Scottsdale recently in a 172 when a bizjet was vectored within 300 feet of us. Was wishing I'd had my camera with me.