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Aircraft Cherokee 140 (PA-28-140)
Company Private
Name Ian McMahon
Date November 2007
Groundspeed 192 kts
Notes Was attempting to fly home to Atlanta from Charlotte, and had a weather system that had me fighting 65kt headwinds... finally gave up and headed back to Charlotte for the night, and achieved 192kt groundspeeds in level flight. True airspeed in the cherokee is around 120kt, so that was a healthy 72kt tailwind at approx 4000'.