A After it exited that stream farther north, its speed leveled off to between 600 and 700 mph, which is stilla bit faster thantypical cruising speed.
B While the flight’s peak speed of 802 mph washigher thanthe speed of sound (767 mph), the aircraft did not break the sound barrier.
C Although its ground speed (...) wasgreater thanthe speed of sound, it was still moving through the surrounding air at its ordinary cruise speed.
D Not to be outdone, American Airlines Flight 120 from Philadelphia to Doha, Qatar, topped out near 840 mph, which would rank amongthe higheston record.
E At 7 p.m. Saturday, temperatures wereas low asthe single digits in interior Maine but were in the 70s in South Florida.