Examples of ground speed in a Sentence
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The ship’s over ground speed was recorded at just under 8 mph, Muise said Wednesday evening.
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Ray Sanchez, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
United Airlines flight 64 from Newark to Lisbon, which departed at 8:35 p.m. Saturday, reached a ground speed of 835 mph just off the East Coast, according to Flight Aware, which would rank among the highest on record.
—Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2024
The aircraft made a slight right turn, turning south of the roadway, and the data then shows a gradual descent and increasing ground speed.
—Adam Beam, Chinedu Asadu and Stefanie Dazio, Quartz, 11 Feb. 2024
Planes were checking in with air traffic control to learn their ground speed.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
Its ground speed is continuously adjustable between a crawl and a brisk pace.
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 12 May 2023
The in-flight data recorder (IFR) records the status of the aircraft, including altitude, heading, ground speed, rate of climb, and cabin pressurization.
—Popular Mechanics, 26 Apr. 2023
The key to it all is the difference between relative air speed and actual ground speed.
—Eric Wolff, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2010
Come back to the difference between the relative air speed and the ground speed.
—Eric Wolff, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2010
Ray Sanchez, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
United Airlines flight 64 from Newark to Lisbon, which departed at 8:35 p.m. Saturday, reached a ground speed of 835 mph just off the East Coast, according to Flight Aware, which would rank among the highest on record.
—Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2024
The aircraft made a slight right turn, turning south of the roadway, and the data then shows a gradual descent and increasing ground speed.
—Adam Beam, Chinedu Asadu and Stefanie Dazio, Quartz, 11 Feb. 2024
Planes were checking in with air traffic control to learn their ground speed.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
Its ground speed is continuously adjustable between a crawl and a brisk pace.
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 12 May 2023
The in-flight data recorder (IFR) records the status of the aircraft, including altitude, heading, ground speed, rate of climb, and cabin pressurization.
—Popular Mechanics, 26 Apr. 2023
The key to it all is the difference between relative air speed and actual ground speed.
—Eric Wolff, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2010
Come back to the difference between the relative air speed and the ground speed.
—Eric Wolff, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2010
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“Ground speed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ground%20speed. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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