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jmalicki 2 hours ago

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.

loeg an hour ago | parent [-]

16x, 20x -- it's about the right order of magnitude.