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Worst Weather in the World

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I flew up to Maine to see my sister and cousins for a few days. As part of the trip we went up Mount Washington in NH. We went up on the Cogged Railway. It's A unique old vehicle system that only uses a large cog underneath the engine hooked into a ladder type of rack on the tracks all the way to the top. The modern engine uses a 600HP John Deere driving a hydraulic pump which in turn drives several hydraulic motors turning the large cog. Mt Washington is known for the extreme cold and highest wind in the world. Yes, the world. That was not the case when we went up. The winds were 3 MPH and the temp was 62 degrees. the highest ever temp ever recorded was 72 degrees and a 3 MPH wind is generally unheard of. So, the weather was quite kind for us.
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I had a fast trip to Atlanta, factually. The "My flight" information on the airplane showed a ground speed at high as 657 mph. A tail wind of over 150 mph certainly helps. It was a little over 3 hours from Orange County California to Atlanta. Things slow down when you get close for the class B airspace. Yes, there are speed limits, 250 knots for class B.