My good friend Marcio is on a ferry flight in a Phenom 300 from Ft. Lauderdale to Singapore and I’m jealous as hell. I thought that we were really hauling ass when we hit 385 knots in the Phenom 100 last year over Japan but this picture of the 300’s MFD shows what real speed is.
They’re cruising at 45,000 feet as opposed to 38,000 and as you can see on the upper left of the screen his true airspeed is 423 knots. This flight is being filmed for “Dangerous Flights” and is introducing a new co-pilot on his first flight so when the show finally airs in the US you all can see it. I wish I could’ve gotten that flight, I’m sure it’s a little more comfortable riding in the 300 to Singapore than my flight last year along the same route in the SR-22 Cirrus. That little puddle jumper only went 160 knots and the whole trip from Singapore took 21 days. Just sayin.
