over daphne, Heading to madrid

A long ride to the other side of the pond: Aeromexico flight 34 flies over Daphne’s Christ The King Catholic Church Thursday afternoon. Captured at an altitude of 37,000 feet or seven miles high, the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner moves at a ground speed of 568 knots or 653 mph during a nine hour flight from Monterrey, Mexico to Madrid, Spain. Described as the best selling passenger wide body jet of all time, the 787 is built in three commercial variants including the 206 foot long 787-9, which can carry nearly 300 passengers. The 787-9 has a travel range of more than 8,700 miles. Photo shot from Fairhope, roughly nine and a quarter miles from the aircraft…