A Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. business jet recently set two city-pair records while flying around the world in one stop.
The G650ER took off from White Plains, N.Y., with three passengers and four crew members on board. It flew 12,851 kilometers eastbound to Beijing at an average speed of Mach 0.87 for a total flight time of 13 hours and 20 minutes. The aircraft then flew eastbound 12,171 kilometers to Savannah, accomplishing the mission at an average speed of Mach 0.89 for a total flight time of 12 hours.
The aircraft landed both times with fuel in excess of National Business Aviation Association instrument flight rule reserves.
"There isn't another business jet capable of this mission," Scott Neal, senior vice president, worldwide sales and marketing, Gulfstream, said in a statement. "This flight proves just how powerful a machine the G650ER is. We promised customers an aircraft that could take them farther faster than any other; we delivered on that promise. The G650ER provides a combination of speed and range that is creating history and setting records."
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