G650 circumnavigates the globe in one stop
Gulfstream G650ER - 'The Globetrotter'
A Gulfstream G650ER business jet set another two city-pair records while flying around the world in one stop.
The G650ER took off from White Plains in New York, with three passengers and four crew members on board. It flew 6,939 nm/12,851 km 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 6,572 nm/12,171 km 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 (NBAA) instrument flight rule reserves.
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“There isn’t another business jet capable of this mission,” said Scott Neal, senior vice president, worldwide sales and marketing for Gulfstream. “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.”
In addition to the two pending records, the G650ER set two speed records during flight testing in 2014.
The aircraft flew from Los Angeles to Melbourne, Australia in 14 hours and 58 minutes. The G650ER then flew from Hong Kong to Teterboro, New Jersey in 14 hours and 7 minutes.
