The whizz from Oz. Record flight to Abu Dhabi for G650
Gulfstream's new ultra-large-cabin, ultra-long-range G650 set another city-pair speed record on its way to the Abu Dhabi Air Expo.
The record flight was between Melbourne and Abu Dhabi. The record is the flagship aircraft’s sixth potential record this year.
The speed record was set as the demonstration aircraft departed Avalon 2013 for the Abu Dhabi Air Expo. The G650, carrying five crew and two passengers, took off from Melbourne International Airport and landed 13 hours and 5 minutes later at Abu Dhabi Al Bateen Executive Airport. The G650 cruised at an average speed of Mach 0.87 for the 6,329-nm (11,721 km) flight.
The Melbourne-Abu Dhabi trip is the demonstration aircraft’s longest duration nonstop flight since it entered service in late 2012. Previously, its longest flight was from Doha, Qatar, to Teterboro, N.J., a journey of 6,102 nm (11,301 km) that the aircraft accomplished in 13 hours and 3 minutes.
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