G700 logs city-pair records

摘要

GULFSTREAM RECENTLY set two international city-pair speed records during the first international flights by the long range G700 business aircraft, currently under development. The records were set by the sixth G700 N706GD (c/n 87006), which is used in the flight test programme to test and demonstrate the model's cabin features. The aircraft left Savannah, Georgia, on August 27 for Doha, Qatar, 6,711nm (12,428km) away, at an average speed of Mach 0.88 and was airborne for 13hr 16min. It departed Doha on August 31 for Le Bourget in Paris, a distance of 2,953nm (5,469km), arriving in France after a flight of 6hr 15min at an average speed of Mach 0.90. The city-pair records are the first for the new aircraft.