Gulfstream Aerospace has set another city-pair speed record with its new ultra-large, ultra-long-range G650. The 11,721-kilometre flight from Australia's Melbourne International Airport to Abu Dhabi's Al Bateen Executive Airport took 13 hours and five minutes at an average cruise speed of Mach 0.87. The trip is the demonstration aircraft's longest nonstop flight since it entered service in late 2012. Previously, its longest flight was from Doha, Qatar, to Teterboro, N.J., a journey of 11,301 kilometres. The aircraft completed that trip in 13 hours and three minutes. The record will be sent to the Federation Aeronautique Internationale in Switzerland for recognition as a world record. If recognized, it will be the aircraft's sixth record this year.
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