• Gulfstream's G500 executive jet. (Gulfstream)
    Gulfstream's G500 executive jet. (Gulfstream)
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Gulfstream's G500 executive jet has set a new speed record for the flight from Kona, Hawaii, to Melbourne, Australia.

Cruising at 0.85 mach, the 19-seater covered the 4795-nm run in 10 hours and 37 minutes. The record was one of eight set during a recent world sales tour.

“We have the confidence to take the fully outfitted G500 test aircraft directly to customers around the world and prove its unparalleled reliability, speed and comfort again and again,” said Mark Burns, president, Gulfstream.

“These city-pair records are additional indicators of the unmatched speed and performance of Gulfstream aircraft.”

Among the other city pair records Gulfstream have applied for are:

  • Singapore to Dubai in 6 hours and 54 minutes at Mach 0.90
  • Dubai to Lagos in 7 hours and 35 minutes at Mach 0.90
  • Lagos to Bridgetown, Barbados, in 9 hours and 8 minutes at Mach 0.87
  • Bridgetown to Savannah in 3 hours and 45 minutes at Mach 0.90
  • Abu Dhabi to Luanda, Angola, in 7 hours and 23 minutes at Mach 0.90
  • Luanda to Foz Do Iguaçu, Brazil, in 8 hours and 13 minutes at Mach 0.90
  • Foz Do Iguaçu to Savannah in 7 hours and 40 minutes at Mach 0.90
  • Kona, Hawaii, to Melbourne, Australia, in 10 hours and 37 minutes at Mach 0.85

The National Aeronautical Association has still to confirm the records.

The G500 has a maximum range of 5200 nm, with a top speed of 0.925 Mach and a ceiling of 51,000 feet.

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