Gulfstream G550 Set Three Transcontinental Speed Records between Cities in Asia and the United States of America
On November 21, 2005, Gulfstream Aerospace announced that a Gulfstream G550 had set three speed records. The first of the two trips began on October 28 when the G550’s took off from Seoul, South Korea, at 6:04 p.m., flew nonstop, and landed a in Teterboro, NJ, 13 hours and 45 minutes later. The flight achieved the 19th G550 city-pair speed record.
The same G550 aircraft set two more city-pair records. On the first leg of a subsequent trip, that began on October 29, the G550 took off from San Francisco, CA at 8:12 a.m. local time on Oct. 29, flew nonstop, and landed 12 hours and 35 minutes later at Seoul at 12:47 p.m. local time the next day. The flight achieved the 20th G550 city-pair speed record. Then, on the trip’s return flight, the G550 took off from Beijing, China at 3:26 p.m. local time, and landed 12 hours and 55 minutes later in Bedford, MA at 3:21 p.m. local time. The flight achieved the 21st G550 city-pair speed record.
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