RVSM is an aviation standard that reduces the required vertical separation between aircraft from 2,000 feet to 1,000 feet between flight levels FL290–FL410. This effectively doubled the number of usable cruising altitudes, improving airspace capacity and fuel efficiency. Phase 1 was essentially a controlled trial (operational evaluation) to validate safety, aircraft performance, and monitoring systems before […]
First Pilot to Fly a Million Miles in a Jet Airplane
In 1959, Garlow was flying a jet-prop Vickers Viscount, which Capital Airlines first put into service on July 26, 1955. Garlow’s record was described as “a million miles of jet flying,” even though the aircraft had propellers, because in the late 1950s, turboprops like the Viscount were widely marketed as “jet-prop” or turbine aircraft since […]
Gulfstream G280 Set Overwater Record
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 […]
First Anniversary of the Gulfstream G280’S Entry into Service
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp first announced the G280 on Oct. 5, 2008, and its first flight took place on Dec. 11, 2009. The flight lasted 3 hours and 21 minutes and the aircraft flew to 32,000 feet or 9,754 meters. The G280 earned its type certificate from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Aug. 30, […]
Gulfstream Celebrated the G700’s Certification
On April 4, 2024, at the Savannah Convention Center riverwalk, the newly FAA-certified G700 jet flew over the Savannah River. During the flyby, the G700 was accompanied by a G800 jet, which wa expected to be certified later that year. At the time, the G700 was dubbed the most spacious business jet in the industry, […]
Denver International Airport’s Opening Day
DEN, which is owned by the city and county, has grown from serving 31 million passengers in 1995, to more than 82 million passengers in 2024. As of October 2024, it was the largest airport in the United States by land area and one of the busiest in the world, thus employing over 40,000 people, making […]
Gulfstream G650’s Flight Test
The high Mach number was achieved to validate the aircraft’s maximum speed for stability characteristics, a requirement for receiving a Certificate of Airworthiness from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Such high speeds were outside the aircraft’s normal flight envelope. The G650’s maximum allowable Mach number at the time was Mach 0.925. Before this first test […]