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GULFSTREAM G150 SETS THREE NEW CITY-PAIR SPEED RECORDS
By FlyingNews @ 3:16 PM :: 134 Views ::
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A Gulfstream G150 business jet established three new city-pair speed records, connecting Los Angeles to Maui, Hawaii; Maui to Las Vegas; and Las Vegas to Savannah.
Piloted by Michael Jarrett, Gulfstream international demonstration captain, and Chip King, Gulfstream senior production test pilot, the first G150 record flight, lasting 5 hours and 24 minutes, took off from Los Angeles at 8:25 a.m. (local time) on July 11. With four passengers onboard, the new wide-cabin G150 flew 2,204 nm at an average cruise speed of .79 Mach into headwinds of 50 knots. The G150 landed at 10:54 a.m. (local time) with 1,850 pounds of fuel remaining.
Pilots Jarrett and King flew all legs of the flights.
| City to City |
Distance |
Time |
Avg Cruise Speed |
| Los Angeles to Maui |
2,204 nm |
5 hours, 24 minutes |
.79 Mach |
| Maui to Las Vegas |
2,396 nm |
5 hours, 26 minutes |
.79 Mach |
| Las Vegas to Savannah |
1,705mm |
3 hours, 42 minutes |
.81 Mach |
During the same trip, the G150 broke an eight-year-old city-pair national speed record by 20 minutes, flying 1,900 nautical miles between Jacksonville, Fla, and Los Angeles in 4 hours, 15 minutes.
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