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    Two speed records set by Gulfstream G200

    Dec. 31, 2010
    SAVANNAH, Ga., 31 Dec. 2010. A Gulfstream G200 business jet set two city-pair speed records, connecting Savannah to Keflavik, Iceland, and Keflavik to Vnukovo, Russia. The large-cabin, mid-range G200 took off from Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport and flew 2,915 nautical miles northeast bound, with 32-knot tailwinds, at an average speed of Mach 0.75. It landed six hours and 28 minutes later at Keflavik International Airport.
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    Posted by John McHale SAVANNAH, Ga., 31 Dec. 2010. A Gulfstream G200 business jet set two city-pair speed records, connecting Savannah to Keflavik, Iceland, and Keflavik to Vnukovo, Russia. The large-cabin, mid-range G200 took off from Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport and flew 2,915 nautical miles northeast bound, with 32-knot tailwinds, at an average speed of Mach 0.75. It landed six hours and 28 minutes later at Keflavik International Airport. The same day, the same flight crew and passengers boarded the G200 for a flight of 1,827 nautical miles from Keflavik to Vnukovo, near Moscow. The aircraft left Iceland traveling eastbound at Mach 0.80, arriving four hours, 16 minutes later in Vnukovo. The G200 has a glass cockpit, featuring the Rockwell Collins ProLine 4 avionics suite. It's performance characteristics include climbing, high-cruising altitude, high-speed, long-range, and short-landing capabilities. Powered by two Pratt & Whitney PW 306A engines, the G200 can reach speeds up to Mach 0.85 at altitudes as high as 45,000 feet. Piloting the G200 were international demonstration captains Erik Kauber and Nicholas Rose. On board the aircraft were flight attendant Jeanette Brewer and four passengers. The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) confirmed the flights as U.S. records and forwarded the figures to the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) in Switzerland for approval as world records. Since the delivery of the first G200 in January 2000, the aircraft has amassed 12 city-pair speed records.

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