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TAG Global claims record for polar circumnavigation
TAG Group vice president Aziz Ojjeh and a team of four other pilots broke a
31-year-old speed record for a pole-to-pole circumnavigation of the globe

TAG Group vice president Aziz Ojjeh and a team of four other pilots broke a
31-year-old speed record for a pole-to-pole circumnavigation of the globe in late November. The TransPolar08 crew circled the globe over the North and South Poles in a Bombardier Global Express, chopping 95 minutes off the record previously held by a Pan Am Boeing 747SP that made the trip in October 1977.

The Ojjeh team completed the trip in 52 hours and 32 minutes, at an average groundspeed of 444 knots. The Pan Am 747SP made the same flight in 54 hours and 7 minutes, at an average speed of 423 knots. The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) is assessing flight data from the Global Express as it decides whether to validate the new record, at which point it will confirm the total distance flown.