Aircraft
Gulfstream G280 Speeds into Dubai for Airshow
The Gulfstream G280 on display this week at the Dubai Airshow broke a city-pair speed record en route to the event, flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport in just over seven and a half hours.
The Gulfstream G280 on display this week at the Dubai Airshow broke a city-pair speed record en route to the event, flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport in just over seven and a half hours.

The Gulfstream G280 super-midsize on display this week at the Dubai Airshow broke a city-pair speed record en route to the event, bringing the aircraft’s records total to more than 30. Its latest record run started at 5:23 p.m. on Friday, when the aircraft departed Kuala Lumpur International Airport with Gulfstream pilots Jason Willis and Marilyn Whicker at the controls. The twinjet completed the 3,356-nm (6,215-km) flight to Al Maktoum Airport in 7 hours 34 minutes, averaging Mach 0.80.