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Gulfstream G280 Speeds into Dubai for Airshow 2013

By Chad Trautvetter • Online Editor

November 19, 2013

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

This is the second G280 city-pair record to the Middle East this year. In March, the aircraft flew from Singapore to Abu Dhabi in 7 hours 40 minutes, also averaging Mach 0.80 for the 3,301-nm (6,113-km) flight. Other speed records include Paris to New York in 7 hours 41 minutes; Savannah, Georgia, to London in 7 hours 24 minutes; and Honolulu to Savannah in 8 hours 18 minutes.

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