Aircraft
Gulfstream G650ER Shows Off Long Legs on Global Flight
N650GA flew from White Plains, N.Y. to Beijing and back to Savannah, Ga., in 25 hours 20 minutes.
Gulfstream G650ER, registered as N650GA, flew around the world from White Plains, N.Y. to Beijing and back to Savannah, Ga., in 25 hours 20 minutes. It set new city-pair records on the two flights. (Photo: Gulfstream Aerospace)
Gulfstream G650ER, registered as N650GA, flew around the world from White Plains, N.Y. to Beijing and back to Savannah, Ga., in 25 hours 20 minutes. It set new city-pair records on the two flights. (Photo: Gulfstream Aerospace)

Gulfstream’s G650ER set two more city-pair records while flying around the world with just one stop. On the first leg, N650GA took off from Westchester County Airport in White Plains, N.Y., on February 1 with three passengers and four crewmembers: pilots Mike Jarrett, Ray Wellington and Scott Curtis and flight attendant Melody Thorne. It flew 6,939 nm eastbound to Beijing International Airport, landing the following day after a 13-hour, 20-minute flight and averaging a speed of Mach 0.87.