Aircraft
Bombardier Global 7500 Completes 8,225-nm Flight
The October 6 flight by Bombardier's Global 7500 demonstrator bested an earlier record flight by 235 nm.
The published range of Bombardier Business Aircraft's Global 7500 is 7,700 nm. (Photo: Bombardier Business Aircraft)
The published range of Bombardier Business Aircraft's Global 7500 is 7,700 nm. (Photo: Bombardier Business Aircraft)

Bombardier’s biggest business jet, the Global 7500, continues to bust records—this time in the category of aircraft range, the Canadian airframer announced yesterday. On October 6, its demo aircraft completed an 8,225-nm flight between Sydney, Australia, and Detroit, Michigan, with some help from 20-knot tailwinds, besting a 7,990-nm flight, also in a Global 7500, between Singapore and Tucson, Arizona, earlier this year. The twinjet's published range is 7,700 nm.