Aircraft
SyberJet SJ30-2 Sets Unofficial Transcontinental Record
Aircraft flew Jacksonville to San Diego nonstop
A SyberJet SJ30-2 on a ramp
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A SyberJet SJ30-2 twinjet set an as-yet-unofficial east-to-west U.S. transcontinental speed record on a nonstop flight between Jacksonville, Florida, and San Diego. According to SyberJet Aircraft, the light jet averaged a speed of 505.3 mph over its flight time of 4 hours 7 minutes, with Gordon “Gordy” Bryan at the controls and company CEO Trevor Milton aboard.

This tops the previous C-1.f class record of 339.4 mph, set by an Embraer Phenom 300 in 2013, an increase of about 48%, SyberJet said. The company expects the National Aeronautic Association and Fédération Aéronautique Internationale to certify the record within 90 days.

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