To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch, a world record attempt to beat a previous circumnavigation speed record over both poles has just been completed by Qatar Executive G650ER A7-CGD. The 22,422nm flight from NASA Kennedy Space Centre (USA) - Nursultan Nazarbayev (Kazakhstan) - Port Louis (Mauritius) - Punta Arenas (Chile) - NASA Kennedy Space Centre (USA) was concluded in 46 hrs 39 mins. With only 45 minutes at each stop, the eight crew beat the previous record by 6 hours.
Other Qatar Executive news.
Gulfstream announced this week that Qatar Executive are behind the $1 Billion order from January 2019. the previously undisclosed order for large cabin jets is in addition to the 2014 order for 20 G500, G600 & G650ER.
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| Photo by Trevor Warne |
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