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GULFSTREAM G550 LINKS SAO PAULO TO MOSCOW WITH ITS 18TH CITY-PAIR SPEED RECORD
Ultra-Long-Range G550 Business Jet Completes Flight In Just Over 14 Hours
SAVANNAH, Ga., Oct. 17, 2005 – A Gulfstream G550 business jet has established a new city-pair speed record between São Paulo, Brazil, and Moscow, Russia, marking the 18 th G550 city-pair speed record since the ultra-long-range business jet first entered service two years ago. Official recognition of this city-pair speed record by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) is pending.
The privately owned G550 took off from São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport at 6:52 p.m. local time on Oct. 2, 2005 . It flew 6,511 nautical miles at an average cruise speed of Mach 0.80, landing 14 hours, 12 minutes later at 4:04 p.m. local time at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow . The G550 had fuel reserves for another 1½ hours of flight.
Chief Pilot Francisco Lyra served as pilot-in-command and Captain Ivo Martins served as second-in-command. Also onboard were Copilot Renato Mattos, who served as first officer, and one passenger.
The same crew and airplane have flown numerous transcontinental trips, including an around-the-world journey that began in S ã o Paulo on Oct. 17, 2004 and ended seven days later back in S ã o Paulo . During this trip, the G550 flew more than 22,000 nautical miles, touched four continents and flew over Antarctica within 100 miles of the South Pole.
NOTE TO EDITORS
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation , a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), designs, develops, manufactures, markets, services and supports the world’s most technologically advanced business-jet aircraft. Gulfstream has produced more than 1,500 aircraft for customers around the world since 1958. To meet the diverse transportation needs of the future, Gulfstream offers a comprehensive fleet of aircraft, comprising the mid-cabin, high-speed Gulfstream G100 ™; the wide-cabin, high-speed Gulfstream G150 ™; the large-cabin, mid-range Gulfstream G200 ™; the large-cabin, mid-range Gulfstream G350 ™; the large-cabin, long-range G450 ™; the large-cabin, ultra-long-range Gulfstream G500 ™ and the large-cabin, ultra-long-range Gulfstream G550 ™. Gulfstream also offers aircraft ownership services via Gulfstream Financial Services Division and Gulfstream Pre-Owned Aircraft Sales ®. The company employs more than 7,200 people at seven major locations. We invite you to visit our Web site for more information and photos of Gulfstream aircraft at www.gulfstream.com.
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church , Virginia , employs approximately 70,800 people worldwide and had 2004 revenue of $19.2 billion. The company is a market leader in mission-critical information systems and technologies; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and business aviation. More information about the company can be found at www.generaldynamics.com.
