NJI Record Flight?

[GVFlyer]

I don't know if they applied with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale or not, but if they did, the crew of N509QS established a new class C-1L Group 3 Turbojet record for their flight from Washington, Dulles to Maui Hawaii last night with an average speed of 855 kph or 462 Knots.

GV

 

[johnsonrod]

I don't know if they applied with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale or not, but if they did, the crew of N509QS established a new class C-1L Group 3 Turbojet record for their flight from Washington, Dulles to Maui Hawaii last night with an average speed of 855 kph or 462 Knots.

GV

Do we know if it is a G550 or not? Wow - that's a long late-night flight... Do those aircraft have a separate crew bed or rest quarters? Regardless, I'm sure they're happy to be in Maui right now.

 

[GVFlyer]

Do we know if it is a G550 or not? Wow - that's a long late-night flight... Do those aircraft have a separate crew bed or rest quarters? Regardless, I'm sure they're happy to be in Maui right now.

I'll let a NetJets pilot respond to the NJI specific questions, but they did the 4,132 nm flight in 08:57. That's a chip shot for a GV.


GV






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[mzaharis]

Do we know if it is a G550 or not? Wow - that's a long late-night flight... Do those aircraft have a separate crew bed or rest quarters? Regardless, I'm sure they're happy to be in Maui right now.

Gulfstream GV


http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNumSQL.asp?NNumbertxt=509QS

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=N509QS&distinct_entry=true


Don't know about the crew rest, but diagrams for G550s on Netjet's website show a cabin configuration with a crew rest.

http://www.netjets.com/NetJets_Fleet/NetJets_Fleet.asp#planeId=gulfstream550 , and click on the "Interiors" tab.

 

[cush]

..probably a ferry.

 

[learflyer]

He who flys the LEAST and has the SHORTEST legs and is HOME the most wins!

 

[GEXDriver]

He who flys the LEAST and has the SHORTEST legs and is HOME the most wins!

Does compensation enter anywhere into your equation?

 

[RTRHD]

That is just normal everyday stuff. I am sure no one applied for anything.

 

[skiandsurf]

Flying a transcon is bad enough. I cant imagine after getting to So Cal, then having another 4 hours to go. But at least the plane is somewhat comfortable.

 

[GEXDriver]

That is just normal everyday stuff. I am sure no one applied for anything.

With the winds last night your Gulfstream would have had to average just over M 0.87 to make it from Dulles to Maui in eight hours and fifty-seven minutes. You guys normally fly around at M 0.87?

 

[Ultra Grump]

He who flys the LEAST and has the SHORTEST legs and is HOME the most wins!

All right!!! I finally won something!!! Woo hoo!!!

 

[RTRHD]

With the winds last night your Gulfstream would have had to average just over M 0.87 to make it from Dulles to Maui in eight hours and fifty-seven minutes. You guys normally fly around at M 0.87?

Normally .85 but the winds were just lighter I am guessing. Maybe they were in a hurry for a short night who knows. But anyway good for them, I will ask them we gave them that airframe.

 

[wolfpackpilot]

I did Dulles to Maui last summer, and it was just under 10 hours (felt like 48 with the guy I was with :bawling: ). They must have been booking!

Anything under 10 hours is like a drive through the neighborhood. At 14.5 is when I start yearning for the ground!

 

[Diesel]

whats the average stage length of the iv?

4 to 6hrs? plllleaaase.

 

[RNObased]

I did Dulles to Maui last summer, and it was just under 10 hours (felt like 48 with the guy I was with :bawling: ). They must have been booking!

Anything under 10 hours is like a drive through the neighborhood. At 14.5 is when I start yearning for the ground!

Having flown many a trans-con, and just running the numbers in my mind, you are correct. They had to be hauling ass. They had to hit the coast at somewhere around 4:30 in the flight, that is moving. Any time you can cross the country in less the 5hrs is good time.

The jet stream must have been way north.

 

[gutshotdraw]

I did Dulles to Maui last summer, and it was just under 10 hours (felt like 48 with the guy I was with :bawling: ). They must have been booking!

Anything under 10 hours is like a drive through the neighborhood. At 14.5 is when I start yearning for the ground!

I'm guessing one of maybe three guys for that one. No wonder you headed north .

 

[GEXDriver]

Having flown many a trans-con, and just running the numbers in my mind, you are correct. They had to be hauling ass. They had to hit the coast at somewhere around 4:30 in the flight, that is moving. Any time you can cross the country in less the 5hrs is good time.

The jet stream must have been way north.

I checked the wind right after GVFlyer made his post. N509QS had an average 40 knot headwind so he had to be truing out at around 500 knots!

 

[RTRHD]

I checked the wind right after GVFlyer made his post. N509QS had an average 40 knot headwind so he had to be truing out at around 500 knots!

Yea I will buy that. .85 just like I said.

 

[NJAFracPilot]

Yea I will buy that. .85 just like I said.

Uh...M0.85 is 488 knots at the tropopause. M0.87 is 499 knots.

 

[RTRHD]

Uh...M0.85 is 488 knots at the tropopause. M0.87 is 499 knots.

Well I am not going to argue over 12 kts. When you figure in temp,ram rise, and compressability. "O" heck with it, I don't know what I am talking about..
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