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Xrated750 said:![]()
Simply put yes it is the fastest Biz jet out there. And as for Egos........ well I know some two seat putt-putt drivers with bigger egos than some C-X pilots I know.
.92 out
Xrated750 said:![]()
Simply put yes it is the fastest Biz jet out there.
.92 out
GVFlyer said:
I'll buy this to a point. The GV currently holds the National Aeronautic Association and the Federation Aeronautique Internationale speed record for New York to Los Angeles. It's a matter of range - the Citation X goes real fast, but does not go real far or real high at the same time.
A while back (August) I took off from Teterboro in a 90,500 pound GV going to Kauai. Immediately behind me, a 750 took off (with TEB minimum IFR separation) going to the left coast. I went initially to 43,000 feet and .87 mach or about 500kts. The GV is red lined at .885 or about 508kts (at -56.7 C.), so for max speed with some margin, I limited max speed to .88 or 505kts so I didn't have to listen to the overspeed cricket.
The 750 initially went to 35,000 and probably to around .90 mach at his weight, although he was reporting .92 to ATC when they asked his mach. The operant thing is that while he was going faster, all the way across the nation he continued to check on frequency about the same 3 minutes behind me that he took off after me, and somewhere around Ore-gun he ran out of fuel and had to land while I continued on another 2400nm to Kauai and landed with 9,000 lbs of fuel. My average trip speed for the 4400nm was .875 or a little over 502 knots.