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World’s Fastest Civil Aircraft Gulfstream G650 Reaches Mach 0.995
August 29, 2010 - Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced that its ultra-long-range, ultra-large-cabin Gulfstream G650 recently reached Mach 0.995 as part of its 1,800-hour flight-test program. Accomplishment establishes G650 as world’s fastest civil aircraft. (www.avstop.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Way to go!
I wouldn't say the fastest. The Falcons & Citation X are capable of supersonic speeds without any problems. As a matter of fact (long ago & far far away), salespeople used to demo the Falcon 50 that way. They would go out over the water, pull the mach warning CB, put it in a dive so you could see shock wave.
Mach 0.995 in an 18 degree dive. Why is this impressive?
This is NOT impressive. I want to see straight and level speeds at Mach .995....Not in a dive.
Its nice that Falcons are "capable" of supersonic speeds. Thats why we run them over in Gulfstreams all the time. Why would you demo an airplane to someone and show them something the airplane is not allowed to do?? In my previous demo days that would have not been tolerated. BTW the G5 did M 1.07 in flight testing back in 1995, with the same guy flying the 650 now. It was local supersonic airflow but good enough for me.
Wow.. Marketing ploy. Buy our $65M airplane. It can go .995 in a dive. Kinda like a C750 that can't legally go supersonic. Good for them.