Friday, December 11, 2009
Israeli Test Pilot Flies Gulfstream G250
Happy Hanukkah from Gulfstream Aerospace.
The company flew its new G250 business jet for the first time Friday.
Gulfstream designed and built the mid-size, eight- to 10-passenger jet in collaboration with Israel Aerospace Industries.
IAI chief test pilot Ronen Shapira flew the G250 for three hours and 21 minutes, taking off from and returning to Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport.
"The G250 performed extremely well, just as we expected," said Pres Henne, Gulfstream's senior vice president, programs, engineering and test. "We're looking forward to 2011 when we'll begin delivering this aircraft to the customers who had tremendous input in its design."
Shapira flew the aircraft to 32,000 feet, achieving a maximum speed of 253 knots. He said the flight was "extremely smooth with no issues."
Powered by twin Honeywell HTF7250G engines, the G250 can travel 3,400 nautical miles at Mach 0.80, has a maximum operating speed of Mach 0.85, has an initial cruise altitude of 41,000 feet, can climb to 45,000 feet and can depart from a 5,000-foot runway at maximum takeoff weight.Jerusalem's First-Ever Hanukkah Flash Mob
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Obama increasingly sounds like a fourth-rate orator, a third-rate academic, a second-rate lawyer, and a first-rate fool.
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