Global 7500 Business Jet Achieves 100th Speed Record

Bombardier announced in first week of March that its industry-leading Global 7500 business jet has achieved the ultimate performance milestone: setting a category-leading 100 speed records.

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The industry flagship business jet set the mark on a mission departing from Bombardier's Authorized Service Facility ACI Jet in San Luis Obispo and landing at the London Biggin Hill Airport on Feb. 28 in nine hours and 17 minutes, averaging an impressive speed of almost 1,000 km/hr. Some of the latest speed records include impressive city pairs such as Tokyo to San Francisco, London to Riyadh, Oakland to Tokyo, Hartford to Dubai and Tokyo to Toronto, among many others.

Earlier achievements on the Global 7500 include an 8,225 nautical mile flight from Sydney to Detroit, the longest flight ever recorded in business aviation as well as the industry's first-ever non-stop mission from London City Airport to Los Angeles.