Another Gulfstream G650 with Russian registration started to fly. RA-10204 aircraft (6170), owned by Sberbank arrived at Sheremetyevo International Airport from Savannah in mid-March with US registration N670GA. On April 14 already made his first flight to Amsterdam and Rotterdam (The Hague Airport - EHRD). The new Gulfstream is on Premier Avia certificate and will be used solely in the interests of the owner of the aircraft, based in Moscow "Sheremetyevo".
RA-10204 is only the second G650 introduced in the Russian domestic Aviation Register (the first RA-10205 - "Surgutnetegaz"), around ten aircraft , affiliated with the Russian owners, are operated in foreign registers.
In December 2012 Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. has transferred first G650 to first customer. After three and a half year flagship business jet approaching the milestone of 170 aircraft produced. During this time, the American manufacturer has released 145 long haul aircraft - 113 G650 and 53 G650ER. Today G650 fleet has flown more than 80,000 hours performing 32000+ flights. In general,the indicator of readiness for departure from the G650 is 99.7%. In 2014, the G650 received the award Robert J. Collier Trophy, and has nearly 60 speed records.
G650 project was announced on March 13, 2008, the first flight took place back on November 25, 2009 The aircraft was certified by the Federal Aviation Administration September 7, 2012, and the European Aviation Safety Agency December 21, 2012. G650 can fly almost the speed of sound - a top speed of Mach 0.925. It has a range of 6,000 nautical miles / 11,112 kilometers at Mach 0.90 and 7,000 miles / 12,964 km at Mach 0.85.
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