News Release
GULFSTREAM G150 SETS THREE NEW CITY-PAIR SPEED RECORDS
SAVANNAH, Ga., August 4, 2007 – A Gulfstream G150 business jet established three new city-pair speed records, connecting Los Angeles to Maui, Hawaii; Maui to Las Vegas; and Las Vegas to Savannah.
Piloted by Michael Jarrett, Gulfstream international demonstration captain, and Chip King, Gulfstream senior production test pilot, the first G150 record flight, lasting 5 hours and 24 minutes, took off from Los Angeles at 8:25 a.m. (local time) on July 11. With four passengers onboard, the new wide-cabin G150 flew 2,204 nm at an average cruise speed of .79 Mach into headwinds of 50 knots. The G150 landed at 10:54 a.m. (local time) with 1,850 pounds of fuel remaining.
Pilots Jarrett and King flew all legs of the flights.
| City to City | Distance | Time | Avg Cruise Speed |
| Los Angeles to Maui | 2,204 nm | 5 hours, 24 minutes | .79 Mach |
| Maui to Las Vegas | 2,396 nm | 5 hours, 26 minutes | .79 Mach |
| Las Vegas to Savannah | 1,705mm | 3 hours, 42 minutes | .81 Mach |
During the same trip, the G150 broke an eight-year-old city-pair national speed record by 20 minutes, flying 1,900 nautical miles between Jacksonville, Fla, and Los Angeles in 4 hours, 15 minutes.
Introduced in 2002, the G150 can accommodate six to eight passengers comfortably. The first G150 business jet completed its first flight on May 3, 2005. The G150 received type certification from the Civil Aviation Administration of Israel and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Nov. 7, 2005, and was delivered to its first customer on August 14, 2006. Gulfstream has submitted an application to the National Aeronautic Association to confirm the new records.
NOTE TO EDITORS
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), designs, develops, manufactures, markets, services and supports the world’s most technologically advanced business-jet aircraft. Gulfstream has produced some 1,600 aircraft for customers around the world since 1958. To meet the diverse transportation needs of the future, Gulfstream offers a comprehensive fleet of aircraft, comprising the wide-cabin, high-speed Gulfstream G150®; the large-cabin, mid-range Gulfstream G200®; the large-cabin, mid-range Gulfstream G350®; the large-cabin, long-range G450®; the large-cabin, ultra-long-range Gulfstream G500® and the large-cabin, ultra-long-range Gulfstream G550®. Gulfstream also offers aircraft ownership services via Gulfstream Financial Services Division and Gulfstream Pre-Owned Aircraft Sales®. The company employs more than 7,900 people at seven major locations. We invite you to visit our Web site for more information and photos of Gulfstream aircraft at www.gulfstream.com.
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employs approximately 82,900 people worldwide and anticipates 2007 revenues of more than $27 billion. The company is a market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and information systems and technologies. More information about the company is available online at www.generaldynamics.com.
