Gulfstream’s G700 Jet Sets the Brand’s 700th Speed Record

Even in the rarefied world of private jets, records matter. Gulfstream just announced that it has achieved 700 city-pair records with its flagship G700 on a flight from Taipei to Miami. The flight lasted 14 hours and 38 minutes at an average cruise speed of Mach 0.87. The G700 and 700^th flight make good bookends, representing the 50-year anniversary of Gulfstream’s first city-pair record, set in 1975 by the Gulfstream GII. That early Gulfstream flew from St. John’s, Antigua, to Dakar,…