Gulfstream G650 ~ fast trip to paradise from pretty much anywhere

Gulfstream announced a new jet yesterday: the G650 (warning: long Flash load time and bad music).  It can travel 7,000 nautical miles at 0.85 Mach or 5,000 nautical miles at 0.90 Mach.  Yes, that’s just short of the speed of sound.  But the real story here is the fine publicity shot that they chose:

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Oh, yes, that’s a beautiful island.  Is it Bora Bora?  Nope.  It looks like Kauai.  See the sand in this picture from the University of Utah:

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They have other pictures on the Gulfstream site; one looks like the Waimea Canyon area on Kauai also.

It’s good to see that they’re off to important business destinations for this business jet.  Let’s let them write it off as an expense on their tax returns.  They were on their way from New York to Sydney after all for that important takeover meeting.

Paradise is not just for pleasure anymore.

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Posted on March 14, 2008
Filed Under Business and Commerce, Medium to Paradise, Natural Disasters, Technology | 2 Comments

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2 Responses to “Gulfstream G650 ~ fast trip to paradise from pretty much anywhere”

  1. New island wallpapers available at National Geographic : Rapidsea on March 16th, 2008 5:24 pm

    [...] Bora came up in the Gulfstream post, and luckily I found my way to a really beautiful picture of it on National Geographic’s [...]

  2. New island wallpapers available at National Geographic : Rapidsea on March 16th, 2008 5:24 pm

    [...] island wallpapers available at National Geographic Bora Bora came up in the Gulfstream post, and luckily I found my way to a really beautiful picture of it on National Geographic’s [...]

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