Around-the-world record beaten by Sabreliner 65 HB-VCN......

[Stratofreighter]

Nothing is sacred...
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DATE:01/03/10

SOURCE:Flight International

Sabreliner crew to attempt world record flight

By Kate Sarsfield

On 19 March Capt Riccardo Mortara and his crew will set off from Geneva in a Sabreliner business jet on a mission to set the record for the fastest flight around the world.

The start/finish line was to have been Bucharest, but the team has elected to make Geneva the venue, given that its operations base - Sonnig - is in the Swiss city.

If their Sabreliner - a 30-year-old midsize mainstream jet - can circumnavigate the globe in under 67h 1min 10s it will fly into the history books. The record is held by the late Steve Fossett, who completed the course in his Virgin GlobalFlyer in 2005 in this same category, with a take-off weight of between 9,000kg (19,840lb) and 12,000kg.

[Stratofreighter]

And they have succeeded!
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[ehusmann]

Nothing beats a Sabreliner!

Well, except maybe for a JetStar that is.... anybody has one to try the next worldrecord attempt with?

Erwin