Qatar Executive's Gulfstream breaks world record in pole to pole flight

Qatar Executive (QE) together with the ‘One More Orbit’ team has made history by beating the world circumnavigation speed record for any aircraft flying over the North and South poles, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.The QE Gulfstream G650ER departed Cape Canaveral, the home of Nasa, on July 9 at 9.32am, to begin its pole to pole mission.The One More Orbit team on board comprised Nasa astronaut Terry Virts and Action Aviation chairman Hamish Harding, while the QE crew consisted of pilots Jacob Obe Bech, Jeremy Ascough and Yevgen Vasylenko, engineer Benjamin Reuger and flight attendant Magdalena Starowicz.