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The Challenge TAG Transpolar08 has set a new Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) record for fastest average speed around the earth flying over both the North and South Poles. The flight on a Global Express business jet departed from TAG Farnborough Airport near London on 21 November 2008 and returned 52 hours, 31 minutes and four seconds later after averaging 822.8 km/h (444.2 kts). The flight surpasses Pan Am's Flight 50 record of 1977, made in a Boeing 747SP. Its average speed was 423 knots. Aziz Ojjeh, an accomplished pilot, led the TAG TransPolar08 flight team. He also holds the FAI world record for fastest eastbound flight around the world in a Challenger 601 business jet. For TAG TransPolar08, Ojjeh was accompanied by four pilots, an in-flight coordinator, a flight engineer, and an official observer. Logistics for the flight were led by International Flight Planning and Ground Operations teams from TAG Aviation in the UK and Geneva, including specialists stationed at each stopover. |
The Class C World Record claim by TAG TransPolar08 for fastest average speed around the earth flying over North and South Poles was ratified by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) on 23rd March. For full details please visit: The TAG TransPolar08 Flight Team Pilots Aziz Ojjeh, Vice President, TAG Group Flight Operations Manager Jeffrey Weber, President, TAG Aviation Services Inc. (US) Reserve Pilots Diego Vargas, TAG Aviation Europe Flight Engineer Fabrice Milliet, TAG Aviation Europe Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) Observer Malek Adjadj, Esq., Fontanet and Associates, Geneva |