Gulfstream IISP Just Completes a World Speed Record Los Angeles - Kitty Hawk.News Editors/Business Editors LOS ANGELES/KITTY HAWK, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 2003 The Gulfstream IISP IISP Information Infrastructure Standards Panel (ANSI) IISP Interim Interswitch Signaling Protocol IISP Institute of Information Security Professionals IISP International Institute for Software Process business jet approaching for a flyby fly·by also fly-by n. pl. fly·bys A flight passing close to a specified target or position, especially a maneuver in which a spacecraft or satellite passes sufficiently close to a body to make detailed observations without has just completed a World Speed Record from Los Angeles to Kitty Hawk in 3 hrs 48 min; average speed of 631 mph. Flown by renowned pilot Clay Lacy, this is his 29th World Record. Clay's previous records include World Speed Records from Los Angeles - Paris and Moscow to Los Angeles aboard this same Gulfstream IISP in 1995 and the Absolute Around the World record in 1988 flying a Boeing 747. On board with Clay today is Airshow Test Pilot Bob Hoover, famed P-61 Black Widow The Northrop P-61 Black Widow was an all-metal, twin-engine, twin-boom, monoplane night fighter and night intruder aircraft flown by the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. It was the only Allied purpose-built aircraft to serve as a radar-equipped night fighter. test pilot John Myer and Joe Clark, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Aviation Partners, the company that developed the new technology Blended Winglets which are on the Gulfstream IISP. KTLA KTLA KCBS TV in Los Angeles Channel 5 Los Angeles television anchorman Hal Fishman, a pilot and a member of Clay's team on many previous World Speed Record flights, is onboard today. Clay and the other pilots onboard decided to establish today's record from Los Angeles to Kitty Hawk in honor and tribute to the Wright Brother's first powered flight 100 years ago. With over 50,000 flying hours aboard just about every type of aircraft in the skies, Clay may well be the highest time pilot in the world. |
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