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Records

Flight records

Two decades of record-setting flights — the FAI- and NAA-recognized speed records the SJ30 has set, and the latest attempts fresh from the flight deck.

Ratified FAI speed records3
Fastest ratified speed815km/h
FAI records on one flight2
Certificated ceiling49,000ft
FAA type certificate2005

Official // FAI & NAA

SJ30 speed records

Ratified by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale and current in their class.

LHRDXB

FAI record 15191 · ratified

London → Dubai

10 Nov 2008

765.1 km/h

≈413 kt · 475 mph · Speed over a recognised course · Hamish Harding · crew Bryan Dennison

fai.org →
SATYYRFAB

FAI record 14013 · ratified

San Antonio → London

16 Jul 2006

721 km/h

≈389 kt · 448 mph · Speed over a recognised course · John Siemens · crew Hamish Harding

To the Farnborough Air Show with one fuel stop at Goose Bay: 4,600 nm in 10 h 24 m of flight time, including the 2,370 nm Atlantic leg nonstop.

fai.org →
SATYYR

FAI record 14011 · ratified

San Antonio → Goose Bay

16 Jul 2006

815 km/h

≈440 kt · 506 mph · Speed over a recognised course · John Siemens · crew Hamish Harding

Opening leg of the record run to the Farnborough Air Show.

fai.org →

Beyond the record books

Further milestones

Ultra-long-range · Nov 2007

San Antonio → Dubai

7,810nm

16 h 24 m airborne with three fuel stops · ≈476 kt. Claimed at the time as a distance record for an aircraft under 20,000 lb in a 24-hour period; not an FAI record.

FAI honor · 2006

FAI Honorary Group Diploma

Awarded to the SJ30 for its record-setting demonstration flights — among the FAI's highest distinctions for an aircraft programme.

Timeline

Two decades of records

  1. 2006FAI ratified

    FAI speed records · San Antonio → London

    Two FAI records on the flight to the Farnborough Air Show: San Antonio → Goose Bay at 815 km/h (14011) and San Antonio → London at 721 km/h (14013), with the Atlantic leg flown nonstop from Goose Bay. The FAI awards the SJ30 its Honorary Group Diploma.

  2. 2007Not FAI-ratified

    Ultra-long-range demonstration

    San Antonio → Dubai: 7,810 nm in 16 h 24 m of flight time, with three fuel stops. It was claimed at the time as a distance record for an aircraft under 20,000 lb in a 24-hour period.

  3. 2008FAI ratified

    FAI speed record · London → Dubai

    765.1 km/h over a recognised course — ratified as FAI record 15191.

  4. 2026Pending ratification

    Transcontinental east-to-west run

    Jacksonville → San Diego nonstop in about 4 h 07 m: an unofficial 505.3 mph (439.1 kt) east-to-west transcontinental speed record in FAI class C-1f, pending FAI/NAA ratification. The track actually flown was 1,831 nm.

Behind the records

Certificated performance

486-kt speed, a 2,500-nm range, and the first sea-level cabin to 41,000 ft — the record-setting SJ30.

  • Max speed486 kt · M0.83
  • Range2,500 nm
  • Ceiling49,000 ft
  • Sea-level cabin to41,000 ft
  • FAA type cert27 Oct 2005
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SJ30 in flight

San Antonio → Goose Bay (14011), San Antonio → London (14013) and London → Dubai (15191) are ratified FAI records in class C-1f. Knots and mph are converted from the FAI km/h figures; distances and flight times are as reported at the time. Performance figures are the SJ30-2 published specifications.