I-Qatar Executive yephula irekhodi lesivinini sokuzungeza umhlaba ku-Gulfstream G650ER

I-Qatar Executive (QE), kanye nethimba le-One More Orbit, baqophe umlando ngokwedlula irekhodi lesivinini sokuzungeza umhlaba kunoma iyiphi indiza endiza phezu kwezigxobo zaseNyakatho neseNingizimu, ekugubheni iminyaka engu-50 kokuhlala enyangeni kwe-Apollo 11.

Idatha ye-QE IGulfstream I-G650ER isuke e-Cape Canaveral, ikhaya le-NASA, ngoLwesibili zingama-9 kuJulayi ngo-9.32am ukuze iqale umsebenzi wayo wokuhamba phambili. Ithimba le-One More Orbit beliphakathi esikebheni, elihlanganisa usomkhathi u-Terry Virts weNASA kanye noSihlalo we-Action Aviation u-Hamish Harding, kanti ithimba le-Qatar Executive liqukethe abashayeli bezindiza abathathu u-Jacob Obe Bech, u-Jeremy Ascough no-Yevgen Vasylenko, unjiniyela u-Benjamin Reuger kanye nesisebenzi sasendizeni uMagdalena Starowicz.

Imishini yahlukaniswa yaba imikhakha emine; Isikhungo se-Nasa shuttle eFlorida siya e-Astana, e-Astana siye e-Mauritius, e-Mauritius siye e-Chile nase-Chile sibuyela e-Nasa, e-Florida, enezitobhi zokufaka uphethiloli endaweni ngayinye. Indiza yahlala e-Kennedy Space Centre ngoLwesine ziyi-11 kuJulayi, ibeka ngempumelelo irekhodi elisha lomhlaba lokundiza emahoreni angama-46 nemizuzu engama-40.

Ekhona lapho kokwehla kwaba Qatar Airways IGroup Chief Executive, HE Mr. Akbar Al Baker, othe: “Isiphathimandla se-Qatar, kanye nethimba le-One More Orbit, siqophe umlando. Umsebenzi ofana nalona uthatha isamba esikhulu sokuhlela njengoba sidinga ukubheka izindlela zendiza, izitobhi zikaphethiloli, izimo zezulu ezingaba khona futhi senze izinhlelo zawo wonke amathuba. Abantu abaningi ngaphandle kwezigcawu basebenze ngokuzikhandla ukuqinisekisa ukuthi lo msebenzi ube yimpumelelo futhi ngiyaziqhenya ngokuthi sephule irekhodi lomhlaba - elokuqala le-Qatar Executive - elizogunyazwa yi-Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) kanye ne-GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™.

Usihlalo we-Action Aviation u-Hamish Harding, uthe: “Injongo yethu, enesihloko esithi One More Orbit, ihlonipha impumelelo yokufika enyangeni ye-Apollo 11, ngokugqamisa indlela abantu abayiphuca ngayo imingcele ye-aeronautics. Lokhu sikwenze ngesikhathi semigubho yeminyaka engu-50 yokufika kwenyanga ye-Apollo 11; kuyindlela yethu yokuhlonipha okwedlule, okwamanje, kanye nekusasa lokuhlola indawo. Lo mkhankaso usebenzise amakhono amakhulu ochwepheshe abanamakhono emhlabeni wonke futhi uwubufakazi balokho okungafinyelelwa uma sonke sihlangana.”

I-Qatar Executive ingumnikazi-opharetha omkhulu emhlabeni wendiza ye-G650ER, indiza yebhizinisi eshesha kakhulu esebenza isikhathi eside embonini. Inikwa amandla izinjini ezimbili ze-Rolls-Royce BR725, ilungu lakamuva nelithuthuke kakhulu ochungechungeni lwenjini ye-BR700.

I-Qatar Executive njengamanje isebenzisa uxhaxha lwezindiza ezizimele zesimanje eziyi-18, okuhlanganisa ama-Gulfstream G650ER ayisithupha, ama-Gulfstream G500 amane, ama-Bombardier Challenger 605 amathathu, ama-Global 5000 amane kanye ne-Global XRS eyodwa.

* Ukuqinisekiswa ngokusemthethweni yi-Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI)