Originally Posted by
FlyMD
With a „light“ G550, Luton to Le Bourget, I remember doing ground to FL490 in 19 minutes.... Not exactly representative though, as we only had about 8‘000 of a possible 41000lbs of fuel on board.
FL490 seems a little on the high side, even if you get the clearance to do so. Or am i missing something here?
LR23. Now there was an a/c. 10,000ft/min, initial RIC. Turbo jet. I.E., not shackled by noise restrictions etc.