Seattle to Jeddah Non-Stop: Longest Distance Flight in a Boeing Business Jet - Apr 9, 2002

Seattle to Jeddah Non-Stop: Longest Distance Flight in a Boeing Business Jet

A recently delivered Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) takes off from Seattle's Boeing Field en route to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. BBJ Chief Pilot Mike Hewett, along with customer pilots Doug Beckham and Jeff Tolbert, departed Sunday morning, April 7, under cloudy skies and landed 14 hours 12 minutes later in sunny Jeddah. The 6,854 nautical mile flight represents the farthest distance flown in a BBJ.

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