Ua hana ʻo Qatar Executive (QE), me ka hui ʻO One More Orbit, i ka mōʻaukala ma ka lanakila ʻana i ka moʻolelo wikiwiki o ka honua holoʻokoʻa no nā mokulele e lele ana ma luna o nā pole ʻĀkau a me Hema, no ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka makahiki 50 o ka pae ʻana o ka mahina ʻo Apollo 11.
ʻO ka QE ʻO Gulfstream Ua haʻalele ʻo G650ER iā Cape Canaveral, ka home o NASA, i ka Pōʻalua 9 Iulai i ka hola 9.32am e hoʻomaka ai i kāna misionari pole to pole. Aia ka hui ʻO One More Orbit ma luna o ka moku, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo NASA astronaut Terry Virts a me Action Aviation Chairman Hamish Harding, aʻo ka hui Qatar Executive he ʻekolu mau pailaka ʻo Jacob Obe Bech, Jeremy Ascough a me Yevgen Vasylenko, ʻenekinia Benjamin Reuger a me ke kahu mokulele ʻo Magdalena Starowicz.
Ua māhele ʻia ka misionari i ʻehā mau ʻāpana; ʻO ka hale hoʻokele moku ʻo Nasa ma Florida a hiki i Astana, ʻo Astana a i Mauritius, ʻo Mauritius a i Chile a hoʻi ʻo Chile i Nasa, Florida, me ka hoʻomaha ʻana o ka lua i kēlā me kēia wahi. Ua pae ka mokulele ma Kennedy Space Center i ka Pōʻalima 11 Iulai, me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi moʻolelo honua hou o ka lele lele ʻana i ke kia i loko o 46 mau hola a me 40 mau minuke.
Aia ma ka pae ʻana Qatar Hawaiian Airlines ʻO ka Luna Nui o ka Pūʻulu, HE Mr. Akbar Al Baker, nāna i ʻōlelo: "Ua hana ʻo Qatar Executive, me ka hui One More Orbit, i ka mōʻaukala. He nui ka hoʻolālā e like me kēia no ka mea pono mākou e helu i nā ala lele, nā wahie hoʻomaha, nā kūlana o ka wā a me nā hoʻolālā no nā mea āpau. Nui nā poʻe ma hope o nā hiʻohiʻona i hana me ka luhi ʻole e hōʻoia i ka holomua o kēia misionari a haʻaheo loa wau ua uhaʻi mākou i ka moʻolelo honua - kahi mua no Qatar Executive - e hōʻoia ʻia e ka Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) a me GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Action Aviation Hamish Harding: "ʻO kā mākou misionari, i kapa ʻia ʻo One More Orbit, e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka holomua pae ʻana o ka mahina ʻo Apollo 11, ma ka hōʻike ʻana i ke ʻano o ka pana ʻana o ke kanaka i nā palena o ka aeronautics. Ua hana mākou i kēia i ka wā hoʻolauleʻa makahiki 50 o ka pae ʻana o ka mahina ʻo Apollo 11; ʻo ia kā mākou ala e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka wā i hala, i kēia manawa, a me ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka mākaʻikaʻi lewa. Ua hoʻohana ka misionari i nā mākau o nā haneli o nā ʻenehana akamai ma ka honua a he hōʻike ia i ka mea hiki ke hoʻokō ʻia ke hui pū mākou a pau.
ʻO Qatar Executive ka mea hoʻokele waiwai nui loa o ka honua o ka mokulele G650ER, ʻo ka wikiwiki loa o ka mokulele ʻoihana ultra-long rang ma ka ʻoihana. Hoʻohana ʻia ia e nā ʻenekini ʻelua Rolls-Royce BR725, ka lālā hou loa a ʻoi loa o ka pūʻulu engine BR700.
Ke hoʻohana nei ʻo Qatar Executive i nā ʻauwa o 18 mokulele ponoʻī o ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe, e like me ʻeono Gulfstream G650ER, ʻehā mau Gulfstream G500, ʻekolu Bombardier Challenger 605s, ʻehā Global 5000 a hoʻokahi Global XRS.
* E hōʻoia ʻia e ka Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI)
