I-Qatar Executive (QE), kunye neqela elinye le-Orbit, lenze imbali ngokubetha irekhodi lokujikeleza ngesantya sayo nayiphi na inqwelomoya ebhabha ngaphezulu kwezibonda zaseMantla naseMazantsi, ukubhiyozela isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-50 sokufika kwenyanga ka-Apollo 11.
QE Umda I-G650ER yemka eKapa kaninzi, ikhaya le-NASA, ngolwesiBini we-9 Julayi nge-9.32 ekuseni ukuqala ipali yayo kwipali. Iqela elinye le-Orbit lalikhwele ebhodini, liquka usomajukujuku we-NASA uTerry Virts kunye noSihlalo we-Aviation uHamish Harding, ngelixa iqela elilawulayo laseQatar linabaqhubi beenqwelo moya abathathu uJacob Obe Bech, uJeremy Ascough kunye no-Yevgen Vasylenko, injineli uBenjamin Reuger kunye nomncedisi wenqwelomoya uMagdalena Starowicz.
Iinjongo zahlulwa zangamacandelo amane; Indawo yokumisa isiphekepheke iNasa eFlorida ukuya e-Astana, e-Astana ukuya eMauritius, eMauritius ukuya eChile naseChile ibuyela eNasa, eFlorida, ineendawo zokumisa imingxuma kwindawo nganye. Inqwelomoya yafika eKennedy Space Centre ngoLwesine nge-11 kaJulayi, iseta ngempumelelo irekhodi elitsha lehlabathi lokuphaphazela kwipali kwiiyure ezingama-46 kunye nemizuzu engama-40.
Okwangoku ukufika kwakukhona Qatar Airways UMphathi oyiNtloko weQela, UMnu. Akbar Al Baker, othe: “Abaphathi beQatar, bekunye neqela leOne More Orbit, benze imbali. Imishini efana nale ithatha isixa esikhulu sokucwangcisa njengoko kufuneka siqwalasele iindlela zokuhamba ngenqwelomoya, indawo yokumisa amafutha, iimeko zemozulu ezinokubakho kunye nokwenza izicwangciso zawo onke amathuba. Abantu abaninzi abasebenza emfihlekweni basebenze ngokungakhathali ukuqinisekisa ukuba lo msebenzi ubuyimpumelelo kwaye ndiyazingca ngokuba saqhekeza irekhodi lehlabathi - okokuqala kwiQatar Executive - eya kuthi iqinisekiswe yi-Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) kunye ne-GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS ™.
Usihlalo weAction Aviation uHamish Harding, uthe: “Umsebenzi wethu, obizwa ngokuba yiOne More Orbit, unika imbeko ekuphumeleleni kokufika kwenyanga uApollo 11, ngokuqaqambisa indlela abantu abayityhala ngayo imida yomoya. Sikwenze oku ngethuba kubhiyozelwa isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-50 sokufika komhlaba kwenyanga ka-Apollo 11; yindlela yethu yokunika imbeko kwixa elidlulileyo, langoku, nakwikamva lokuhlola indawo. Injongo isebenzise izakhono zamakhulu oochwephesha abanetalente kwihlabathi liphela kwaye bubungqina kwinto enokuphunyezwa xa sonke sidibana. ”
I-Qatar Executive ngoyena mntu ungumnini-wehlabathi inqwelo moya ye-G650ER, eyona jet yeshishini ikhawulezayo ye-ultra-long kushishino. Inikwe amandla ziinjini ezimbini zeRoll-Royce BR725, elona lungu lakutshanje kunye nelona lihambele phambili kuthotho lweenjini ze-BR700.
I-Qatar Executive okwangoku isebenza ngeenqwelomoya ezili-18 zikarhulumente wabucala, kubandakanya i-Gulfstream G650ERs ezintandathu, iGulfstream G500s, ezintathu zeBombardier Challenger 605s, ezine ze-Global 5000 kunye ne-Global XRS.
* Ukuqinisekiswa ngokusemthethweni yi-Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI)
