Gulfstream announced today its ultra-long-range G800 made its first flight, always a red-letter day in any aircraft development program. The two-hour flight took off from Georgia’s Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport at 9 a.m., powered by a blend of conventional Jet A and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
It would be nice to see a picture of this new aircraft.
I was sold, on the big windows thing. The ultra long range is nice too, I have a 9 ish hour duration the way my light sport plane is set up, and as a kid had a 5 gallon tank on my mini bike, I’ve always been into long range. Funny, how I don’t lust for anything wealth related, EXCEPT THIS PLANE, WANT!!
So what is really different about it compared to the G700?
500nm more range, different window layout (is it of composite fuselage construction?).
Web site poorly done for actually learning about the product, range map not functional. Put in Hype category.
(Someone via Wikipedia says it has same wing as G700 but is 10 feet shorter. So it is a replacement for the G650ER, using the wingspan of the G700. (To the extent that the Wikipedia author has understood the products, not perfectly.)
Of course the competition is introducing new aircraft as well:
More range is still a goal, the B8000 can only get to Perth from London, most people will want to go to eastern Australia.
Engines on Gulfstreams are not well specified, many are the R-R Pearl BR 700 series, usually with a number like BR715, but ‘Pearl 700’ powers the G700.
Something about the nearly featureless expanses of off-white in this cabin just bothers me. In reality it probably is, but in 2D it doesn’t appear to be a nice place to be.
Another toy for the one per cent of the one per cent. Ho, hum.
Agreed. Nothing I will ever ride in, let alone fly. Now that we (the US) is no longer selling things to the super-rich Russian oligarchs, I wonder how many of these things might get sold.