Inside The $72 Million Gulfstream G800 Private Jet
Gulfstream planes, the Cadillac of the sky, take luxury to unprecedented heights, and the typically understated company pulled out all the stops overnight. The brand debuted not one but two new products at an extravagant event. While the G400 redefines the large-cabin aircraft class by combining performance and environmental economy, all eyes were on the new Gulfstream G800. In today’s video, we will be talking about the Gulfstream G800 private jet. The $71.5 million Gulfstream G800 will have the same fuselage as the G650ER but will borrow many of the features built for the G700. It will have the most extended range of any currently announced business jet. In addition to the Symmetry, flight deck, wing, tail, and Rolls engines include the cabin seating, cabinets, and lighting.
The jet can seat up to 19 people and sleep 10 when equipped with four living spaces or up to 15 passengers when equipped with three living areas and a crew compartment. Both versions contain front and aft restrooms and a galley for food preparation, albeit the galley is more significant when the crew rest space is included.
It keeps the G650ER’s original interior dimensions: 53.6-foot length, 6.25-foot height, 8.2-foot width, and 2,138 cubic-feet cabin capacity. It will also include the same 16 huge oval cabin windows as its predecessor. When flying at 41,000 feet, the cabin altitude will be 2,916 feet.
The flight deck for pilots will be the same as the G700, with Symmetry, two head-up displays with an integrated vision system, and a predictive landing performance system.
The Gulfstream G800 has the same 99.75-foot length as the G650ER, but that’s where the similarities end. The new jet’s wingspan, at 103 feet, is nearly 3.5 feet greater than its predecessor and exactly equals that of the G700. The tail height of the Gulfstream G800 is two inches lower, at 25.5 feet.
The Pearl 700 engines of the G800 are rated at 18,250 pounds of thrust each, matching the powerplants in the G700. According to Gulfstream, the Pearl 700s are 18% more fuel-efficient than the G650’s Rolls BR725 engines.
The MTOW of the Gulfstream G800 will be 105,600 pounds. At the same time, the aircraft manufacturer claimed that it would be possible to temporarily reduce this to less than 100,000 pounds for operations at weight-restricted fields such as Teterboro Airport in New Jersey. Other weights include a zero-fuel weight of 60,500 pounds, a maximum payload of 6,200 pounds, and a total fuel weight of 49,400 pounds.
According to early performance statistics, the Gulfstream G800 will have a maximum ceiling of 51,000 feet and a Mach 0.925 Mmo. The estimated takeoff distance at MTOW is 6,000 feet.
The G800’s class-leading 8,000-nautical miles range will be accomplished at a long-range cruising speed of Mach 0.85. It will be capable of flying 7,000 nautical miles at Mach 0.90 high-speed cruising. Either speed option from New York will provide a constant connection to Shanghai, Tahiti, Punta Arenas, Johannesburg, or Mumbai. As a result, Gulfstream’s Burns expects that many operators will choose to fly at high speeds for numerous flights.
The Gulfstream G800 will fly nonstop from Hong Kong to London, Moscow, Rabat, Perth, Sydney, Los Angeles, or New York. However, to travel nonstop from Hong Kong to Lagos, the G800 will need to fly at a significantly slower Mach 0.85.
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