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Gulfstream Announces World’s Fastest Civil Jet – G650

By admin | March 13, 2008

Gulfstream Announces World’s Fastest Civil Jet - G650Step aside, Cessna Citation X. Gulfstream seems to have trumped you in the speed department. Announced today, the new Gulfstream 650 will be able to produce a maximum range of 7,000 miles at Mach .85 or 5,000 miles at Mach .90, and won’t hit the barber pole (max speed limit) until Mach .925, a full M .005 faster than the Citation. (Ok, so it’s not that much faster, but at the very least we’re seeing a new and exciting battle for speed.)

If this aircraft produces the level of performance Gulfstream is promising, they will have accomplished quite a feat. The Citation X, while currently the fastest civil aircraft in the world, doesn’t have the range with which to appropriately take advantage of the extra speed. The G650, with 7,000 miles worth of fuel, will be able to make up some serious time on some serious legs. For example, on a Dubai-Chicago flight at 6,370 miles, the G650 will save you 88 minutes over a comparably ranged jet. Not bad, considering cost won’t be a factor to those who will own this bird.

Citation X Gulfstream 650
Max Speed

Mach .92

Mach .925
Max Range

3,070 nm

7,000 nm
Ceiling

51,000 ft

51,000 ft
Maximum Takeof Weight

36,100 lbs

99,600 lbs
Full Fuel Payload

1,362 lbs

1,800 lbs
Engines

2 Rolls Royce/Allison AE 3007C1

2 Rolls Royce BR725
Engine Thrust

6,764 lbs

16,100 lbs
Take Off Distance (ISA, MTOW, SL)

5,140 ft.

6,000 ft.
Coolness Factor

Crazy Awesome

Crazy Awesome + 1

Source: Gulfstream

Topics: Business Aviation, Gulfstream | 11 Comments »

  • Arivesa-Parviainen

    More is undoubtly more.

  • arivesa

    The race is on.Good.

  • duppy man

    YOU GO Gulfstream

  • rob

    cool what the hell is a Mach .925

  • AusJetGuy

    Full fuel payload on the G650 must be wrong.

  • AusJetGuy

    Rob,

    Mach 0.925 is a speed that is the same as
    686Mph or 1100Kmh.

    Mach 1 is the speed of sound which is
    742Mph at sea level.

    At 41,000 feet altitude where these jets fly Mach 1 is
    much faster :)

  • AusJetGuy

    Full fuel payload on the G650 must be wrong.

  • AusJetGuy

    Rob,

    Mach 0.925 is a speed that is the same as
    686Mph or 1100Kmh.

    Mach 1 is the speed of sound which is
    742Mph at sea level.

    At 41,000 feet altitude where these jets fly Mach 1 is
    much faster :)

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    It's a beautiful jet..I've had the pleasure of riding on one twice and it's the standard!

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  • MN80

    No, at 41,000 feet Mach 1 is about 660 mph which is considerately slower than sea level. Mach .925 at 41,000 feet is about 610 mph. I wish people would stop using sea level Mach #'s to make planes seem significantly faster than they will ever be.