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WHEN IT COMES to private jets, Gulfstream is the king of the hill. With the G650, set to hit the skies in the next few months, it is looking to cement its number one position.
With a €50m million price tag, the G650 will come with all the technological and luxury bells and whistles anyone would expect.
Depite a test flight crash in April 2011 that killed four, the G650 is in full production: Gulfstream expects to deliver 17 aircraft by the end of 2012.
Few seem bothered by past troubles: The New York Post reported in 2011 that Oprah Winfrey, Warren Buffet, and Ralph Lauren all want one. Gulfstream will not reveal the names of buyers, but verified that it has received more than 200 orders for the private jet. Can’t imagine anyone in Ireland putting their name down for one right now…
All pics © Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
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I wish I had that kind of money, looks brilliant.
How muchya short, SC??
Say the word. Small unmarked notes do?
I like. Off to have a chat with the credit union tomorrow morning about a small loan.
apparently if you save 50 quid with them for a few months they’re much more amenable to a bigger loan.
You could get a €4k first class flight every day for 35 years for the same price not even considering fuel airport and pilot costs. Cancel my order!
You could lease it out to corporate types looking to cut costs but wana look the part….dunno the going rate for hiring…
I won’t be buying one next year, can’t fully around with a 13-D reg
*Fly
Put me down for 2.
A Felix Baumgartner is way faster.
Haha, whatever way I read that I thought it travelled at twice the speed of Oprah too :p
She full off hot air
My carrier fleet is overcrowded as it is…where would I park it?
Id say o Leary is sick to his stomach lookin at those photos …………all that space….
yeah and the G6 owners can bring as much toiletries over 100mls as they like…
If I was michael I Leary I’d be the first Irish guy to buy one…oh the irony…the pilot could land him an hour away from his destination every time , for a laugh like …
Amazing. I wonder how much it costs to run for the year? Fuel, Insurance, pilots, airport fees, chefs etc. Madness!
Jet fuel is $3 per gallon, a 737 uses 16000 gallons transatlantic so i guess $15k one way and maybe $1k for pilot. Airport fees god knows. Servicing is expensive too aparently. Sure who’s counting!
737′s don’t do trans-Atlantic
yours
pedantic Pat
The Swiss and Dutch do (or did). The Brits fly an equivalent Airbus.
Even more pedanticker Paul.
so the question is… will the government buy one? since they scraped the two aging government beech kingair planes.
It was only a matter of time until someone dragged the Government into it …
Yawn
If I won Euro lotto I would want one like this so….I could fly meeting new people all the world!
You could buy one, good luck paying for the fuel, pilot, maintenance, storage, permits etc..
I was thinking the same about the Euro Millions, so back off, it’s mine!!:-)
I’ll have to see if the cars passes nct first
If you have to ask the price you can’t afford one.
Looks amazing but after reading about the 4 crew killed in the tests I think I would rather stick to watching them … I’m nervous enough as it is .
feeling so fly like a G6!!!
The on-board lavatory doubles up as a chapel..
lol remember the ronan lad while under nama sent Rosanna davidson on a free holiday in his private jet. the bill for that and all his debt to nama and us sobs who pay for it now
I’ll have two please.
Id consider it if they threw in a few seat belts on the house!
looks good alright…………
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