Last week I had the amazing opportunity the sit in a Gulfstream GV cockpit at Peatchtree Dekalb Airport. It was my future father in law’s last flight as a corporate pilot after 38 years with the company and he invited me down to look around. Needless to say I gladly obliged.
The aircraft was striking. Not a single speck of dirt, looked like somebody buffed it with a diaper. Nice, shiny and much larger than expected. The G-V first rolled out in 1998 and was at the time the longest range business jet of over 6,500 nautical miles. For a mere $42 million and about $100,000 plus in monthly operating expenses you can have one. I’m saving up every month. Here’s a video of one taking off.
March 31st, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Nice aircraft!
I had the chance to get some left seat time in a flight safety full motion sim in a G-IV, what a blast!
http://gmflightlog.blogspot.com/2007/07/gulfstream-iv-adventures.html