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29Dec

By Christopher HarrowNo Comments

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All The Different Types of Private Jets

Just as with any other type of aircraft, private jets are used for a v Business Turboprops Okay, so maybe this one's cheating a little. Whilst not technically a "jet", business turboprops are still every bit the essential business travel tool their jet-powered cousins are. Popular business turboprops include: Pilatus PC-12Beechcraft King AirPiaggio Avanti Very Light Jets Also known as VLJs, Very Light Jets are the smallest Popular Very Light Jets (VLJs) include: Cirrus SF50Embraer Phenom 100Cessna Citation M2 family Light Jets Popular Light Jets include: Embraer Phenom 300SyberJet SJ30Pilatus PC-24 Mid-Size Jets Popular Mid-Size Jets include: Cessna Citation ExcelEmbraer Legacy 450Learjet 75 Super Mid-Size Jets Popular Super...

22Dec

By Alya KulikovaNo Comments

Executive

How to Charter a Private Jet: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide

As airlines continue to cut costs by cutting amenities, more and more people are turning to private jets. 1. Understand Your Needs 2. Contact a Jet Broker Once you understand your needs, your best bet would be to contact a professional jet broker. Yes, you will end up paying their fees, but in most cases it's cheaper and far easier than doing it yourself. Though you could easily contact an operator for a quote, you'll end up with a much more expensive quote simply because they don't know who you are. Brokers, on the other hand, have longstanding relationships with most operators and represent both past and future business. Due to this, they not only get a cheaper quote, they can often negotiate it down even further as they can place bulk orders. Another...

11Dec

By Alya KulikovaNo Comments

Executive

Learjet 23: The First Business Jet

The brain child of genius inventor and engineer Bill Lear, the Learjet 23 was the first purpose-built business jet and singlehandedly birthed the modern business aviation industry as we know it! Despite its two year production run (1964-1966), 101 Learjet 23s were built and it served as the basis for the next 30 years of Learjet aircraft, including the now-famous Learjet 24, Learjet 31 and Learjet 35... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Background When WWII ended, the world scrambled to develop a domestic fighter jet. You see, during the war, both the British and Germans had succeeded in not only building their own fighter jets, but also using them in combat... often with deadly results. Though this international scramble was spearheaded by ...

Learjet 24: The Most Important Learjet Ever?

27Nov

By Christopher HarrowNo Comments

Executive

Learjet 24: The Most Important Learjet Ever?

Background In the early 1950's, the Swiss government initiated a program to develop their own fighter jets, in an apparent attempt to rival the fighter jet programs of neighboring countries. With generous terms and lengthy contracts, Swiss aircraft manufacturers tripped over one another to develop a fighter jet the Swiss Air Force could use. Flug- und Fahrzeugwerke Altenrhein, or FFA for short, was no different. Indeed, they spent thousands of man hours on their P-16 design in the hopes of getting that contract. But despite the Swiss Air Force's interest and a working prototype undergoing flight testing, the P-16 was cancelled due to budget cuts. Though devastating for FFA, the project caught the attention of an American engineer called Bill Lear. Even though e...

Gulfstream G500: Gulfstream’s Most Promising Jet Yet?

20Nov

By Charles YongzhengNo Comments

Executive

Gulfstream G500: Gulfstream’s Most Promising Jet Yet?

Unveiled in 2014 alongside the G600 it was developed in tandem with, the Gulfstream G500 entered service in September 2018 and has since been on the minds of seemingly everyone in the aviation community! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Background In 1967, the company that would eventually become Gulfstream Aerospace (then just a division of Grumman) released their first business jet, the Grumman Gulfstream II, as a successor to their turboprop-powered Grumman Gulfstream I. Against all expectations, the long-range G-II was a massive hit with large corporations as it could easily fly transatlantic routes and Gulfstream was inundated with orders. It was even the private jet of choice for a US Vice President (Nelson Rockefeller)! Having prove...

13Nov

By Charles YongzhengNo Comments

Executive

Bombardier Global Express

Background In the mid-1970's, Learjet founder Bill Lear began designing a private unlike any previous Learjet aircraft. Rather than being a short-range business jet appealing to the lower-end of the market, this aircraft, that Lear called the LearStar 600, would be a long-range aircraft tailored to the richest of the richest 0.1% Development Operational History Private Jet Corporate Jet Fractional Ownership Charter Military Variants Global 5000 Global Express XRS Global 5500/6000 Military Specifications SpecificationsBombardier Global ExpressLength99 ft 4 in 30.28 m)Wingspan94 ft 0 in (28.65 m)Height25 ft 5 in (7.75 m)Crew2Passengers8 - 19Cruise SpeedMach 0.85 (902 km/h; 560 mph; 487 kn) Range11,200 km (6,970 mi; 6,055 nm)Service Ceiling...

3Nov

By Christopher HarrowNo Comments

Executive

How to Buy a Private Jet 9 Simple Steps!

At one point or another, we've all daydreamed about owning our own private jet. Yet for most people, it is just that: a dream. For a few wealthy people or corporations, however, the notion of being able to buy a private jet is very real. In many cases, a private jet is an essential tool for business executives or world leaders, (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1. Fit The "Requirements" Though there isn't any criteria you have to meet to be able to buy a private jet, a private jet is a tool at the end of the day - and you don't want that very expensive tool to just sit around and do nothing for most of the year or just be a vanity project. As such, whilst recommendations do vary from jet brokerage to jet brokerage and executive charter com...

Dassault Falcon 8X: Dassault’s Most Advanced Business Jet Yet!

23Oct

By Alya KulikovaNo Comments

Executive

Dassault Falcon 8X: Dassault’s Most Advanced Business Jet Yet!

An improved variant of the Falcon 7X, the Dassault Falcon 8X was designed to be Dassault's most innovative corporate jet yet, and a replacement for its older Falcon models. Introduced on October 5 2016, the Falcon 8X has proven surprisingly popular, with over 50 having been built to date and a backlog of orders that'll keep Dassault busy for the next few years at the least! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Background Founded by Marcel Dassault in 1929, Dassault Aviation entered the private jet world in the early 1960's with their now-famed Falcon 20 jet - generally considered France's first business jet. Proving more successful than their previous non-military endeavors, Dassault spent the next four decades developing new private jets from t...

2Oct

By Charles Yongzheng1 Comment

Executive

Learjet 75: The End of an Era…

The newest addition to an aviation dynasty that's almost 60 years old - including the world's first business jet - the Learjet 75 was supposed to be just another member of an aviation dynasty almost everyone's heard of. Yet whilst it has sold over 150 times since 2013 (alongside the shorter range Learjet 70), the Learjet 75 has also marked the end of an era, as Bombardier (Learjet's parent company) ceased production of the jet in 2021. In effect, this has ended the Learjet dynasty that started all those years ago with the Learjet 23... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Background In the early 1970's, Learjet engineers were developing a stretched variant of its popular Learjet 25 design with newer engines. Introduced to service in 1974, it wa...

Gulfstream G150: Gulfstream’s Strangest Jet

11Sep

By Alya KulikovaNo Comments

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Gulfstream G150: Gulfstream’s Strangest Jet

A descendant of IAI's famed Astra family of mid-sized private jets, the Gulfstream G150 was Gulfstream's first improvement on the Astra family that has since led to its more famous G200 and G280 jets, both of which have dwarfed the G150 in terms of sales! The single most successful variant of the Astra/G100/G150 family, the G150 sold 120 times. By comparison, the other four variants of the Astra/G100 family sold a combined 145 times - only 25 less than the G150... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-Gulfstream G150 In the late 1950's, Oklahoma-based aircraft manufacturer Aero Commander developed the jet-powered Model 1121 Jet Commander from their incredibly successful prop-powered Aero Commander 500 series. First flown on January 27 1963, ...