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Flying The Gulfstream G650
Cirrus Design has rolled out the first 'the-jet", as it calls its new single-engined personal jet - only the company's second all-new design and its first jet. Photo: Cirrus DesignAircraft V1 - for 'Validation and Verification Prototype #001' - rolled out of the Cirrus Advanced Design Group's facility at Duluth International Airport - a former Northwest Airlines A320 maintenance hangar - on June 26. First flight can't be too far away.Inside V1. Photo: Cirrus DesignAlthough conceived independently, Cirrus's the-jet and the Eclipse 400 share the dorsal engine and V-tail configuration. This sets them apart for Diamond's D-Jet, which locates its single turbofan more conventionally, in the lower aft fuselage fed by side inlets.Planned for certification in 2010, and powered by a single Williams FJ33, the '5+2-seat" the-jet is deliberately designed to be a modest performer: max cruise c300 kt, max altitude 25,000 ft, range about 1,000 nm, and approach speed similar to the SR22. All for easy transition from Cirrus's piston singles.
Cirrus Design has rolled out the first 'the-jet", as it calls its new single-engined personal jet - only the company's second all-new design and its first jet.
Photo: Cirrus Design
Aircraft V1 - for 'Validation and Verification Prototype #001' - rolled out of the Cirrus Advanced Design Group's facility at Duluth International Airport - a former Northwest Airlines A320 maintenance hangar - on June 26. First flight can't be too far away.
Inside V1. Photo: Cirrus Design
Although conceived independently, Cirrus's the-jet and the Eclipse 400 share the dorsal engine and V-tail configuration. This sets them apart for Diamond's D-Jet, which locates its single turbofan more conventionally, in the lower aft fuselage fed by side inlets.
Planned for certification in 2010, and powered by a single Williams FJ33, the '5+2-seat" the-jet is deliberately designed to be a modest performer: max cruise c300 kt, max altitude 25,000 ft, range about 1,000 nm, and approach speed similar to the SR22. All for easy transition from Cirrus's piston singles.
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