Gulfstream III

what is it?

The Gulfstream III, a business jet produced by Gulfstream Aerospace, is an improved development of the Grumman Gulfstream II.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 23.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 928 km/htop speed
• range 6,760 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 19passengers
• size 31.6 tmax take-off weight
• built 202made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 47 years ago, in 1979.
• 🏎️Top speed is 7.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 23.7 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 6,760 km: Amsterdam to New York (≈5,850 km) without stopping.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.6× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1979-12-02

introduced

1980

number built

202

role

business jet

makers

Gulfstream Aerospace

engines

2× Rolls-Royce Spey RB.163 Mk 511-8

crew

2

passengers

19

length

25.3 m

wingspan

23.7 m

height

7.4 m

max take-off weight

31.6 t

top speed

928 km/h

cruise speed

819 km/h

range

6,760 km

ceiling

13,716 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.