The Gulfstream III, a business jet produced by Gulfstream Aerospace, is an all-weather, long-range, high speed aircraft powered by two Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan engines with thrust reversers.
The Gulfstream III was built at Savannah, Georgia in the United States and was designed as an improved variant of the Grumman Gulfstream II. The wing span was increased by six feet and five-foot winglets were added, the fuselage was lengthend by an additional two-foot section aft of the main door and an extended and re-contoured radome. The Gulfstream III also had a new curved windscreen and changed to the cockpit instruments and autopilot, the maximum take-off weight was increased. The aircraft received type approval from the American Federal Aviation Administration in September 1980.
Plane info
Cruise speed: 818 km/h
Total range: 7 600 km
Engines: 2 x Rolls-Royce Spey axial flow turbojets
Aircraft dimensions
Wingspan: 23.72 m
Length: 25.32 m
Height: 7.43 m
Cabin
Length: 12.59 m
Width: 2.23 m
Height: 1.86 m
Passengers: up to 15
Baggage capacity: 4.4 cubic m
