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01-09-2010 | 03:32 AM

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captainprop

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Does anyone know the serial numbers being at completion centers at the moment? Delivery schedules for this year? Waiting for one in the early 100's....

01-09-2010 | 04:15 AM

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N12U was indeed a G-IV. The 7X has a lot more range, M85 cruise, more neat features for pax as far as connect ability goes. Big window for pax. Excellent visibility for the pilots up front. Far better than the G-IV. The 7X is very quiet in the cabin. The 7X is extremely quiet in the cockpit compared to the G-IV. Pilots can talk at regular levels- no windshield wipers making noise either.

The best part of the plane is the 3 Pratt and Whitney's back there. Sorry- shameless plug for UTC.

"the best part of the plane is the 3 Pratt and Whitney's back there"

Well isn't that the bad part, now you have 3 engines to upkeep instead of two???

I do love the bird, check out the cockpit, that is a high-tech as it gets

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Dassa...9f2ca9797be3df

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01-09-2010 | 04:27 AM

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Isn't that the bad part, now you have to pay for maintenance on 3 engines instead of two???

Conklin de Decker shows the 7X burns 380gph and the G550 (which is more efficient than the G450) burns 450gph.

It also shows PW ESP for the 7X's 3 PW307s costs about $150/hr less than RR Corporate Care for the G550s 2 BR710s.

01-09-2010 | 06:10 PM

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Boiler, where do you get your info? I think it's great!

01-10-2010 | 03:42 AM

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Boiler, where do you get your info? I think it's great!

I am a ginormous airplane nerd.

But I get my info from Conklin...

01-10-2010 | 03:44 AM

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From: F/O- G-V/550

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Boiler, where do you get your info? I think it's great!

He usually has pretty good info/data.

isn't that amazing, the 3 engine 7X costs less to maintain than the almighty Gulfstream? interesting... especially if we take the airline trend into consideration, they replaced MD11s and 747s with 767s & 777s, the A330 sold much better than the A340..

01-10-2010 | 03:53 AM

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isn't that amazing, the 3 engine 7X costs less to maintain than the almighty Gulfstream? interesting... especially if we take the airline trend into consideration, they replaced MD11s and 747s with 767s & 777s, the A330 sold much better than the A340..

I think the big difference is 3-hole Falcons have engines that are small in comparison with their competition's 2-engine offerings of similar MTOW, both in terms of physical size and thrust output.

Then again, I've never heard a 3-hole Falcon (at least the 731-powered 50/900) be accused of having too much power