After taking over Twitter, philanthropic billionaire Elon Musk is again in the spotlight for his $78 million acquisition. Elon Musk purchased a new Gulfstream G700 private plane, via Business Insider. Manufacturers say the Gulfstream G700 is their newest and most luxury jet. It has superior features than Oprah’s Gulfstream G650 Private Jet.
It has almost 57 feet of cabin and a 7,500-nautical-mile range. Musk will pay at least $78 million for the private plane, which will be delivered in 2023. Musk already owns two Gulfstream G550s registered to Falcon Landing LLC, a Space X shell corporation.
Musk purchased Tesla and Starlink stickers for his new Gulfstream G700, according to reports. Look inside Elon Musk’s $78 million Gulfstream G700 Private Jet.
The Gulfstream G700’s Custom Engine
The G700 has new, high-thrust Rolls-Royce engines, the Symmetry Flight Deck, and the largest, most inventive, and most adaptable cabin in the business, according to Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation. Two Rolls-Royces, Wi-Fi, 20 28-by-21-inch oval windows, and two restrooms are its features.
Flight management, communication, checklists, and weather forecasts are handled via the Honeywell Symmetry Flight Deck’s touchscreen controls. Next-generation flight management system (NGFMS) for future air traffic control is on the aircraft.
This is intended to improve fuel economy, safety, crew comfort, and business jet operating costs. Flight deck has main flight display, synthetic vision, and dual head-up display. A predictive landing performance system also ensures a smooth landing.
Gulfstream G700s use special Rolls-Royce Pearl 700 engines. Its ultra-slim nacelle and four-stage high-efficiency low-pressure turbine are innovative. The Gulfstream G700 business aircraft can cruise at Mach 0.9 and operate at Mach 0.925. A billionaire’s dream private plane may be this.
Full range for this plane is 13,890 km. A Mach 0.90 Gulfstream G700 reportedly flew from Georgia to Geneva, Switzerland, in seven hours and 37 minutes in May.
IY&AA Design Award-Winning Cabin
Gulfstream won the 2022 International Yacht & Aviation Award (IY&AA) for private jet design for the G700’s opulent cabin. Gulfstream says G700, serial number 6, has a calming color palette of soft neutrals and grays with cinnamon and charcoal accents. The five-cabin living rooms also include circadian lighting to reduce jet lag.
The Gulfstream G700 business aircraft includes a large cabin with three rooms: the main bedroom, a dining space that doubles as a conference room, and a crew lounge. The cabin prioritized lifestyle and spaciousness at the lowest altitude in its class.
With adequate space for a short meeting or lunch, the plane can carry 19 passengers and sleep 10 in the cabins. The private airplane boasts advanced circadian lighting with white and amber LEDs. Larger windows let more light into living rooms.
Lighting will reduce jet lag for travellers. The G700’s cabin is 1.91 m high, 2.49 m wide, and 19.41 m long (without the 5.52 m3 luggage compartment). Jet ConneX Ka-band Wi-Fi combines AI and ergonomic design in the cabin.
Based on reports, the Gulfstream R&D team started with a blank sheet of paper and improved the design with meticulous modeling and comfort tests to create an organic, anatomical structure that increases passenger comfort. Gulfstream’s seat shop craftsmen add bolstering, trimming, and hand-stitching to make the G700 Classic Seat durable, attractive, and comfortable.