GIII Short Field Performance

[Deskdriver101]

Considering a GIII and Falcon 50 for purchase. I am leaning toward the GIII for various reasons, however mission requirements call for an occasional trip to Watsonville, CA - WVI runway length 4,500' What kind of load/range can be expected out of WVI

Thanks for the help

 

[Blackjet]

Considering a GIII and Falcon 50 for purchase. I am leaning toward the GIII for various reasons, however mission requirements call for an occasional trip to Watsonville, CA - WVI runway length 4,500' What kind of load/range can be expected out of WVI

Thanks for the help

If you are thinking about a Gulfstream because it's called a Gulfstream, get that thought out of your head. If for nothing more, in a couple of years, you'll regret the decision to buy a GIII. You'll be stuck with an airplane too loud to go to the places you want to go and a market that has tanked considerably. Hush-kits you say? Have you seen a GIII with hushkits? Have you heard a GIII with hushkits? You'll be ringing that bell buddy.

The DA50 is going to be exempt from those issues. Solid stage 3 aircraft, with a big 'ol fat slat hanging out there to get you up and out. A 50 can operate out of 3500-4000 foot strips all day long, all year long. Also, good luck with loading a 50 up; it's one of the few airplane you can load full of bags, fuel, and folks. Using averages, and depending on the BOW, after the seats and tanks are full, you'll still have 1000-1800lbs before reaching MGTOW. You'd be hard pressed to get into a situation where you'll have to leave fuel in the truck.

The GIII is a bullet-proof airplane, no doubt about it. Climbs well, nice cabin, decent range, and all that good stuff, but it's just too loud, drinks too much fuel, has high DOCs, and it's not worth the trouble just to say you have/fly a Gulfstream. Its time has come and gone. Lots of airports currently that will not allow them into their fields, and the ones that will that you probably want to use have signifigant restrictions in terms of hours of use and fees to pay just because it's not a stage 3.

Have a look at this:
http://www.watsonvilleairport.com/Noise.html

The writing in on the wall. Buy your GIII and bring it in there a few times and you'll accelerate any stage I/II ban.

 

[Lead Sled]

If you are thinking about a Gulfstream because it's called a Gulfstream, get that thought out of your head. If for nothing more, in a couple of years, you'll regret the decision to buy a GIII. You'll be stuck with an airplane too loud to go to the places you want to go and a market that has tanked considerably. Hush-kits you say? Have you seen a GIII with hushkits? Have you heard a GIII with hushkits? You'll be ringing that bell buddy.

The DA50 is going to be exempt from those issues. Solid stage 3 aircraft, with a big 'ol fat slat hanging out there to get you up and out. A 50 can operate out of 3500-4000 foot strips all day long, all year long. Also, good luck with loading a 50 up; it's one of the few airplane you can load full of bags, fuel, and folks. Using averages, and depending on the BOW, after the seats and tanks are full, you'll still have 1000-1800lbs before reaching MGTOW. You'd be hard pressed to get into a situation where you'll have to leave fuel in the truck.

The GIII is a bullet-proof airplane, no doubt about it. Climbs well, nice cabin, decent range, and all that good stuff, but it's just too loud, drinks too much fuel, has high DOCs, and it's not worth the trouble just to say you have/fly a Gulfstream. Its time has come and gone. Lots of airports currently that will not allow them into their fields, and the ones that will that you probably want to use have signifigant restrictions in terms of hours of use and fees to pay just because it's not a stage 3.

Have a look at this:
http://www.watsonvilleairport.com/Noise.html

The writing in on the wall. Buy your GIII and bring it in there a few times and you'll accelerate any stage I/II ban.

It's for those exact reasons that be just bought a 50.

'Sled

 

[falconpilot]

50 all the way....