GIV vs. CL604?

[semperfido]

you guys really don't need to dis each other and each others planes. i don't think you would do it if you all were face to face--- just try and keep it real.

BUT the G is still King -- it is true and you know it

 

[crash-proof]

WsoD

tsk, tsk, what a shame, not one mention of the Legacy here. Oh well, another missed opportunity.

 

[Flying Illini]

tsk, tsk, what a shame, not one mention of the Legacy here. Oh well, another missed opportunity.

...until now. LMAO!!

 

[CatYaaak]

Gulfstream200,

If I hit the lottery and decide to go fast and burn lots of gas, I'm not going to be screwing around with anything less than a surplus F-104 complete with downward-firing ejection just to keep it racey. If I want to go slower I'll bow to the Gulfstream->Grumman lineage (happy?) and go the F9F Panther route because chicks at airshows really think that dark, Navy blue paint is pretty.

But to he11 with it..this jet-stuff is far too stressful and I'm obviously doing it wrong. I have half a mind to hang it all up, buy a horse ranch out in Wyoming with a Waco in the barn for the days I want to check out my spread or chase the herd around to exercise 'em, and perhaps take a part-time job flying blimps. For traveling any distance, it'll be via one of those private, luxury train cars I'll have lying around on a nearby spur.

This site needs a Blimp category anyway. By default I'll have to moderate, post to Nobody for awhile, and finally banish me to the penalty box for all eternity after making fun of myself for timing approaches with a calender.

 

[semperfido]

But aside from great climb perf I do recall it handles like a truck...kind of Westwind-y, in fact. That doesn't really generate (for me anyway) a woodie as far as classifying it as a "pilot's airplane". I did notice that you avoided the proven floating performance of each, so the Falcon is clearly superior in terms of being a "pilot's boat".

One thing for sure, you'll never hear any pilot who's flown all three saying "Gee, I sure wish this Falcon flew more like a Gulfstream or Challenger". I'll just have to go seek self-esteem counseling on that Mmo thing though. Perhaps Oprah will listen.

It is true that a falcon has THE best handling qualities--- but who cares about that. I would rather have the power. BUT if I needed a job I would love any of em.

If there was a g4sp, challenger, f900 on the ramp and I was asked to pick one to fly for the next 10 yrs?----- NO Brainer. The g4sp wins. I am rated in all three and the G is just a better all around machine.

 

[Gulfstream 200]

Gulfstream200,

If I hit the lottery and decide to go fast and burn lots of gas, I'm not going to be screwing around with anything less than a surplus F-104 complete with downward-firing ejection just to keep it racey. If I want to go slower I'll bow to the Gulfstream->Grumman lineage (happy?) and go the F9F Panther route because chicks at airshows really think that dark, Navy blue paint is pretty.

But to he11 with it..this jet-stuff is far too stressful and I'm obviously doing it wrong. I have half a mind to hang it all up, buy a horse ranch out in Wyoming with a Waco in the barn for the days I want to check out my spread or chase the herd around to exercise 'em, and perhaps take a part-time job flying blimps. For traveling any distance, it'll be via one of those private, luxury train cars I'll have lying around on a nearby spur.

This site needs a Blimp category anyway. By default I'll have to moderate, post to Nobody for awhile, and finally banish me to the penalty box for all eternity after making fun of myself for timing approaches with a calender.

Now you got me thinking about a blimp job.

I agree...blimps aren't all that bad. Low stress. nothing happening too fast.

Pay me 20% more than Im making now, Im there tommorrow. I dont even care who makes it.

It can even be pink (well....)

 

[GVFlyer]

Well of course I have bigger problems... for instance, there's people around here that would just love to cut my head off or at least shoot me, it's dark, and right now I've suddenly realized I need to go out on the crowded street to buy some smokes. Cigarettes can cause death, but isn't it incredibly funny how they can do it in so many different ways? The big problem, of course, is that I might get there and they won't have my brand.

Get a tan, grow a beard, wear a nice Emirates or Al Aseel Dishdash then go get those smokes. Alternatively, act like a local and send one of the ubiquitous Filipinos or Pakis for the coffin nails...Or you could just quit.

GV

 

[semperfido]

Now you got me thinking about a blimp job.

I agree...blimps aren't all that bad. Low stress. nothing happening too fast.

Pay me 20% more than Im making now, Im there tommorrow. I dont even care who makes it.

It can even be pink (well....)

Haven't you heard?------------Gulfstream is coming out with a blimp-- the G.001

 

[GVFlyer]

This site needs a Blimp category anyway. By default I'll have to moderate, post to Nobody for awhile, and finally banish me to the penalty box for all eternity after making fun of myself for timing approaches with a calender.

Cool, a blimp site! I could make compelling arguments about how the Gulfstream Blimp could do a better "Bag-Over" and "Hiss-Out" then the competitors. Oh, wait! Gulfstream doesn't make a blimp. Never mind.

GV

 

[Some guy]

Gulfstream may have plans for a Supersonic blimp. "SSB"

 

[GVFlyer]

Gulfstream may have plans for a Supersonic blimp. "SSB"

I've seen things about an "SSBJ", but I thought it was some kind of a sexual reference.

GV

 

[sleepy]

How much longer before this thread becomes an argument about BBQ?

 

[Flying Illini]

Ssbbq?

 

[murfdawg998]

you know guys, i think the Embraer Legacy is a far superior aircraft to both the G-IV and the CL-604

 

[Some guy]

you know guys, i think the Embraer Legacy is a far superior aircraft to both the G-IV and the CL-604

LOL...Too early for this kind of humor