UK CAA grants Approval for Gulfstream G700
August 8, 2024
The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority has certified Gulfstream’s ultra-long-range G700 business jet, joining the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Europe’s European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), and nine other airworthiness authorities. More certifications are in progress. The new Gulfstream gained FAA approval in March and EASA certification in May.
Since Brexit in 2020, when the UK departed from the European Union, UK CAA approval has been a requirement for aircraft operating on the UK civil register, and this was the first time that Gulfstream had to seek approval from the CAA for one of its aircraft. The CAA reportedly took full advantage of previous G700 certification campaigns in developing its processes and requirements, and was able to support some of the parallel US FAA flight test activity.
“The UK CAA aircraft certification team was confident in the work conducted by the FAA and fully leveraged it,” a Gulfstream spokesperson said.
The G700 has an impressive and luxurious cabin, with 20 panoramic windows and spacious accommodation for up to 19 passengers. The aircraft has a Honeywell cockpit common to the in-production G500, G600 and G700, and also used by the in-development G400 and G800. The aircraft has fly-by-wire controls, with active control sidesticks.
The aircraft features an all-new winglet designed specifically for the G700/G800, making the wing more efficient, while the new Rolls-Royce Pearl 700 engines deliver better performance than had been anticipated. They confer a maximum speed of Mach 0.935 and allow the cabin to be pressurised to a lower cabin altitude than other aircraft in the same class. The G700 has the lowest cabin altitude of any business jet at 2,840 feet at 41,000 feet, and 4,850 feet at the maximum altitude of 51,000 feet.
The G700 has a range of 7,750 nautical miles, surpassing Gulfstream’s original goal of 7,500 nautical miles, and beating the 7,700 nautical mile range of the Bombardier Global 7500.
