Any G200 Pilots around?
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Any G200 Pilots around?
I'm heading to Simuflite in July to get a G200 type!
Moving on up from a Lear 35.
I've scoured the internet for weeks but have not found a single page of a PIM, POH...nothing!
I'd really appreciate any manuals or documentation I can get!
Also how is the airplane to fly? I've heard it's not very pilot friendly and pretty noisy... Any weird quirks or things to look out for?
Thanks!
Moving on up from a Lear 35. I've scoured the internet for weeks but have not found a single page of a PIM, POH...nothing!
I'd really appreciate any manuals or documentation I can get!
Also how is the airplane to fly? I've heard it's not very pilot friendly and pretty noisy... Any weird quirks or things to look out for?
Thanks!
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some systems summary
If you do some search there is a nice selection of systems summaries for many aircraft, including the G200:
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Hey Mickledm. Congrats on getting a chance to fly the "Fat Astra". I've been lucky to have flown them on and off for nearly the last 10 years and it's fun. Over the years, the plane has earned a reputation; some good, some bad, some undeserved and some deserved. But so have some of us pilots. It's best to form your own opinion of the aircraft while at the same time learning from those that have scared themselves a time or two in the past.
The link provided above is good. Copied from the AFM, it is mostly up-to-date but is only a brief summary of the systems.
As for training, I've only gone to CAE (Simuflite) once for recurrent training back when they first started the G200 program. FlightSafety has the exclusive rights to the G200 from Gulfstream so CAE had to borrow an actual G200, hook up computers and cameras to the plane and fly to it to get any data to program the simulator. The only manuals for the plane they could get was from the original Galaxy (Google that story to learn about the turbulent past this plane has endured) and hadn't been updated to include the many changes to the systems, procedures and limitations that had occurred since the name change to the G200. Hopefully CAE has acquired newer manuals and have managed to improve the course since I took it.
The link provided above is good. Copied from the AFM, it is mostly up-to-date but is only a brief summary of the systems.
As for training, I've only gone to CAE (Simuflite) once for recurrent training back when they first started the G200 program. FlightSafety has the exclusive rights to the G200 from Gulfstream so CAE had to borrow an actual G200, hook up computers and cameras to the plane and fly to it to get any data to program the simulator. The only manuals for the plane they could get was from the original Galaxy (Google that story to learn about the turbulent past this plane has endured) and hadn't been updated to include the many changes to the systems, procedures and limitations that had occurred since the name change to the G200. Hopefully CAE has acquired newer manuals and have managed to improve the course since I took it.
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Hi there!!
I was trying to get some information online regarding G200 performance at high altitude airports. We currently fly a Hawker 850XP but looking to upgrade to a G200. We do lots of 2000nm missions but high altitude airport always represent a challenge regarding performance. Any of you more experience guys in the G200 could provide some real information regarding its performance, we travel a lot to KEGE (Eagle, CO) and I couldn't find any reliable source for the aircrafts numbers?
Thanks!
I was trying to get some information online regarding G200 performance at high altitude airports. We currently fly a Hawker 850XP but looking to upgrade to a G200. We do lots of 2000nm missions but high altitude airport always represent a challenge regarding performance. Any of you more experience guys in the G200 could provide some real information regarding its performance, we travel a lot to KEGE (Eagle, CO) and I couldn't find any reliable source for the aircrafts numbers?
Thanks!
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We operate a Fleet of g200s out of the mountain west and the high and hot numbers aren’t the best. In the summer at like 4,000 feet you’ll want a 10,000 ft runaway.
with that said no other aircraft offers the value the G200 brings: low acquisition cost, spacious cabin, great range , and better operating costs than a Lear 60 and Hawker 800.
If you can have flexibility with your destination airports and don’t mind stopping on long range/ full cabin trips there is no other plane better in its class IMO
with that said the G200 market is very competitive right now. Inventory has very much been picked through and sellers have all the leverage. I know of 2 G200s that have gone under contact in the past week and there are close to as many planes under contract as there are available.
feel free to pm for some more specific data and I can connect you to my chief pilot based on his experience so far
with that said no other aircraft offers the value the G200 brings: low acquisition cost, spacious cabin, great range , and better operating costs than a Lear 60 and Hawker 800.
If you can have flexibility with your destination airports and don’t mind stopping on long range/ full cabin trips there is no other plane better in its class IMO
with that said the G200 market is very competitive right now. Inventory has very much been picked through and sellers have all the leverage. I know of 2 G200s that have gone under contact in the past week and there are close to as many planes under contract as there are available.
feel free to pm for some more specific data and I can connect you to my chief pilot based on his experience so far
