Gulfstream II-TT pulls a u-turn - into a fuel truck . . .

[robbreid]

source jetphotos


source jerslice/Flightaware

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N706 ... /CYVR/KBFI

News Story/video/photos

[V1 Rotate]

Never knew that Gulfstreams have tip tanks...
Nice skewering job.

[SuperchargedRS]

The gas truck get nailed by a gas tank, ahh the irony

[hairdo]

Never knew that Gulfstreams have tip tanks...
Nice skewering job.

Some of the GII's do.

[SAR_YQQ]

I thought I recognized that jet - I was talking with its pilot at lunch in CYVR on thursday.

[Darkwing Duck]

Never knew that Gulfstreams have tip tanks...
Nice skewering job.

It was a conversion Gulfstream did, but they did not do any real research into it. Seems after they added the tips trying to extend the range they forgot to take into account the amount of drag the tanks would cause. This in turn reduced the range and increased the fuel burns to compensate for the drag increase, in some cases less range then without the tanks. This was something that never realy took off, pardon the pun. Alot of these GIIs were reconverted back to the original wing.

[chipmunk]

The tip tanks can only hold about 3500lbs of fuel, which is not even an extra hour in cruise, and as Darkwing Duck said, make the aircraft VERY draggy. Fuel burn numbers are roughly 6000lbs in the first hour, 5000 in the second, and then around 4000lbs/hr for the remainder of the flight. Just to give you an idea how fuel-critical it is, a straight GII holds about 23,300lbs of fuel, while the GII-TT brings it up to a 26,800lbs. Gotta love those old Spey gas guzzling engines!

Another interesting thing that Gulfstream did was take the GIII wing (more efficient + more fuel capacity) and put it on the GII, making the GIIB. This was a very popular mod, and apparently Gulfstream eventually stopped offering it because it was interfering with their GIII sales.

[V1 Rotate]

Cool info bros. I love the older biz jet. Well who am I kidding the new ones too!

[Hawkerflyer]

Thats one way of getting more range...attach a fuel truck!