1 Billion worth of wings to be built in Tulsa

(Is that IYB looking out of the window?)
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3/14/2008
Spirit AeroSystems Inc.'s Tulsa division has been awarded a $1 billion contract to design and manufacture wings for Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.'s new G650 Business Jet.

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At 704 miles an hour, the new plane's top speed approaches the speed of sound. The new G650 has a range of 7,000 nautical miles, which means it will be able to reach most of the world nonstop from New York, save for Antarctica, Madagascar, Australia, and parts of South Asia.

"I am sure it's going to be in very high demand," a charter planner who oversees a Westchester County-based fleet of Gulfstreams, Janine Vesey of Global Air Charters, said.

The list price for the G650 is about $58.5 million, but it won't be ready for delivery until 2012. Taking the required pre-payment schedule into account, the cost rises to almost $65 million.

Edited by Rogerdodger, 14 March 2008 - 10:33 PM.

Gulfstream is indeed the leader in biz jets! always have been since the G1....i remember when a G159 was the real deal....lol

I got into one one those once. Then security came and got me.