Aircraft Guide: Gulfstream II

The Gulfstream II is an American twin engine business jet built by Gulfstream Aerospace, and its US military designation is C-11 Gulfstream II. It has been succeeded by the C-20 Gulfstream III. A modified version of the C-11, called the Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA), mimics the cockpit configuration and flight characteristics of the Space Shuttle and is used by NASA as a training airplane for practice shuttle approaches (referred to as “dives”).

Gulfstream II – twin-engined executive, corporate transport aircraft, with accommodation for up to 14 passengers, powered by two Rolls-Royce Spey RB.168 Mk 511-8 turbofan engines. 258 built. Modified version with tip tanks.

Plane info
Cruise speed: 795 km/h
Total range: 6 880 km
Engines: 2 x Rolls-Royce Spey axial flow turbojets

Aircraft dimensions
Wingspan: 20.98 m
Length: 24.36 m
Height: 7.47 m

Cabin
Length: 11.98 m
Width: 2.23 m
Height: 1.86 m
Passengers: up to 12
Baggage capacity: 4.4 cubic m