<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><b>Depending on how many bells and whistles you want, this business jet will cost between 78 and 82 million dollars and will require between 3 and $5 million a year for operation and maintenance; it's hard for me to imagine a business that couldn't find a better way to invest that much money, especially now that we're standing at the foothills of the Singularity.  I think business executives should fly coach on spirit airlines, assuming they actually need to get somewhere and can't accomplish what needs to be accomplished with just a zoom call. </b></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><b><br></b></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><b>John K Clark</b></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM BillK via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><h1>World’s fastest post-Concorde jet goes to first buyer as Global 8000 enters service</h1><p>The
 new jet features Mach 0.95 speed, ultra low cabin altitude and four 
luxury living zones aimed at reducing fatigue on long flights.</p><p><span>By<a href="https://interestingengineering.com/author/sujita-sinha" target="_blank">Sujita Sinha<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Dec 10, 2025</span></a></span></p><div><div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><</span><a href="https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/bombardier-global-8000-enters-service" target="_blank">https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/bombardier-global-8000-enters-service</a><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">></span></div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="gmail_default">Quote:</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="gmail_default">The Global 8000 replaces its Global 7500 and delivers higher 
performance from the start. The aerospace firm confirmed that the 
aircraft reaches Mach 0.95, which makes it the fastest private jet on 
the market.</div><div>



<p>The company also <a href="https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/world-longest-range-private-aircraft-g800" rel="dofollow" target="_blank">highlighted</a>
 its range of 8,000 nautical miles, a figure demonstrated during a 
long-haul test earlier this year. That distance allows nonstop flights 
between more global city pairs than any competing business jet.</p><p><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">------------------------</span></p><p><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Military jets go faster, of course. This is the fastest commercial jet.</span></p><p><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">BillK </span></p></div></div>
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