Gulfstream Peregrine
{{for|the prototype military trainer of the same name|Gulfstream Peregrine 600}}
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|name= Fanjet 1500 / Peregrine |image= File:Gulfstream Commander Fanjet 1500.jpg |caption= Fanjet 1500 on flight testing }}{{Infobox aircraft type |type=Business jet |national origin= United States |manufacturer=Gulfstream Aerospace |designer= |first flight=14 January 1983 |introduced= |retired= |status= |primary user= |more users= |produced= |number built=1 |developed from = Gulfstream American Hustler |variants with their own articles= }} |
The Gulfstream Aerospace Peregrine was a single-engine business jet prototype aircraft developed in the United States by Gulfstream Aerospace in the early 1980s. It was developed from the company's Hustler business aircraft and the company's military trainer aircraft, the Peregrine 600.
Design and development
The Peregrine was originally known as the Commander Fanjet 1500,[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1983/1983%20-%201001.html "Gulfstream plans Fanjet 1500 development." Flight International, 4 June 1983, p1629 (online archive version).] Retrieved on 16 January 2009. and as such it flew for the first time on 14 January 1983.[http://1000aircraftphotos.com/HistoryBriefs/GulfstreamFanjet.htm Gulfstream Commander Fanjet 1500/Peregrine history] retrieved on 16 January 2009.{{cite magazine |title=Gulfstream American Commander Fanjet Model 1500 Makes its First Flight |magazine=Aviation Week & Space Technology |date=January 24, 1983 |volume=118 |issue=4|page=25 |url=https://archive.aviationweek.com/issue/19830124/#!&pid=24 |url-access=registration |access-date=10 December 2019}} After the cancellation of the Peregrine 600, the Fanjet 1500 was renamed Peregrine. The Hustler's forward fuselage design (with a new nose) was used for the Peregrine, while the Peregrine 600's wings, tail and rear fuselage were incorporated into the new type.[http://www.machdiamonds.com/peregrine.html Machdiamonds.com Gulfstream Aerospace Peregrine page] retrieved on 16 January 2009. In 1984 Gulfstream Aerospace announced that it would go ahead with production after receiving 27 orders with paid deposits.[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1984/1984%20-%200369.html "Peregrine — Gulfstream's ultimate single?" Flight International, 3 March 1984, p563 (online archive version).] Retrieved on 16 January 2009. However Gulfstream's inability to produce a design that met regulatory requirements (especially the requirement then in force - since rescinded - that single-engine aircraft have a maximum stalling speed of 61 knots), combined with insufficient orders, resulted in the program being terminated in 1985. The prototype airframe N84GP is on display in the aviation wing of the Science Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cn|date=October 2016}}
Specifications (proposed production version)
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|cruise speed mph=381
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|range miles=1600
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See also
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References
{{Commons category|Gulfstream Commander Fanjet 1500}}
{{Reflist}}
- {{cite book |last=Green |first=William |title=The New Observer's Book of Aircraft |year=1984 |edition=33rd |location=London |publisher=Frederic Warne (Publishers) Ltd. |isbn=0-7232-1673-8 }}
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Category:1980s United States business aircraft
Category:Single-engined jet aircraft
Category:Abandoned civil aircraft projects of the United States