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湾流已确认其第四架G500试验飞机, T4, 已完成首飞并正式加入G500飞行测试计划.
G500从萨凡纳-希尔顿黑德国际机场（Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport）起飞， 9:47 A.M. 星期六, 二月. 20, 飞行测试飞行员埃里克·霍尔姆伯格（Eric Holmberg）和布莱恩·迪克森（Brian Dickerson）. Flight Test engineers Dominic Pompeo and Mark Mondt provided on-board test and data analysis.
The aircraft climbed to a maximum altitude of 51,000 feet/15,545 meters and reached a maximum airspeed of 340 KCAS/Mach 0.925. During the 3-hour and 17-minute flight, the crew exercised all primary flight control systems, performed functional checks of air data and cabin pressurization systems and completed a series of engine performance measures. The aircraft landed back in Savannah at 1:04 时三十分. 当地时间.
“The first flight of T4 speaks to the growing maturity of the G500 flight-test program and the significant development we completed before we even launched flight test in May 2015,” said Mark Burns, 主席, Gulfstream. “To have four first flights and more than 580 短短九个月的飞行时间是一项相当大的成就。”
T4 的首飞标志着该飞机开发计划的一个里程碑. 首次, 湾流将产品支持维护技术人员团队与飞行测试团队整合在一起，以跟踪飞机的制造和飞行测试.
