The redesigned Gulfstream G600 has started flight testing programs that should lead to deliveries beginning in 2018! Check out the latest updates from Gulfstream, below. Gulfstream’s new G600 large-cabin business jet made its first flight on Saturday, beginning a flight test program that is set to lead to type certification and first deliveries in 2018.…
Gulfstream Aerospace’s long-range, large-cabin G500 continues to advance toward anticipated FAA certification next year. As first reported in AIN, the new twinjet is also getting more cabin windows: the prototype aircraft had 12, but Gulfstream is increasing this to 14 on production aircraft. Through mid-September, five flight-test G500s have logged 1,507 hours over 361 flights,…
The first Bombardier Global 7000 lands on Canadian Aircraft Registry! The first Bombardier Global 7000 has appeared on the Canadian aircraft registry. The aircraft is listed as experimental, with a model number of BD-700-2A12. A search of the Transport Canada online registration shows that the aircraft has been registered as C-GLBO, with the manufacturers serial…
With NBAA’s Support, the Connecticut Aero Tech School for Aviation Maintenance Technicians, fights against school closure! The Connecticut Aero Tech School for Aviation Maintenance Technicians, a two-year, post-high school program that offers airframe and powerplant (A&P) certificate training, had been slated for closure by the state, but was able to open this fall thanks in…
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced that its Gulfstream G280 set a speed record! Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced that its super mid-sized Gulfstream G280 set a speed record between Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Luton, England, completing the flight in just seven hours and boosting the aircraft’s record-setting tally to 54.The aircraft departed Gerald R. Ford International…
Gulfstream Aerospace this week announced its new Performance iPad app for the G650 series, a tool the company said represents the first phase of an intuitive mobile product. The Performance iPad app calculates precise takeoff and landing performance data, replacing paper charts and manual calculations. The results are quickly displayed in simple, easy-to-understand graphics on…
The market demand for business jets is likely to pick up significantly from 2018 onwards with strong, sustained growth projections for global business travel spending over near to medium term. The long–term demand drivers & market fundamentals for business jets, too, remain intact, robust & firmly in place indicating towards sustained, steady demand growth for business jets over medium to long term.
The new business jets by Gulfstream are flying their way into service in 2017 and 2018 with awaited updates and added modern features.
Rockwell Collins has announced a series of high-definition (HD) cabin management and entertainment system upgrades for Gulfstream aircraft originally delivered with ACMS and Micronet systems.