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The G450 is lengthened 1 ft (0.305 m) over the G400 and shares the forward fuselage and larger cockpit of the G550. Following its first flight on 30 April 2003, production of the G450 began in October 2004, replacing the G400.
The Gulfstream G650 is a large business jet produced by Gulfstream Aerospace. [3] The model is designated Gulfstream GVI in its type certificate. [4] The aircraft can be configured to carry from 11 to 18 passengers over a range of 7,000 nautical miles [nmi] (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at a top speed of Mach 0.925 (530.6 kn; 982.7 km/h; 610.6 mph).
On 12 February 2012, a Katanga Express Gulfstream IV business jet carrying several Congolese government officials overran the runway and crashed on landing at Kavumu Airport near Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Two crew members and two passengers were killed, along with two people on the ground. [1]
In 2009, Gulfstream International Airlines came under additional scrutiny due to three fatal crashes that all involved pilots [6] that were trained at the Gulfstream Training Academy (its sister company [7]), the last one in February 2009, where 50 died on Colgan Air Flight 3407 near Buffalo, NY. [8] [5]
The Gulfstream G400, G500, and G600 (GVII [9]) are American twin-engine business jets designed and produced by Gulfstream Aerospace. The aircraft are designated Gulfstream GVII-G500 and GVII-G600 in their type certificate. [9] The two larger models were unveiled on October 14, 2014 and the smaller G400 was unveiled on October 4, 2021.
The NTSB found that the flight crew failed to adhere to required pre-flight procedures. [5] Critically, the pilots failed to conduct a flight control check, which would have revealed that the airplane's " gust lock " system, which protects the elevator, ailerons, and rudder from wind gusts while the airplane is parked by locking them in place ...
Gulfstream completed the new Sales and Design Center addition in June and officially opened the first phase of the new Savannah Service Center in August. In 2007, Gulfstream tested its Synthetic Vision-Primary Flight Display (SV-PFD) and EVS II together for the first time. The SV-PFD is an enhancement to the Gulfstream PlaneView flight displays.
[4] [5] A 37-passenger stretched version, the G-159C, was developed by Gulfstream for regional airline use. Five were delivered from November 1980. [6] Air North (based in Plattsburgh NY and which subsequently changed its name to Brockway Air) was one of the few airlines in the U.S. to use this version before its acquisition by Brockway Glass.