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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.
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.
The aircraft, to be designated MC-55A Peregrine in Australian service, are to be modified in the U.S. and delivered to RAAF Base Edinburgh in a deal worth US$1.7 billion. [7] Bahrain A Bahraini G550 at Heathrow Airport. The Kingdom of Bahrain is known to use a Gulfstream G550 as a state aircraft and for transporting its royal family. [citation ...
Armstrong Flight Research Center (1) Grumman Gulfstream I. Fixed Wing Retired (7) Johnson Space Center: Grumman X-29. Fixed Wing Research, X-Planes, Forward swept wing: Retired (2) 1984–1991 Armstrong Flight Research Center: National Museum of the United States Air Force: Grumman Gulfstream II. Fixed Wing Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA ...
The following year, Gulfstream offered 8.8 million shares of stock to the public. In 1985, Chrysler Corp. acquired Gulfstream for $637 million as part of the automaker's plan to diversify into high-tech industries. [4] This was also the year that Gulfstream first appeared on the Fortune 500 list, at No. 417.
Gulfstream G500 at Farnborough air show, 2016 G500 The Gulfstream G500 has a reduced fuel capacity. [3] Introduced in 2004 as a shorter 5,800 nautical miles (10,700 km) range version, it has the same exterior appearance, as well as the PlaneView cockpit, but Visual Guidance System (HUD) and Enhanced Vision System (EVS) are options.
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 ...
[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.