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The G500 was taxiing under its own power at its unveiling on October 14, 2014, [13] and it first flew on May 18, 2015. [1] The model was initially planned to be certified in 2017. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] In May 2017, the test fleet of four G500 prototypes and the first production aircraft, made over 745 flights in two years for 2,900 flight hours, on ...
The Gulfstream G500/G600 were unveiled on October 14, 2014, with the G500 taxiing under its own power. [19] It first flew on May 18, 2015. [20] The longer G600 followed on December 17, 2016, intended for delivery in 2018. [21] The company expects the 2017 deliveries to be the same as 2016 at 115 units: 88 large and 27 midsize G280s. [22]
G550 cabin. The first production G550 (GV-SP) flew on 18 July 2002 and the aircraft received its FAA type certificate on August 14, 2003. [3] [4] In 2014, Gulfstream looked at a re-engine with the Rolls-Royce Pearl BR700 development announced in May 2018 for the new Global Express 5500 and 6500 variants but preferred the BR725-powered, 7,500 nmi G650. [5]
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The Air Force in particular is stuck with the headache of replacing the F-16, which costs $26,927 an hour, with a plane that costs 25 percent more to operate, permanently raising costs. This is ...
On May 18, 2015, the Gulfstream G500 took its first flight using the PW814A engine after the PW800 engine family has surpassed 3,600 hours of full engine testing, including rigorous endurance testing that simulates a multitude of aircraft missions and environments, and more than 470 hours on P&WC's 747 Flying Test Bed.
The Gulfstream G650ER is one of the world's fastest and longest-range business aircraft. Michael Jordan appears to have taken delivery of the $65 million private plane in October.
The Aero Commander 500 family is a series of light twin piston-engined and turboprop aircraft originally built by the Aero Design and Engineering Company in the late 1940s, renamed the Aero Commander company in 1950, and later a division of Rockwell International in 1965. Final production occurred in 1986 under the Gulfstream Aerospace name.