G800

The Gulfstream G800 ultralong-range jet has taken its first flight at the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (KSAV) in Georgia, Tuesday morning.

Leveraging the system’s integration into the G500 and G600 members of the Gulfstream family, GE Aviation will build the data concentration network in the G400 and G800 to similarly connect avionics with other systems in the aircraft.

Perhaps it was a foregone conclusion that Gulfstream would fill in the blanks numerically in its lineup from the large cabin midsize G280 to the nearly-certificated ultralong range G700. With a stroke the company officially recognized those models, the G400 and the G800, in an event Monday evening. FLYING was invited to a sneak preview […]