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FAA Grants
Gulfstream G280 A Provisional Type Certificate By Mike Mitchell |
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March 5, 2012 - Gulfstream Aerospace announced that the
Gulfstream G280 has received a provisional type
certificate (PTC) from the U.S. Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA). The company also obtained a PTC
from the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel (CAAI).
The principal remaining item required before full type
certificates are issued by the FAA and CAAI is an update
to the software for the aircraft?s state-of-the-art
avionics. Gulfstream expects to receive full type
certification from both later this year. ?The G280 will be the fastest, largest, most comfortable aircraft in its class, and we are very pleased with its performance throughout the flight-test program,? said Larry Flynn, president, Gulfstream. |
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?With
these certificates in hand, we are now able to move forward in
preparation for customer deliveries later this year, as
scheduled."
The
aircraft?s range is 3,600 nautical miles (6,667 km) at Mach
0.80, an increase of 200 nautical miles over original
projections. Its balanced field length is 210 feet less than
originally announced, allowing it to take off from runways of
4,750 feet (1,448 m) or less. That?s an improvement of more than
1,300 feet compared to the aircraft it replaces, the G200.
The three
G280 aircraft in the flight-test program have flown more than
1,845 hours during more than 685 flights, while the fatigue test
article (F1) has completed more than 14,300 of 40,000 cycles.
Serial
Number (S/N) 2003, the third aircraft to join the flight-test
program, has finished the tests required of it for type
certification. That aircraft will now be transitioned to the
testing of optional avionics features, including the Head-Up
Display (HUD II) and Enhanced Vision System (EVS II).
S/N 2004,
the first production aircraft, was outfitted and painted last
year for an appearance at the 2011 National Business Aviation
Association Convention & Meeting in Las Vegas. It is undergoing
final upgrades in anticipation of its delivery later this year. |