Gulfstream G280
The Gulfstream G280 is a super midsize business jet company Gulfstream.
History
The G280 is the successor of the Gulfstream G200. Like its predecessor it is also in cooperation with the Israeli company IAI built, with IAI accepts the basic and Gulfstream interior equipment. On the airplane is working since 2005. Test pilot Ronen Shapira launched on 11 December 2009 from Ben Gurion International Airport to the first flight of the G280. The test flight lasted three hours and 21 minutes. The first machines should be delivered in the same year after the proposed type certification in 2011. As a prize are planned $ 24 million. Originally named as G250, the manufacturer, the aircraft in G280 was announced in July 2011, rename, since the combination of numbers " 250 " in Mandarin can be read as "stupid" or " idiotic ". The approval by the Federal Aviation Administration and the Israeli counterpart CAAI took place on 4 June 2011, which can be regarded as Indienststellungszeitpunkt.
Technology
From the G200 the G280 takes mostly only the hull, the fuselage fuel tank were omitted ( now with 9200 liters 250 liters less than the G200 ) and so 40 cm length of the booth won. This benefits including the enlarged washing and toilet area. Also you will be with wings ( from Spirit Aero System) with an improved profile and larger winglets fitted, the cross - replaced by a T-tail and new engines of the type Honeywell HTF7250G with 25 % more power and lower fuel consumption and less noise equipped. As an avionics package is based on the Pro Line Fusion Rockwell Collins with three screens with 38 cm diagonal is used. As an option, a head-up display and a 3D weather radar are available.