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Corporate strategy sions along the way? Absolutely," says Above: The Moss. "This was the franchise in the indus- PlaneView try we were talking about." Eventually the cockpit is doubts were exorcised, he says, but con- standard on cerns remained. "It made sense in the mar- the G550, as ketplace - but not immediately, and that is the was the risk." The risk was to Gulfstream's enhanced reputation if it failed to meet customer visual sys- expectations at either extreme of its broad- tern right, ened product range. under nose) The revamped product strategy has been beneficial to Gulfstream, says Moss. "We have been able to earn business with the entry-level GlOO and immediately begin moving them up the food chain," he says. "The G300 has allowed us to compete for business we could not have won if we did not have an aircraft at that price/perfor mance point." Customers have begun moving up, and down, the product line, Moss says: a G550 operator adding a G200 instead of another G550, for example. Gulfstream's line-up has changed a little since 2002, and now comprises: • GlOO: 11,180kg (24, 6501b) maximum take-off weight (MTOW); 5,000km (l,350nm) range; Mach 0.8 cruise; 1.45m (4.75ft) -wide cabin; • G150 (to replace the GlOO from 2006): 11,795kg MTOW; 5,000km range; M0.8 cruise; 1.75m-wide cabin; • G200: 16,080kg MTOW; 6,300km range; M0.8 cruise; 2.18m-wide cabin; • G350 (replacing the G300): 31,160kg MTOW; 7,040km range; M0.8 cruise; 2.24m-wide cabin; • G450 (replacing the G400): 33,250kg MTOW; 8.060km range; M0.8 cruise; 2.24m-wide cabin; • G500: 38,600kg MTOW; 10,740km range; M0.85 cruise; 2.24m-wide cabin; • G550: 41,230kg MTOW; 12,500km rage; M0.85 cruise; 2.24m-wide cabin. The ultra-long-range G550 is Gulf stream's brand and technology flagship. Introduced in 2001 as the "Special Performance" (SP) upgrade of the GV, the G550 was the launch platform for Gulfstream's PlaneView integrated flight- deck. Based on Honeywell's Primus Epic integrated avionics, the PlaneView cockpit features four large, 355mm (14in)-diago- nal, liquid-crystal displays. The PlaneView displays include an inte grated navigation map showing flight plan, terrain, traffic, airways, airports, navigation aids and weather. Sidestick-like cursor con trol devices, working with the triple flight management systems and pull-down dis play menus, allow graphical flight planning. Electronic charts and real-time video can be presented on the primary flight displays. Enhanced vision The G550 comes standard with Gulf stream's Visual Guidance System, combin ing a Honeywell head-up display (HUD) with the infrared-imaging enhanced vision system (EVS) developed with Kollsman. Gulfstream was the first to certificate EVS, in 2001, a decision vindicated this year when the US Federal Aviation Administration published revised regulations allowing low- visibility landings using HUD and EVS. Gulfstream received certification for the G550 in August 2003, deliveries beginning a month later. Certification of the G500 followed in December 2003, with deliver ies beginning in May of this year. The two aircraft have the same size cabin, with a 6,000ft cabin altitude at the 51,000ft cruise altitude. The G500 has a lower take-off www.fliqhtinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 12-18 OCTOBER 2004 61
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