GV enhanced vision okay a first for bizjets
Gulfstream last month received certification approval to start installations of the long-awaited enhanced vision system (EVS) in the GV line.

Gulfstream last month received certification approval to start installations of the long-awaited enhanced vision system (EVS) in the GV line. The Savannah, Ga. business jet maker expects to wrap up the first commercial installation of EVS by the end of the winter, after which it will concentrate on gaining approval authority for EVS installations in the GIV series and GV-SP.

Mike Mena, former program manager for EVS, said three FAA pilots flew some 80 low-visibility approaches in Maine and New Hampshire in a test GV in late August. After those trials Gulfstream submitted its full program report–a four-inch-thick document containing data from testing dating back to 1998–to the FAA in Washington. The only remaining certification hurdle, said Mena, is approval for flight in icing, which he said Gulfstream expects next year.