Perched at the top of Gulfstream’s lineup of luxury business jets sits the G550, a longer-legged and heavier version of the G500 for which the original GV and GV-SP lend their names. The $45 million G550’s list of improvements over the G500 includes true New York-to-Tokyo nonstop range, increased payload-carrying capability, higher cruise speed and shorter takeoff distances. But of all the enhancements Gulfstream has made to the crown jewel in its aircraft family, pilots have been anticipating none more eagerly than the airplane’s ultra-modern Honeywell PlaneView integrated avionics and Kollsman enhanced vision system (EVS).
Among the more important assets in the G550’s upgraded portfolio are the integrated avionics and standard EVS. Together they firmly reestablish Gulfstream as one of the world’s foremost purveyors of business airplanes, a company that is relentless in its mission to stay at least a step or two ahead of the competition–especially its Francophone foreign rivals, namely Dassault and Bombardier.
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