Aircraft
GIV bows, ushering in G300 and G400
Gulfstream rolled out its 500th and last Gulfstream IV early last month, but just as Mark Twain said, “Reports of its death are greatly exaggerated.” Altho

Gulfstream rolled out its 500th and last Gulfstream IV early last month, but just as Mark Twain said, “Reports of its death are greatly exaggerated.” Although more than 3,000 Gulfstream employees, suppliers and guests gathered at the company’s facilities in Savannah, Ga., to witness N499GA (S/N 1499) being towed from the production hangar, the lineage will continue as the mid-range Gulfstream G300 and the long-range G400.

Gulfstream has already started building aircraft S/N 1500, a G400, which will be delivered to its owner later this year. Three airplanes later (S/N 1503), the first G300 will move down the line. Both aircraft were introduced at last year’s NBAA Convention in Orlando, Fla.