Gulfstream Aerospace at the NBAA Convention last month took the wraps off the G250, a successor to the G200 (née Galaxy), marking the second new aircraft launch this year for the Savannah, Ga.-based manufacturer. The $24 million derivative is expected to address several shortcomings of Gulfstream’s super-midsize business jet offering, including runway performance, range and the lack of a hot-wing de-icing system.
Preliminary performance numbers include 3,400-nm range at Mach 0.80, a maximum speed of Mach 0.85 and 45,000-foot ceiling. The airplane will be able to take off from 5,000-foot runways at its 39,600-pound mtow. Overall, Gulfstream maintains that the G250 will offer the best-in-class cabin size, range and speed, thanks to an all-new wing and more powerful Honeywell engines. The new design, which puts a bigger cabin in the same fuselage as the G200 and adds a new T tail, also features PlaneView 250 avionics based on the Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion system. According to Rockwell Collins, the G250 is the launch aircraft for this new, highly integrated avionics platform.
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