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Gulfstream begins to ramp up G250, G650 production lines
The first production models of Gulfsteam’s two newest business jets are proceeding down their respective assembly lines, both heading toward type certifica

The first production models of Gulfsteam’s two newest business jets are proceeding down their respective assembly lines, both heading toward type certification by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the European Safety Agency in 2011, Gulfstream division vice president for international sales Roger Sperry said Tuesday.

The Gulfstream G650, which the company says is the biggest, fastest, longest range purpose-built business jet, successfully completed its first voyage aloft on November 25 and is due to enter service in 2012. That flight was followed 16 days later by the initial flight of the company’s large cabin, mid-range G250, which Gulfstream designed and built in collaboration with IAI.

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