Aircraft
Gulfstream G650 Wins FAA Provisional Certification
The world’s fastest business jet–the wide-cabin Gulfstream G650–received provisional type certification from the FAA.
Gulfstream received provisional certification of its G650 today.
Gulfstream received provisional certification of its G650 today.

The world’s fastest business jet–the wide-cabin Gulfstream G650–received provisional type certification from the FAA, Savannah, Ga.-based Gulfstream Aerospace announced today. This action clears the way for the company to begin completing G650s in preparation for customer deliveries in the second quarter of next year, keeping the program exactly on its original schedule despite the loss of test aircraft S/N 6002 in April.

“We are pursuing a two-step certification approach to keep us on track for our planned deliveries in the second quarter of 2012,” said Gulfstream president Larry Flynn. “With the [provisional type certificate] in hand, our plan is to move production aircraft into final phase manufacturing to ensure customer deliveries in the second quarter of 2012.” The company told AIN last month that provisional certification was always in the plan.