Aircraft
Gulfstream G500 Arrives in Vegas for World Debut
With test pilots Scott Martin and Scott Evans at the controls, new twinjet flew the 1,630-nm trip from Savannah, Ga., in 4 hours 36 minutes.
With test pilots Scott Martin and Scott Evans at the controls, the new Gulfstream G500 flew the 1,630-nm trip from Savannah, Ga.,to Las Vegas Henderson Executive Airport in 4 hours 36 minutes. The fligth-test airplane will be on static display this week at NBAA 2015. (Photo: Mark Huber)
With test pilots Scott Martin and Scott Evans at the controls, the new Gulfstream G500 flew the 1,630-nm trip from Savannah, Ga.,to Las Vegas Henderson Executive Airport in 4 hours 36 minutes. The fligth-test airplane will be on static display this week at NBAA 2015. (Photo: Mark Huber)

The flight-test Gulfstream G500–dubbed T1–made its first cross-country trip for NBAA 2015, arriving at Las Vegas Henderson Executive Airport on Friday. With Gulfstream test pilots Scott Martin and Scott Evans at the controls, the new twinjet flew from Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport into 75-knot headwinds, accomplishing the 1,630-nm trip in 4 hours 36 minutes. It averaged a speed of Mach 0.85 and altitude of 45,000 feet.