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Gulfstream’s G450 Reaches the End of the Line
After 12 years and more than 360 deliveries, production stops on teh G450 line as the airframer prepares for certification of the new G500
For more than a decade the G450 has been a mainstay of Gulfstream's product line, but after production of more than 360 of the long-range twin jets, the OEM has ended its run to make way for the all-new G500, which is expected to achieve certification in the first quarter of 2018. (Photo: Gulfstream)
For more than a decade the G450 has been a mainstay of Gulfstream's product line, but after production of more than 360 of the long-range twin jets, the OEM has ended its run to make way for the all-new G500, which is expected to achieve certification in the first quarter of 2018. (Photo: Gulfstream)

Gulfstream Aerospace delivered its final G450 as it prepares to usher in its replacement, the fly-by-wire G500, the company announced on Friday. The G450 entered service in 2005 and quickly proved it had longer legs than anticipated, flying 4,350 nm at Mach 0.80.