Aircraft
Four Years after Intro, Gulfstream Delivers First G500
G500, which received both its FAA type and production certificates on July 20, enters service meeting both its guaranteed performance and cabin comfort.
Gulfstream delivered its first large-cabin G500 on September 27 during a ceremony at its Savanah, Georgia headquarters. The milestone aircraft went to an undisclosed North American customer. (Photo: Gulfstream Aerospace)
Gulfstream delivered its first large-cabin G500 on September 27 during a ceremony at its Savanah, Georgia headquarters. The milestone aircraft went to an undisclosed North American customer. (Photo: Gulfstream Aerospace)

Gulfstream Aerospace delivered the first G500 on September 27 to a North American customer, officially marking the arrival of a new generation of large-cabin business jets at the Savannah, Georgia-based company. The customer took delivery of the fly-by-wire twinjet just shy of four years after the G500 and its larger, longer-legged sibling—the G600—were announced.