Aircraft
Fifth G700 Accelerates Gulfstream Test Program
Less than a month after the fourth flight test aircraft in Gulfstream’s new flagship G700 program took to the skies, it was joined by a fifth.
The fifth aircraft has joined Gulfstream's G700 flight test program. T5 will be used to test the aircraft's avionics and provide data to develop Level D full-flight training simulators. (Photo: Gulfstream).
The fifth aircraft has joined Gulfstream's G700 flight test program. T5 will be used to test the aircraft's avionics and provide data to develop Level D full-flight training simulators. (Photo: Gulfstream).

Less than a month after the fourth flight test aircraft in Gulfstream’s new flagship G700 program took to the skies, it was joined by a fifth on Friday. The first flight of T5, which will be used to test avionics and provide flight training simulator data, lasted three hours and eight minutes. Gulfstream Aerospace said the twinjet, registered as N703GD, reached an altitude of 48,000 feet and exceeded the type’s Mach 0.925 Mmo during the flight.