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FAA, EASA OK G500/600 Flight Control Software Fix

Gulfstream received FAA approval yesterday and EASA today for a flight control software update that eliminates crosswind landing limits on the G500/600.

With FAA approval in hand, Gulfstream service centers and stand-up facilities have begun installing a software update on the G500 and G600 that will eliminate crosswind landing limitations. (Photo: Gulfstream Aerospace)

By Chad Trautvetter • Online Editor

September 13, 2022

Gulfstream Aerospace received FAA certification yesterday and EASA approval today for the flight control software update that eliminates crosswind landing limitations on the G500 and G600. Approval of the software fix is a terminating action for an Airworthiness Directive issued in May.

The first 20 of the approximately 170 in-service G500/600s will have the software update completed by the end of today, with most of the remainder of the fleet expected to be done by month’s end. Gulfstream Product Support president Derek Zimmerman said the software update and associated paperwork can be completed in one day at its service centers or at three special stand-up facilities in Fort Smith, Arkansas; Basel, Switzerland; and Singapore. All affected aircraft have already been scheduled for the software update work, he noted.

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