Aircraft
Gulfstream I Helped Launch Corporate Aviation
One of the first purpose-built business aircraft, the Gulfstream I found its true calling in performing a host of specialized operations.

One of the most storied lines of business aircraft began in the mid-1950s with something of a leap of faith—to invest in a modern turboprop-powered executive transport that would compete against the huge surplus of cheap, repurposed World War II-era airplanes that had been awkwardly pushed into that role.


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