GULFSTREAM HAS ROLLED out its GV long-range business jet at the company's Savannah, Georgia-based manufacturing plant, just days before the opening of the US National Business Aircraft Association's annual convention and exhibition in Las Vegas (26-28 September) and only weeks before its first flight, which is expected before the end of November. Production of the eight- to-19 seat aircraft, which was launched in October 1991, has run to schedule. The GV, is the launch vehicle for the BMW Rolls-Royce BR710-48 turbofan. The tail and empennage are manufactured by Fokker in the Netherlands and Northrop-Grumman supplies the wings, both as risk-sharing partners. Gulfstream has been claiming 50 orders for the aircraft since the middle of this year, and is promising certification and first deliveries by November 1996.
Source: Flight International
