The long-range Gulfstream V business aircraft is on schedule to be flown in November. Certification and the beginning of production deliveries by Gulfstream Aerospace are still scheduled for late 1996.
Northrop Grumman will deliver the first wing for the Gulfstream V in July. The risk-sharing GV partner will deliver three other wing-assemblies before the end of the year.
Fokker Aircraft is providing the tail assembly, the first of which is scheduled to be delivered to Gulfstream this month.
Gulfstream officials say that advance sales are approaching $2 billion, but will not say how many orders and options are in hand. They say that breakeven comes somewhere between the 60th and 65th sale, which they expect to achieve by the time of the aircraft's inaugural flight.
Source: Flight International
