![]() At that time Gulfstream was still using the Roman numeral designators for its models, and the new airplane was to be called the GV-SP, for a special performance version of the highly successful GV, the first business jet with New York to Tokyo range.ĭevelopment of the PlaneView avionics system was the primary change to the airplane, but Gulfstream also promised more range and a roomier cabin. Gulfstream announced development of the new airplane in the fall of 2000. With its standard autothrottles, PlaneView avionics system, HUD with EVS, triple inertial navigation systems, multiple redundant systems and increased range, the G550 is the most capable and safest airplane Gulfstream has ever built. PlaneView is integrated into every system on the airplane, and pilots operate it with traditional keyboards and knobs, or, another Gulfstream exclusive, two cursor control devices mounted to fall naturally to each pilot’s outboard hand.Īnd when a G550 pilot looks out the windshield, he can see every bit of information he needs to fly the airplane on the standard head-up display (HUD), including an infrared picture enhanced vision system (EVS) that can see through darkness, fog and other obscuration. Gulfstream calls its new cockpit PlaneView, and it is an exclusive version of Honeywell’s Primus Epic avionics system. Four 14-inch flat-panel displays mounted in the horizontal landscape position cover the entire instrument panel, presenting more viewing area than any business jet. The aviation industry has been talking about “glass” cockpits for more than 20 years, but Gulfstream has finally done it. That’s the word that kept running through my mind when I first stepped into the new Gulfstream 550 cockpit.
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