How The Gulfstream G550 Became The Most Popular Business Jet of the 21st Century!
Over the last 60 years, Gulfstream have produced some rather popular aircraft. Their first aircraft of the 21st century, the Gulfstream G550 has proven not only the most popular Gulfstream jet of the new millennium, but the most popular business jet exclusively of the 21st Century!
Produced continually between 2003 and 2021, Gulfstream have built well over 600 G550s. The only exclusively 21st century jet to come close is the Embraer Phenom 300 (built 2009 onwards) currently hovering at the 600 mark.
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Pre-Gulfstream G550
In 1966, the private jet division of Grumman Aerospace (later known as "Gulfstream") released the Grumman Gulfstream G-II, a jet-powered corporate transport designed to replace the company's agei...