The Last G-IV

[knot4u]

The final G-IV/450 has been delivered, I can remember when seeing one was still rare because they were so new. 870 airframes. Boy do I feel old.

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/a...ivers-last-g450-ending-30-year-giv-er-445050/

 

[Cessnaflyer]

I remember going in one in Seattle when they were still testing them. Great looking avionics package for the time.

 

[knot4u]

The G-IV was a game changer, it became the benchmark that put Gulfstream at the top of the corporate/business/private jet market. Gulfstream is still considered the benchmark regarding the very highest end private jets.

 

[Itchy]

Years ago I was lucky enough to get my wife and I a tour to see them getting made. Very cool facility, rolls of aluminum at one end and finished jets on the other.

 

[Low&Slow]

Kinda like the Beechcraft Starship for me. I remember when they came out and when they went away. Whirlpool used to have a Starship here at KBEH, and I got a ride in it back in '92 or so. They have a G VI and a Falcon or Hawker now, I think.

 

[DeltaAlphaNovember]

The Beech Starship was a cool looking airplane. But a pain in the arse to fuel. Used to have one come in on a regular basis in DCA pre-9/11.

 

[MikeD]

Do the IV/450 differ? Or is 450 just new nomenclature for the IV?

 

[knot4u]

Do the IV/450 differ? Or is 450 just new nomenclature for the IV?

The 450 is like a IV with all of the 550 stuff in it, but it's still basically the same airframe. It's a foot longer and has FADEC Tay engines, a different APU, PlaneView avionics, flaps/stab aren't mechanically linked and a few other things that have been changed but it's still basically a fancy GIV.

 

[Boris Badenov]

For extra credit, what is a G-400!? My buddy flies one and when asked he eventually throws up his hands and says it's basically just a IV-SP. I'm pretty sure he doesn't know what it is.

 

[knot4u]

For extra credit, what is a G-400!? My buddy flies one and when asked he eventually throws up his hands and says it's basically just a IV-SP. I'm pretty sure he doesn't know what it is.

He's right, it's a GIV-SP beyond a certain S/N. The real conundrum is the G300, it's a G400 with some of the fuel capacity removed, and it can't be retrofitted. Who would buy such a thing?

 

[djh1007]

He's right, it's a GIV-SP beyond a certain S/N. The real conundrum is the G300, it's a G400 with some of the fuel capacity removed, and it can't be retrofitted. Who would buy such a thing?

The company Boris and I work for would...

 

[knot4u]

The company Boris and I work for would...

Shorter legs, smaller suitcase. Go get some! No one will know it's a 300 unless you tell them.

 

[MikeD]

Always loved the G-II and III. There's even still a G-1 sitting at TUS.

 

[sweeps]

For extra credit, what is a G-400!? My buddy flies one and when asked he eventually throws up his hands and says it's basically just a IV-SP. I'm pretty sure he doesn't know what it is.

It’s a IVSP with a HUD and the crappy first gen EFVS