Gulfstream Aerospace has announced the Gulfstream G500 has completed flutter testing. The first G500 test aircraft, T1, performed the tests over the course of more than 50 flights. “The G500 has ...

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Gulfstream’s G500 has completed flutter testing, the culmination of 50 hr. of testing. Three flight-test aircraft have flown more than 430 hr. in more than 105 flights. The flight-test program began ...