Gulfstream G150 obtains registration in Brazil

Posted by John McHaleSAVANNAH, Ga., 31 July 2011. Gulfstream's G150business jet obtained another Type Certificate Validation from Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency, enabling Gulfstream operators to register the wide-cabin, high-speed G150 in the country. The G150 can travel the 2,417 nautical miles between Sao Paulo and Caracas in five hours and 26 minutes, as much as one hour and 24 minutes faster than other aircraft in its class, company officials say. The aircraft can travel nonstop from Sao Paulo to Bogota at Mach 0.80 or Sao Paulo to Cape Verde at Mach 0.75. The mid-size jet has an enhanced vision system (EVS) II, a Wide Area Augmentation System-Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance (WAAS-LPV), a full-regime Automatic Throttle System, and a flight-data recorder. The G150 recently set a city-pair speed record between Anchorage, Alaska, and Savannah, Ga. The jet traveled 3,196 nautical miles in 7 hours and 19 minutes at an average speed of 494 miles per hour.The G150 has a range of 3,000 nautical miles, a maximum altitude of 45,000 feet, and the ability to land at airports requiring steep-approach certification. These include Lugano and Sion in Switzerland, Marseille Provence and Chambery in France, and London City in England. Gulfstream's G150 also received type certification validation from Ukraine, China, Israel, the U.S., Chile, the European Union, the Philippines, and Canada.See also:Gulfstream G650 aircraft crashes during takeoff performance testsGulfstream G450 sets speed record between Tokyo and Hong KongGreen jet race: Gulfstream nips Boeing to claim first biofuel-powered transatlantic crossing en-route to Paris Air Show