Gulfstream Renames G250

Gulfstream is changing the name of the G250 to G280 to do away with the negative connotations the Chinese associate with that sequence of numbers. Aviation Week's Leithen Francis explains, “The numbers 'two-five' (er-wu) in Mandarin Chinese sound a lot like the term 'easy not to have anything' or...

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