A Look Inside The Gulfstream G500

October 28, 2020
Gulfstream officials fully appreciate that the G500 represents more than just a new model. It’s a step change in aircraft design that is the basis for the new G700 flagship and other unannounced models in the pipeline. Thus, they are committed to ironing out the G500’s wrinkles. And it appears they are succeeding.
Relatively trouble-free entry-into-service since 2018, G500 flies higher, faster, quieter, farther, more fuel efficiently and more comfortably that its predecessor, the G450.
The G500, the smaller of the GVII siblings, introduces new systems and avionics technologies for future Gulfstreams, such as G700.
Most G500s have forward galleys, plus cabin sections. If buyers opt for the aft galley, they should be aware of an aft shift in the center of gravity that may require ballast in the nose.
Typical floor plan features a four-chair club section up front, four-seat conference grouping in mid-cabin and aft-cabin staterooms, usually closed off by a bulkhead and door (not shown).
Symmetry flight deck, powered by Honeywell Epic, features ten touchscreen controls and standard HUD with EVS. The G500 introduces active sidesticks to business aviation.
The aft stateroom typically has a sofa sleeper that converts into double bed. Most layouts feature a hard bulkhead that provides privacy, but not in this aircraft.
All G500s have forward and aft lavatories with a high-capacity vacuum waste system.

Gulfstream G500 operators live in a 500+ kt.-world where few, if any, competitive aircraft can catch them. They tell BCA they only slow down to Mach 0.85 cruise when they need to stretch range to the maximum. And many say their normal cruise speed is Mach 0.90, equivalent to 516 KTAS in ISA conditions above the tropopause, even faster at lower altitudes where it’s warmer.

Gulfstream officials fully appreciate that the G500 represents more than just a new model. It’s a step change in aircraft design that is the basis for the new G700 flagship and other unannounced models in the pipeline. Thus, they are committed to ironing out the G500’s wrinkles. And it appears they are succeeding.

Read the full BCA article by Fred George - Gulfstream G500: A Step Change In Aircraft Design. 

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