Gulfstream and Corporate Aviation History
Resources for the history of the Gulfstream and other corporate jets
- The company that evolved into Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. started in the late 1950s when Grumman Aircraft Engineering Co., a company known for military aircraft production, developed a marketable business aircraft at its manufacturing facilities in Bethpage, N.Y. http://www.gulfstream.com/history/
- In the early 1960s, the Lockheed JetStar and North American Sabreliner, both based on military designs, became the first American attempts to incorporate the turbojet engine into a business aircraft. In 1967 the Grumman Corporation made a dramatic move from its turboprop, the Model 159 or Gulfstream I, to the long-range Grumman Gulfstream II business jet. http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal104/bwings/bw12014.html
- Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: http://www.nasm.si.edu/
- Business Wings: http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal104/bwings/bwhome.html
- Wikipedia - Gulfstream Aerospace: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulfstream_Aerospace
- Gulfstream G100 / G150, based on the IAI Astra
- Gulfstream G200 / G250, based on the IAI Galaxy
- Gulfstream II
- Gulfstream III
- Gulfstream IV
- Gulfstream G350 / G450, based on the Gulfstream IV-SP
- Gulfstream V
- Gulfstream G500 / G550, based on the Gulfstream V
- Gulfstream G650
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