[R] GULFSTREAM GULFJET
Aeronautical engineer Ed Swearingen announced a new design for a light twin business jet in October 1986, the SA-30 Fanjet. The SA-30 was to be a 6-8 person aircraft powered by two Williams FJ44 turbofans and with a highly swept wing of relatively small area. It was planned to be more efficient than contemporary business jets, and to sell for $2 million. In October 1988 an agreement was signed with Gulfstream Aerospace with the SA-30 to be manufactured and sold by Gulfstream as the Gulfstream Gulfjet (estimating 1000 aircraft). Gulfstream withdrew from the project in September 1989. Redesignated as SJ-30 the aircraft first flew on 13/02/1991.
[R] RIDING THE GULF
In 1492 Christopher Columbus changed the course of history with his exploration of the New World. 500 years later, in October 1992, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation President and CEO, Bill Lowe, send out a personal invitation to Company Executives for a Gulfstream IV-SP round-trip flight to any single business destination in the world. The invitation was accompanied by the limited edition booklet 'The log of Christopher Columbus' printed to celebrate the Quincentennial of his 1492 voyage. Click the photo above for more pictures.
[R] THE RUNWAY
In 1983 a Gulfstream aircraft was in the news all over the world. On April 18 of that year, Gulfstream II, XA-FOU (c/n 152) made an emergency landing on Mallow Racecourse, County Cork, Ireland. read this great story here!
[R] IBM GULFSTREAM FLEET
IBM, nicknamed ‘Big Blue’, is part of an exclusive list of Gulfstream customers. With the arrival of N780TW (Thomas Watson) (c/n 6435) in October 2020 at White Plains, New York. IBM became one of the few organizations to have operated at least one example of each of the first six Gulfstream generations. Click on the picture for the full history.
[R] NIKE GULFSTREAM FLEET
[R] GULFSTREAM HUSTLER & PEREGRINE
In 1978 Allen Paulson bought Grumman American and changed the name of the company to Gulfstream American. One of the reasons Paulson was interested in purchasing Gulfstream was to produce his dream project, the Hustler. The aircraft was powered by a turboprop engine in the front and a fanjet in the rear. The Hustler program suffered a number of delays. By May 1981, a Hustler 400 prototype (N400AJ, c/n 101, first flight 11-01-1978) had logged just 30 hours of test time. The Hustler 500 (N501GA, c/n 501), a redesigned version of the Hustler with wingtip tanks and changed air intake flew for the first time on January 26, 1981. The Hustler would never be certified and the program was ended in 1981. Click the photo above for the full story!
[R] GIV-B
Responding to enquiries from two US airlines Gulfstream was studying the possibility of stretching the Gulfstream IV. Click on the picture and check it out!
[R] GULFSTREAMER
[R] FIRST FLIGHT ENVELOPES
During the years many significant events, like sporting events and inaugurations have been celebrated with the issuance of postcards, stamps and envelopes. Also for specific and significant aircraft flights those envelopes were issued. As part of the Gulfstream company's marketing campaigns envelopes were taken for a ride during the first flight of a new aircraft type and then sent to prospective customers or relations. Click on the picture to see some examples.
[R] LIFT FAN & SUPERCRITICAL WING GII
[R] GUIDE
[R] TYPE NAMING
