February 18, 2020The new Gulfstream G700 achieved first flight this afternoon, departing Gulfstream Aerospace’s headquarters at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport at 1:19 p.m. and landing back at the Georgia airport two hours and 32 minutes later. Piloted by Jake Howard and Eric Holmberg, with flight-test engineer Bill Osborne, the first flight-test G700—T1—operated on a 30/70 blend of sustainable aviation fuel.
