Originally Posted by
Climbto450
This has been in the works for a while. I am not trying to be a jerk but this is old news by at least a year. This article must be an update.
I assure you that a year ago they were not sure if these airplanes were "go" projects or nonstarters like the Columbus project turned out to be at Cessna a year and a half ago. The economy we had in 2009 was something even the experts feared to second-guess as an economic behavior model. The first quarter of 2010 is a good start on recovery from the global recession. Given that fact, and the fact that Gulfstream (and parent company General Dynamics) needs a favorable market in order to decide whether to proceed with a clean-sheet airplane; it's news.