While aviation experienced a “shake-up” over the last year, three manufacturers — Bombardier, Gulfstream, and Dassault — have managed to stay at the forefront of the large-cabin jet category. How are these “big players” performing now?
Pilots flying the upcoming Gulfstream G500 and G600 business jets will control their planes with an advanced version of the ubiquitous side-stick. In the first civil-aircraft installation of the technology, BAE Systems’ “Active Inceptor System,” not only provides pilots with tactile feedback, but the pilot’s and co-pilot’s sticks will be electronically coupled. The stick movements made by one pilot, or the autopilot, will be seen and felt by the other.
