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The G500’s cabin is optimised for comfort and productivity with its low sound levels, 100 percent fresh air, industry-leading altitude and 14 panoramic windows. Along with business aviation’s first active control sidesticks, the G500’s award-winning Symmetry Flight Deck alone represents a major industry breakthrough in safety and technology, says Nale: ‘It features the first active-control sidesticks in business aviation and the most extensive use of touchscreens in the industry. These innovations lead to greater pilot situational awareness, an important safety differentiator.’ Gulfstream’s existing product line encompasses a range of aircraft that can serve a multitude of different mission requirements regardless of the customer’s location and destination, from the agile super mid-size G280 to the flagship G650ER. The G500 feathers into its product line between the G280 and the G550, offering 5,200 nautical miles/9,630km of range, a maximum operating speed of 0.925—the same operating speed as the G650 and G650ER—and large-cabin comforts. ‘At Gulfstream, we actively listen to our customers, and they have told us that speed is a major differentiator for them, as it can help them save so much time,’ explains Nale. ‘Time saving is, of course, one of the top benefits of business-jet travel. They also wanted a cabin environment like the G650 and G650ER, with its interior flexibility, panoramic windows (the largest in the industry), 100 percent fresh air and low cabin altitude.’