On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 06:53:49 +0200, VOR-DME wrote:

Saddening news from Gulfstream;
http://tinyurl.com/3tbvpvw

One can imagine how hard they were pushing the plane in
pre-certification testing, and while this tragic accident should not
really undermine faith in the new design, it could delay certification
which would probably lead to cancellations. Hard enough to market a $65M
private airplane in today's economy without something like this.

The human cost is high as well. The chief test pilot was 65, and was
probably looking forward to retirement.

Disclaimer: The following video is not pretty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlltYygzPf8
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