- Grumman Gulfstream II
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name = Gulfstream II
type = Business jet
manufacturer =Grumman /Gulfstream Aerospace
caption = A USCG Gulfstream II, 1969
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developed from =Grumman Gulfstream I
variants with their own articles =Gulfstream III The Gulfstream II is an American twin engine business jet built by
Gulfstream Aerospace , and its US military designation is C-11 Gulfstream II. It has been succeeded by theC-20 Gulfstream III . A modified version of the C-11, called the Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA), mimics the cockpit configuration and flight characteristics of theSpace Shuttle and is used byNASA as a training airplane for practice shuttle approaches (referred to as "dives").Operators
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*United States Army
*United States Coast Guard Non-military operators
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* Part of the presidential fleet, 1 aircraftpecifications
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ref=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 2,053
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