G-V, what was he thinking?

[siucavflight]

Wow, I find this a bit extreme.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/GLF17/history/20070206/1538Z/KATW/KATW

 

[SPDBRD747400]

Test flight maybe?

 

[Sawmill]

Anyone want to calculate the fuel?

 

[TOOL CRIB]

Haha! That's awesome! Nice procedure turn in the "G"

 

[siucavflight]

Test flight maybe?

I think that you are probably right.

 

[flyf15]

Gulfstream does pre-delivery flights where the aircraft is taken up for many hours and all systems are run through and checked. They've gotta go somewhere... so they might as well have fun. They have a large facility in ATW.

 

[701EV]

Gulfstream has a facility in ATW.

701EV

 

[7dustfan]

Maybe he was just doing some traffic pattern work at Appleton and had to deviate around some thunderstorms in the midwest and his flight path ended up looking like GV. It's not uncommon.

 

[trachyte11]

rich student under foggles doing BAI

 

[Goose Egg]

Well, it does list "Gulfstream Test" as the callsign, so I think that's probably a pretty big clue.

....Pretty sweet though, looks like they flew over my home town.

-Goose

 

[rausda27]

Nice advertising....

I wonder how much it cost to spell out GV across 12 states...

Pretty cool!

 

[DrewBlows]

Big deal, I write letters in the sky all the time when I fly into New York, "Oooooooo".

 

[JohnDoe]

As others have said, Gulfstream has some sort of completion center at ATW. Took some engineering types from another company there one day.

Spelling out GV with the ground track is pretty cool.

 

[doug_or]

Big deal, I write letters in the sky all the time when I fly into New York, "Oooooooo".

LMAO




Oh my God there is a message in my Alphabits, it says: OOOOOO!

Peter, those are Cheerios

 

[WalterSobchak]

Big deal, I write letters in the sky all the time when I fly into New York, "Oooooooo".

Winner, winner, chicken dinner.