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Hugh R 10-04-2016 06:07 PM

Gulfstream
 
Took the Corporate G450 and G550 from Burbank to Eureka today. Eureka to Bishop, CA tomorrow for a feature we'll be shooting.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1475633192.jpg
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Left at 6 Am I'm tired.

HardDrive 10-04-2016 06:11 PM

Playa.

Cajundaddy 10-04-2016 06:15 PM

Fun little hot rod. Most of my small jet time was in a Lear or Bombardier and I appreciate that mode of travel. My dad used to live a few doors down from Clay Lacy's vacation home in NorCal. They hung out and talked airplanes when Clay was up there.

rattlsnak 10-04-2016 06:15 PM

Welcome to my world! And a GS isn't small!! ^^

And all the xxxES tail numbers (earthstar ) are blocked from tracking..

Hugh R 10-04-2016 06:46 PM

I didn't know that. I'm on them once or twice a year. The last time was when that little kid got killed by the gator at Disneyworld. When the incident occurred, I was on the G550 with Bob Igor (CEO of Disney) within about 4 hours.

Neilk 10-04-2016 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Hugh R (Post 9306229)
I didn't know that. I'm on them once or twice a year. The last time was when that little kid got killed by the gator at Disneyworld. When the incident occurred, I was on the G550 with Bob Igor (CEO of Disney) within about 4 hours.

That must having been a sadly interesting trip. How to CYA while not looking at fault.

Hugh R 10-04-2016 07:37 PM

I work for Corporate, not Disneyworld. Yes sucked big time.

Ferraripete 10-04-2016 07:49 PM

hugh, I fly private for work on our hawker 900xp. not as large or with the range of the G.

I am currently working on a large-ish project in Hawaii. my cfo says that if we win the deal, we will get a bigger jet and one w/ range to get us from the chino fbo to the islands! the hawker is not able to make the trip to ohau due to range limitations and reserve margins.

I highly recommend flying private and I think my company wants the Hawaii deal just as an excuse to get a bigger jet. challenger or G please:)

hugh, I hope all is well both personally and professionally.

best,

sammyg2 10-05-2016 05:50 AM

I've right seated this one a couple times .....it was easy to fly.

All I had to remember was one thing:
"no matter what happens, don't touch anything!!!!!


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motion 10-05-2016 05:52 AM

I'm clearly in the wrong line of work.

widgeon13 10-05-2016 06:00 AM

another world.

rattlsnak 10-05-2016 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by widgeon13 (Post 9306582)
another world.

You have no idea..

Especially when you land at Teterboro or Orange County or Aspen, etc.. and you see literally 200 of those planes lined up all around the place. And even better, when you see a G550 land and then one guy, and maybe his wife, get out and walk 20 feet over to a running and waiting Sikorsky helicopter which then promptly takes them into Manhattan or out to the Hamptons... Crazy indeed...

Cdnone1 10-05-2016 06:28 AM

Disney is shooting a movie in California?!

widgeon13 10-05-2016 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by rattlsnak (Post 9306619)
You have no idea..

Especially when you land at Teterboro or Orange County or Aspen, etc.. and you see literally 200 of those planes lined up all around the place. And even better, when you see a G550 land and then one guy, and maybe his wife, get out and walk 20 feet over to a running and waiting Sikorsky helicopter which then promptly takes them into Manhattan or out to the Hamptons... Crazy indeed...

My son flies left (or right) seat on 450, 550 and 650 for a corporation. He was flying a Falcon 2x as well as S-76's and Agusta 139 for his previous employer. Back then he was making those runs to the Hamptons from Teterboro and 34st.

He's just doing the jets now which he enjoys much better.

95avblm3 10-05-2016 07:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sammyg2 (Post 9306571)
I've right seated this one a couple times .....it was easy to fly.

All I had to remember was one thing:
"no matter what happens, don't touch anything!!!!!


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1475675406.jpg

I mean... that's a nice jet but am I the only one that noticed the hangar in which it's sitting? Major garage envy here! LOL...

fred cook 10-05-2016 07:54 AM

My son works for Gulfstream in the engineering dept. I'll tell him that you like their products! As usual, there is new stuff in the works so keep an eye out for press releases.

sammyg2 10-05-2016 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by 95avblm3 (Post 9306709)
I mean... that's a nice jet but am I the only one that noticed the hangar in which it's sitting? Major garage envy here! LOL...

Many moons ago, the pilot of that plane was working for a local business-jet charter service.

One really, really, really rich guy had chartered a jet several times and that pilot mentioned to him that if he wanted he could lease his own jet, hire him, and fly wherever he wanted for free because while the plane was down the pilot would take over-flow charter business to cover all expenses.

Long story longer: the rich guy now has 4 jets, that pilot runs the charter company and flies the rich guy all over (mostly to his yatchet in the carribe), and the rich guy is still getting richer.


Here's his yachet:
motor yacht - 49.7m (163 ft) - Westport Yachts - 2013
Yacht Value: USD 40 million
No you won't get a lemon, I wouldn't have got a lemon?

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sammyg2 10-05-2016 08:37 AM

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speeder 10-05-2016 08:41 AM

That corporate jet is a lot nicer than flying commercial but you haven't really had the experience until you fly on someone's private jet. They don't need standard airline type seating like pictured and can be decorated like an apartment. Anything goes
on those.

sammyg2 10-05-2016 08:51 AM

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