Random Gulfstream photo #17

George Lucas' G550 N138GL (5476) arrived at Farnborough this morning from Perugia in Italy. It was captured by Westleigh Bushell. Certainly a distinctive colour.



Another stunning Nike scheme

Have just been sent this picture of G550 N3546 (5421) at Long Beach today by Michael Carter.



New US Coast Guard G5?

Have received a report that there may be a new United States Coast Guard Gulfstream in service. Have seen nothing visual but flight trackers show that a GLF5 with a callsign of C202 and a hex code of AE5F07 has been visiting Washington (DCA) recently. I am aware of 2 in service. These are 01 (con 653) which has a hex code of AE10C1 and uses the callsign C101 and 02 (con 638) which has a hex code of AE4E05 and uses the callsign C102. It's possible that the codes have been changed so any visual confirmation of a new one would be appreciated.

01 visiting Zurich in 2007

Update: I have now seen a picture on Facebook of G550 N640W (5416) in full Coast Guard scheme and another of it carrying 02 on the tail. I am advised that G5 02 was leased so presumably will be returned upon the delivery of the new 02.

G550 production continues

Another 20 G550s have recently been added to the US register (5561 to 5580). Reports on AIN Online suggest that there is still a 12 month backlog for this model. Not quite sure how many this means but looks like there's still plenty of life left in the G550.

N989JC at Zurich recently



The Sultan's G550 arrives at Stansted

3 years after the Sultan of Johor's G4 arrived at Stansted causing much excitement, his G550 arrived there today for the first time. Due to be upgraded again to a G650 soon, this G550 has been reported as being handed over to the Johor Darul Takzim (JDT) football team next year which will become the first Malaysian team to have their own private jet.  Click to see my arrival shot

9M-TMJ seen shortly after arrival

Poland orders a pair of G550s

The Polish Air Force have recently signed a deal with General Dynamics to provide 2 G550s for the VIP role. It is hoped that the first will be delivered in Q3 2017 and these will replace leased Embraer 175s. See gulfstreamnews.com

Update: 5547 ad 5554 have been identified as the frames in question



Ivory Coast G550

G550 TU-VAE (5533) recently arrived at London Stansted for some maintenance. We expect this will be replacing their old G3. Picture kindly sent to me by Andrew Griffiths.



New G550 seen at LGB

G550 N909GA (5509) has been seen recently at Long Beach by Michael Carter. This has N68989 reserved and is clearly in the same colours as G4 N89888. Lovely scheme!

A pair of Cayman registered G650s delivered in two days

G650 VP-CYL (6122) was delivered yesterday (13th May) from Savannah to Stockholm where it night stopped. It was caught departing today by Anders Nilsson on the way to Hong Kong.

G650 VP-CJJ (6123) is on delivery from Savannah as I type. Routing to Stockholm again. This is believed to also have a distinctive scheme.

 

G650 N898NC (6125) was delivered today to make 3 deliveries in 2 days.

 

*** The con numbers have been swapped since the original posting ***

 

UPDATE: VP-CJJ caught by Anders Nilsson 15th May, again departing to Hong Kong.



Malaysian G550 seen at LGB

Thanks as always to Michael Carter for this shot of G550 9M-TMJ (con 5493) at Long Beach yesterday. Appears to carry the flag of the State of Johor so may be replacing a certain G4.



Thai flag spotted at LGB

G550 N580GA (5480) was caught by Michael Carter carrying a Thai flag on the tail. This currently has N550KP reserved so will be interesting to see if this appears on the Thai register or not.

UPDATE N580GA cancelled to Thailand on 9th December so N550KP not taken up.

Delivered through Luton 13/14 Dec as HS-KPI. See my picture



Another British G550 arrives

About time we had a non G650 related post so taking advantage of this shot sent to me by Eric Denison of G-NOYA (5420) arriving at Farnborough this morning on delivery from Savannah via Ronaldsway. This frame was previously seen at Long Beach painted as G-GENT so presumably this was not taken up.

 

UPDATE: Cancelled to Austria 28/01/2016 as OE-IPE





Latest G550s at LGB



Michael Carter has sent me these shots of new build G550s at Long Beach recently.

B-8268 is believed to be 5387 and XA-MAV to be 5393