Round-up 31/10

A slightly busier 7 days with a G650 delivery to report. N868KE (6272) departed Savannah for Bermuda on the 25th and then flew overnight to Aarhus in Denmark. The final leg to Manila was completed on the 27th. G650 N293GA ferried to Appleton on the 25th as GLF92 (see previous post). G650 N630GD ferried to Long Beach on the 30th as GLF50. G450 M-MNVN (4283) was seen at Geneva as CN-LMH. See pic. Have heard that G450 SU-SMM has been seen recently that may well be con 4111 that I mentioned in mid-July. The registration sounds like Smart Aviation who currently operate Sovereigns. It has been announced that the first G500 will now not be delivered until the early part of 2018 due to a supplier delay. This cancels out the earlier hope that this would happen ahead of schedule. See Flightglobal.

G550 N838KE at Zurich in 2014 which is being joined in Manila by G650 N868KE



G500 arrives for EBACE

G500 N505GD (72005) arrived at Geneva this evening from Le Bourget to become the first of this type to visit the annual EBACE show. Although a G500 visited Farnborough last year, this is the first one fully fitted out to visit Europe. It was caught by my good friend Westleigh Bushell. Also, see gulfstreamnews.com



The G500 flew from Savannah to New York to Paris rather than direct to Geneva to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic. The G500 set a speed record of 7 hours and 40 minutes compared to Charles Lindbergh who took 33 and a half hours. Appropriately, the G500 averaged Mach 0.90. See gulfstreamnews.com

Random Gulfstream photo #14

Following on from a post last September, I have just received this lovely shot from Peter Johnson of G650 HB-JFP (6206). Taken at Geneva this morning, 'JFP is operated by Jet Aviation on behalf of Patek Philippe, a luxury watch maker. One to look out for if you're visiting EBACE this month.