Skywriting by Gulfstream Aerospace

[Mac the Knife]

"The advent of Internet-based flight tracking technology enables an entirely new kind of skywriting. Gulfstream Aerospace sent up one of their $50M business jets today on an 8.5-hour test flight spanning 11 states for the sole purpose of leaving their mark on the Net in the form of a flight track that spells out 'GV' (the nickname of the Gulfstream V aircraft being flown) when viewed online." (from Slashdot)

http://map6.flightaware.com/flight_track_map.rvt?ident=GLF17;airports=KATW+KATW;key=22a0 dcbdf9fd46cadf726b3b940c1562ce1bc832;keytime=1170851279;heig ht=340;width=400;departuretime=1170776280;arrivaltime=117080 6700

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/GLF17/history/20070206/1538Z/KATW/KATW

[Torquelink]

I thought they'd renamed the GV the G550 but I suppose that by the time they had spelt out "G550" they would have run out of gas?!

:)

[vapilot2004]

I thought it was doctors that had bad penmanship.

[Blues&twos]

Good job they didn't try it in a Lockheed Martin F16 Fighting Falcon. They'd have been up there for days.

[fernytickles]

That must be up there as one of the most expensive skywritings ever done? Fun idea tho', if you have the time and (someone else's) money.