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Old 7th February 2007 | 11:34
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Skywriting by Gulfstream Aerospace
"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://flightaware.com/live/flight/G...538Z/KATW/KATW
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Old 8th February 2007 | 08:53
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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?!

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Old 8th February 2007 | 14:13
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I thought it was doctors that had bad penmanship.
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Old 9th February 2007 | 14:01
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Good job they didn't try it in a Lockheed Martin F16 Fighting Falcon. They'd have been up there for days.
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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.
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