[T] 2017 - USA - CA / NV / NBAA
Founded in 1947 and based in Washington, DC, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) is the leading organization for companies that rely on general aviation aircraft to help make their businesses more efficient, productive and successful. The association represents more than 11,000 companies and provides more than 100 products and services to the business aviation community, including the NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, the world's largest civil aviation trade show.
On its 70th anniversary, NBAA-BACE was held Oct. 10–12 at the Las Vegas Convention Center and Henderson Executive Airport (HND). The event featured about 1,100 exhibitors, including more than 100 new exhibitors. Attendees represented all 50 U.S. states, and dozens of countries. With about 100 aircraft on static display, both at HND and inside the convention center, NBAA-BACE remained the preeminent venue for manufacturers to unveil new models. For example, this year, the Bombardier Global 7000 and Pilatus PC-24 made their debut at the show and on the 8th of October Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. debuted its fully outfitted Gulfstream G600.
Furthermore it was announced that Gulfstreams flagship G650ER, N650GD (C/N: 6252), which was part of the Henderson static display, has again proven its performance capabilities with a worldwide record streak heading into the 2017 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition. The G650ER embarked on its latest world-record run out of New York-area’s Newark Liberty International Airport on Oct. 1, taking off for Tokyo’s Haneda Airport and landing 12 hours and 40 minutes later. The aircraft flew on Gulfstream’s supply of renewable fuels and covered the 5,940-nautical-mile/10,943-kilometer trip at an average speed of Mach 0.89. On Oct. 3, the G650ER returned from Haneda to Newark in 10 hours and 54 minutes at Mach 0.90. Following the Newark-to-Tokyo round trip, the G650ER departed Long Island’s Farmingdale Republic Airport in New York bound for Paris Le Bourget Airport and completed the flight in 5 hours and 59 minutes at Mach 0.90. It then traveled 2 hours and 40 minutes to Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport at Mach 0.90. On Oct. 6, the G650ER completed the final leg of this world record tour from Moscow to Las Vegas McCarran International Airport, flying 5,247 nm/9,717 km at Mach 0.90 in 10 hours and 10 minutes.
Besides the NBAA in Las Vegas some airports around Los Angeles (CA) were visited on-route to and from Las Vegas. Start was at LAX and then on to Long Beach, Ontario, Chino, St. Ana, Van Nuys, Lancaster, Mojave and California City. In between I made a short detour to Thermal for the stored N311BD Gulfstream II. The highlights of this short trip are captured in the pictures and numbers below.
07-10-2017 Los Angeles (CA)
GV C-GUGU (641), N136FX (667) G550 N550PL (5218)
07-10-2017 Long Beach (CA)
GIV N265SJ (1351) G550 M-BJEP (5070), N94924 (5255), VP-CUA (5409) G650 N761LE (6108), N282GA (6282), N686GD (6286), N296GA (6296)
08-10-2017 Long Beach (CA)
GV N25CP (527) G550 HS-KPI (5480), VP-CAT (5482)
08-10-2017 Santa Anna (CA)
GIV N40KJ (1070), N226MP (1300), N572MS (1352), N415LT (1367) G450 N450XX (4062), N587DV (4345), N1963N (4268), N116MV (4357) G550 N550WW (5214), N891E (5321) G650 N235BH (6222)
08-10-2017 Thermal (CA)
GII N311BD (236)
08-10-2017 Ontario (CA)
GII N750RA (117), N868DS (123), N2JR (131) GIII N888WE (394) GIV N924MB (1023), N143PK (1143), N5MC (1218)
08-10-2017 Chino (CA)
GII N141JF (106), N218SE (116), N477GG (155), N81RR (246), N530GA (247) GIII N610AB (398) GIV N218KD (1164)
08-10-2017 Van Nuys (CA)
GII N831BG (226), N264CL (227) GIV N120WJ (1004), N250KC (1025), N269HM (1118), N600CK (1169), N958BX (1227), N917MS (1241), N513MA (1283), N999AA (1286), N15Y (1318), N3964 (1350), N302SB (1369), N386JD (1460), N757MC (1489) GV N776RB (585), N17FJ (607), N900LY (661) G450 N24JR (4122) G550 N145MG (5004), N528AP (5168), N336EB (5525) G650 N650HF (6117)
09-10-2017 Lancaster (CA)
GIII N555GL (403)
09-10-2017 Mojave (CA)
GIV (highlights) N431TL (1031), N428BC (1128)
09-10-2017 California City (CA)
GII (highlights) N510AG (159)
09-10-2017 Las Vegas Henderson (NV)
GIII N305LR (305), N103VV (346) GIV (N974JD (1301) GV N619GV (619), N195CX (550) G600 N600G (73005) G650 N650GD (6252)
09-10-2017 Las Vegas McCarran (NV)
GIV N21DH (1021), N2107Z (1211), N810LP (1266), N411LL (1344), N970KG (1356), N394AK (1470) GV N62FF (569) G550 N755VE (5055), N4500X (5285), N552GA (5288), N881WR (5327) G650 N1AL (6091)
10-10-2017 Las Vegas McCarran (NV)
GIII N510FR (446) GIV N962SS (1121) N415LT (1367), N45ET (1405), N426VR (1426) GV N90JE (552) G450 XA-ZPS (4076), N56EL (4230) G550 N898CE (5230), P4-BFY (5418), N550RH (5495)
10-10-2017 Las Vegas Henderson (NV)
G450 N88WR (4085) G500 N505GD (72005) G550 N94VR (5094), N550GA (5556) G600 N600G (73005) G650 N766GA (6166), N650GD (6252)
11-10-2017 Van Nuys (CA)
GIV N85WD (1008), N517ML (1050), N168PK (1053), N770KS (1093), N746MN (1136), N144PK (1210), N37WH (1243), N104AD (1406), N5956B (1469), N702JF (1528) GV N162JC (539), N955CM (592) G450 N348RS (4030) G550 N314TP (5104) G650 N900KS (6163)
11-10-2017 Santa Anna (CA)
GIII N305LR (305) GIV N598CC (1258)
11-10-2017 Long Beach (CA)
G450 N701WC (4224)
11-10-2017 Los Angeles (CA)
G450 N451FX (4332), N454FX (4339)