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pedxing Apr 2, 2008 4:51 pm
Check out this flight path...
 
A friend pointed me to this FlightAware track. This is one pilot I'd like to meet and buy a beer for!

USPhilly Apr 2, 2008 4:56 pm
Originally Posted by pedxing (Post 9509551)
This is one pilot I'd like to meet and buy a beer for!
Couldn't agree more! ^ It seems like an April Fools joke a day late, I don't think it is though.

Mabuk dan gila Apr 2, 2008 4:58 pm
Me thinks the pilot was put up to it by some clever Cessna marketing folks.

Bobster Apr 2, 2008 5:46 pm
Gulfstream V, G-V:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/G...538Z/KATW/KATW

Bnaug54 Apr 3, 2008 7:17 am
Thats great, I wonder if it was a marketing scheme or something he did on his own.

pedxing Apr 3, 2008 7:33 am
Must have been somewhat hard to maintain the shape perfectly. I bet he chose those right-angle IL and IN borders on purpose to help make sure he got the wings right. Note that Chicago is right in the middle - I wonder what the ATC thought?

empedocles Apr 3, 2008 7:51 am
Originally Posted by Mabuk dan gila (Post 9509588)
Me thinks the pilot was put up to it by some clever Cessna marketing folks.
Notice who the owner of N750CX is:

CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY
WICHITA, KS

CaveatEmpty Apr 3, 2008 9:07 am
Originally Posted by pedxing
Must have been somewhat hard to maintain the shape perfectly. I bet he chose...
Phfffttt ~ plug the numbers into the NAV/GPS - fire-up & fly.
Altitude 43000 feet: ^ Now that's impressive.

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HereAndThereSC Apr 3, 2008 9:52 am
That's what I noticed too. I also found out that that plane's ceiling is 47k!

JP
Originally Posted by CaveatEmpty (Post 9512642)
Phfffttt ~ plug the numbers into the NAV/GPS - fire-up & fly.
Altitude 43000 feet: ^ Now that's impressive.

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fairviewroad Apr 3, 2008 10:36 am
Originally Posted by Bnaug54 (Post 9512049)
Thats great, I wonder if it was a marketing scheme or something he did on his own.
Gotta be marketing...that's a lot of fuel to burn just for kicks.

ECOTONE Apr 3, 2008 2:57 pm
Most of us here could make something like that on Photoshop in under 5 minutes.

Mabuk dan gila Apr 3, 2008 3:18 pm
Originally Posted by ECOTONE (Post 9514753)
Most of us here could make something like that on Photoshop in under 5 minutes.
Yea, but it take a real man to make it in 4 hours with millions of dollars worth of jet aircraft, thousands of dollars worth of jet fuel and a sophisticated air traffic control network.

beckoa Apr 4, 2008 4:48 pm
This is a sweet routing!

Thanks pedxing for posting this!

alanh Apr 5, 2008 11:18 pm
More likely they had to do a 4-hour test flight anyway, so they decided to have some fun with it.


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