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Apr 2, 2008 | 4:51 pm

pedxing

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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!

Apr 2, 2008 | 4:56 pm

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Originally Posted by pedxing

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.

Apr 2, 2008 | 4:58 pm

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Me thinks the pilot was put up to it by some clever Cessna marketing folks.

Apr 2, 2008 | 5:46 pm

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Gulfstream V, G-V:

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

Apr 3, 2008 | 7:17 am

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Thats great, I wonder if it was a marketing scheme or something he did on his own.

Apr 3, 2008 | 7:33 am

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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?

Apr 3, 2008 | 7:51 am

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Originally Posted by Mabuk dan gila

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

Apr 3, 2008 | 9:07 am

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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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Apr 3, 2008 | 9:52 am

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That's what I noticed too. I also found out that that plane's ceiling is 47k!

JP

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Originally Posted by CaveatEmpty

Phfffttt ~ plug the numbers into the NAV/GPS - fire-up & fly.
Altitude 43000 feet: ^ Now that's impressive.

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Apr 3, 2008 | 10:36 am

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Originally Posted by Bnaug54

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.

Apr 3, 2008 | 2:57 pm

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Most of us here could make something like that on Photoshop in under 5 minutes.

Apr 3, 2008 | 3:18 pm

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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.