Sunday 6-29-08

2 Marine F-18D Hornets arrived at 3:25pm and parked at Signature. They departed at 5pm.

Gulfstream G-V N130TM arrived at 4:15pm from LAX and parked at Airflite.

737 BBJ N43PR departed to LAS at 4:18pm.

Gulfstream G450 N450XX departed to FAT at 5:55pm.

Tail numbers noted at Gulfstream: N413QS, N450XX, N991GA(green).

Friday 6-27-08

There was a Navy C-12 parked at Signature. Unable to get markings on the plane.

2 Marine F-18 Hornets arrived at 4:10pm and parked at Signature. They departed at 5:32pm.

737 BBJ N43PR arrived at 7:30pm from SBA and parked at Signature.

Tail numbers noted at Gulfstream: N492QS, N806AC (sporting the Gulfstream 550 livery), D-AJJK (inside hangar).

Tuesday 6-24-08

A glance at the Gulfstream ramp showed the following tail numbers: N518QS, N707QS, N435QS, N511QS and N900DH which arrived at 4:50pm.

Monday 6-23-08

Boe171, a C-17 departed on a test flight at 4pm and returned 30 minutes later.

Two new tail numbers at Gulfstream were N77WL and N403QS.

Friday 6-20-08

A Boeing Company BBJ landed at 5:40pm and parked at Airflite. I was unable to get a tail number.

A320 N651JB "Beta Blue" arrived at 6:25pm and departed at 7:30pm.

A glance over at the Gulfstream ramp reveals the following tail numbers: B-8080(Deer Jet), N550AN, N673P.

On the north general aviation parking area, Cessna N818CT, (a TU 206G) was spotted on floats. The plane is two tone blue with white.

A new G550 was towed from the paint hangar at 9:45pm. The registration is N1LB.

Tuesday 6-17-08

Both G-V N500GV and G550 HB-JEP were spotted sitting on the Gulfstream ramp along with the tail numbers from yesterday.

DC-9-15MC N563PC arrived from ELP about 2:50pm and parked at Signature. The plane departed around 6:50pm headed for MCI and then on to ILG. The crew is using RWG563 as their flight number and the aircraft is owned by C & M Airways Inc.

Monday 6-16-08

MD-87 N168CF departed LGB at 1:40pm bound for MSP. This aircraft is owned by Sunrider Corp out of Torrance and is now based at Airflite on the west side of the field.

A USAF C-21 Learjet arrived around 2:25pm. I did not get a chance to see the tail number of the airplane or where it taxied to.

A new Gulfstream G550 was towed from the paint hanger at 4:40pm. The registration is P4-TPS.

A quick glance at the Gulfstream ramp today showed the following tail numbers on the ramp: N461QS, N234DB, N531AF, N990GA(green c/n 5200), N399GA(green c/n 5199), N534QS, N500RD, N816MG(inside hangar).

UPS brings in 757 again

Tonight another UPS 767 had maintenance issues and UPS ended up ferring in a 757. The 767 departed on rwy 12 at about 9pm back to KONT. This is the second UPS 767 to have maintenance issues at LGB in the last week.