Jerry writes:

> As part of her compensation package, H-P has provided Carly with a personal
>  corporate jet, a Grumman Gulfstream IV, per:
>
>    http://www.theage.com.au/business/2002/01/11/FFXMSM2F9WC.html
>
>  This plane is capable of carrying 12-19 passengers and cruises
>  at 540 mph:
>
>    http://www.jetpros.com/gulf4.html

Although it may be declasse to change the subject of an off-topic thread, but
the shuttle astronauts have been training here in the Las Cruces/El
Paso/White Sands area for about 20 years now, and they too have two Grumman
Gulfstreams to play with, although the older II version. However, theirs are
modified to fly, with a flip of a switch, like a rock, emulating the flight
characteristics of the shuttle.

The astronauts practice touch-and-go, shuttle-like landings at Northrup Field
at White Sands. The picture below is from a German web site, commemorating
the beginning of the flights:

     http://www.spacemissions.de/seite6/pilots/hayes.htm

They still fly these missions virtually every week.

Wirt Atmar

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