Thursday, June 19, 2008

A famous visitor

This is Mark. On Wednesday I pulled up to work at the airport and saw an enormous vertical stabilizer sticking up above the building I work in. I knew that there was supposed to be a Gulfstream G-V (the mother of private jets, at least until this year with Gulfstream's introduction of the G-VI) flying in Tuesday evening, but I didn't know it was supposed to stay overnight. I got in and heard the news that that the jet did not belong to Icon Health and Fitness, as I had previously supposed, but that it actually belonged to... Jack Nicklaus. For those of you who don't know, Jack Nicklaus still holds the title of the world's greatest golfer, having won 16 majors, beating Tiger by 2. Of course, Tiger still has a good long time until he retires. Anyway, having Jack Nicklaus at our airport was a pretty big deal. He also brought his buddy, Johnny Miller, another golf legend, to do some fishing here in Logan.
I got some nice pics; the pilot actually let me and a couple of my buddies in the flight program inside to check it out. I got a picture of the flight deck, but it is too dark to make anything out. The cabin is very nice; polished veneer cabinetry with huge leather sofas and lots and lots of space. There was also a golden bear on the back wall opposite the lavatory; golf fans will know what that means.
To give you some idea of the scale of the aircraft, standing up I would bonk my head against the wingtip.
I have decided to bring my camera to work because I never know who's going to visit; looks like it paid off this time! Sorry, I didn't get any pics of Jack himself, he was driven right up to the jet and I didn't want to play paparazzi. Now you get a little taste of my obsession!

1 comment:

Sue said...

Oooooh, Sooooo Coooool!

Did you show Granddad?

We watched Johnny Miller commentate for the US Open.