But you get to use the Yacht! The Minnesota Vikings should look into this! 
You guys should check out the Airbus video on planemadness.com right now.
http://www.planemadness.com/2008/01/21/new-passenger-flights-to-antarctica/
Not playing 
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this should hold you over til i find the original
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_BQk_2Zd04
we now return you to our regular scheduled program
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVY2tkxe0bM
Found a pic of 2005 C560 with gravel kit
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2350/2253834021_9e614eda52.jpg
sadly not a bizjet but a short clip of an IL62 putting down on the grass some years ago - on delivery to a museum; sadly the first part go around (that is what he did) is missing on the video. The last cut-to shows the reversers throwing up dirt.
A mexican G2 (XA-FOU) did land on a (grass) horseracing course in Ireland back in the 80’s with tech probs and I believe only got out after a temporary surface was laid.
IN UK
If this is the same G2 I am thinking of, their tech problem was that the fuel tanks filled up with air.
John in Saudi
“Filled up with air…”
I like that.
“No, FAA inspector Hardnasty, sir, I didn’t run out of gas. My fuel tanks just filled up with air!”
Just trying to help you out before the inspector gets there to help you out.
XA-FOU was landing at Shannon after a trans Atlantic flight, with higher than expected winds on April 18/83 in the early morning. Fog was rolling over the field as they were landing behind an Aer Lingus B737.
The Gulfstream had a missed approach, and the airport was declared ‘Closed due to fog’. Capt. Ocana informed the tower they didn’t have the fuel to make it to their alternate Cork Airport.
Capt. was given directions by road, and landed on Mallows Racecourse, now known as Cork Racecourse. There was no damage to the aircraft, and Lloyds of London, paid for a 3000 foot runway, the aircraft departed on May 23/83.
Capt. Rueben Ocana was a retired Aero Mexico pilot, received awards from Gulfstream regarding this incident, and was invited back to Mallow Ireland in subsequent years as a Honorary Judge in horseshows.
XA-FOU is currently N559LC of Little Ceaser’s. FAA Registry
Robbreid,
Good work, as always!
We flew a Falcon 10 as well as a Lear 25 into gravel and ice strips. First Air and Canadian North both fly 737-200 into gravel strips regularly on sked pax service, First Air also uses a 727-200 they do the same with - as well as ice runways on occasion (Arctic Ocean) and I believe Air NZ flew into an ice runway in Antarctica with a newer Boeing product.
Out of curiousity, was the Lear 25B C-GBFP, and the Falcon 10’s, C-FFEV, C-FZOP, C-GNVT???
Yes the Lear was Adlair’s BFP, but the Falcon was Arctic Sunwest’s C-FBSS (since sold)
Ahhh, C-GBFP. Many memories…
I’ve been in it afew times. Joe Burnett in Toronto bought it off of British Forest Products (hence the registration BFP), in Vancouver after they had an accident with it. I recall they kept having problems with vibrations in the nose during high speed taxiing.
Brendon Redhead, their mechanic (Joe Burnett/Burnac Corp.) replaced the entire front wheel assembly on it, that finally fixed it. It used to have a thick red, and a thick blue stripe, which was the original paint.
Last I saw, it has a thin yellow stripe with blue or black outline on top and below of the yellow stripe. When Joe owned it, it would do alot of Toronto-Palm Beach flights!!
Your Falcon 10, I was unfamiliar with, I looked it up and noted it is now based in Pennsylvania as N515LP. I thought you may have flown Air Nunavut’s Falcon 10’s. I was going to ask about C-GNVT which apparently???, was badly damaged in August 2001 in Northern Quebec. It is still listed as current in the Canadian Registry, but as far as I know, it never flew again???
As far as I know that is correct. I saw it on the ground at Kuujuuak (spelling?) in Northern Quebec in 2002 - badly crumpled cabin aft of spar plus totally collapsed main gear - looked like someone flared to late with too much sink rate. Suppose it could be repaired but I doubt it would be economical to ship it out by sea (after bringing in a crew to dismantle and load it) from there to repair it somewhere else. Not flyable in my opinion.