I guess I shouldn't be surprised people are doing things like that.
THats like covering your eyes and saying "I can do what I want because no one can see me!"
Could be ADS-B covered. Or ADS-C sending out where you are.
. We are alive and well, it could’ve been worse.
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Well the crossing was great until this happened
Not this time. This was our 605.
Too bad for your company that it's the left windshield, if it was the right windshield Bombardier has a procedure to just cover it in aluminum tape (a very specific aluminum tape and after some inspections) and ferry fly it back home to get the windshield replaced. I only know of this because I rolled into the hangar one day and there sat a Challenger with one of them taped over. Changing a windshield on a Challenger is challenging (see what I did there?), doing it overseas is going to just multiply the headache tenfold. We once had a G550 parked out somewhere in Hawaii and a taxiing G650 decided to assert its dominance by crashing its winglet into our winglet. You used to be able to get a disposition to fly a G-IV with one winglet removed but those days are gone. This quickly became a quagmire for everyone involved including Gulfstream, there's no hangars, ramp space is barely existent and everything required to repair both jets (including a team of technicians for each airplane) had to be shipped by air. The insurance companies weren't happy, the loan holders weren't happy, the charter companies weren't happy, the charter customers were very unhappy. But if you endeavor to persevere amazing things can be accomplished and eventually everything was repaired and ended up back where it was supposed to be. I hope you were headed home rather than abroad. I should also say that windshields on some of these "older" jets are getting very expensive and hard to buy. I'm not sure if the 605 group is experiencing the supply chain issues the 550 group is but Gulfstream won't even allow you to order a G-IV-G550 windshield unless it's shattered or you provide proof of troubleshooting on the heating elements and I think they cost about $100,000/per windshield, it seems as if the black and white definition regarding damage/wear/age are now grey and they'll decide if you need a new windshield.
It was a brand new window installed within the last few months. We are wondering if it had a manufacturing defect.
Might've been an installation issue. There's a very specific torque sequence for the bolts that hold that thing in, despite how rugged those things are they're also pretty fragile. Changing a windshield on a Gulfstream is easy compared to a Challenger, if you're stuck somewhere with your airplane and you stay to oversee the repair rather than just flying home you'll learn a lot. I have no idea where you are but if you're stuck there just try to enjoy it, you'll be there for a few days.
I don't know. If you ask Gulfstream for any disposition they won't even consider it until you wire them $1500 and that's just to get the party started. Gulfstream in 2025 is not what I grew up with. I can recall having an issue with a G-III (belongs to a very recognizable person) a few years ago and I might as well have called some random repair station, they had to go find to find someone who had any idea what I was talking about and then they also want to start charging customers for calling, I'm sure it's all free for a G700 owner but they've been building airplanes for 60 years and many of their older complicated models are still flying. Don't get me wrong, I still think the Gulfstream is the benchmark, I just wish they treated their customers better, I've worked at three different companies that operated at least 20 Gulfstreams each.
I was lucky enough to go home. Sounds like the plane will be stuck there for quite a while.
Are you happy or upset? Where is your airplane sitting? Lots of questions.
