If you go back a long time in this blog, you will see my tales to chasing a classic business jet, the Lockheed JetStar.  Since leaving Chicago I have been frustrated to see a large number of movements of this fantastic looking machine showing up at Midway and Chicago Executive airports.  They must have known I was gone and come out of the woodwork.

Fortunately, there is a local example.  Hayward Executive is a short distance from me and I recently spotted that it was due to make an early departure for Mexico.  With nothing to conflict with this, I headed across.  Wanting a specific movement is often a frustrating thing since, while a flight plan will be filed for a given time, they often go at another time since it is all about when the person is ready to leave.  You don’t have to stick to a schedule when you have your own jet!

In this case, I was lucky.  They filed for an 8:42 departure and actually got airborne at 8:49.  Not bad.  The weather was overcast and not the greatest but, with the angle of the departure, more sun much actually have been a problem at this time of year.  Anyway, I got a good view of the take off run and the turnout was towards me so a few quick shots to add to my JetStar collection and I was done.  Back home for breakfast!