Possible rendition aircraft called at Glasgow today (Friday 10 Aug)
A Gulfstream with the ID N475LC flew from Fayetteville (Ft. Bragg, USA) to
Shannon via Bangor, Maine, a few days ago. It is now (11pm Friday)
returning from Glasgow to Fayetteville via Bangor.
The aircraft has been linked to the CIA rendition activities in a reports
published by Amnesty International and the European Parliament. It has
landed at Shannon on a number of occasions. It was then owned by a
company called Braxton Management . An investigation by the Chicago
Tribune newspaper into the company concluded it was a shelf company set up
by the CIA to facilitate operations using "civilian" aircraft. Reporters
for the Chicago Tribune found the company offered no management services,
was registered to a lawyer's office in Montana (who would not return
calls), and operated aircraft which had landed at the CIA's training
facility at Camp Peary, Virginia and at numerous airports in the Middle East
The aircraft is now owned by L 3 IS LLC Corporation, which appears to be
another paper company, whose business address is a different law office in
Great Falls.
The progress of N475LC across the Atlantic can be monitored at
http://icarus.red1aviation.com/cgi-bin/record.cgi?flightkey=101023465&ident=N475LC.
Note that times are GMT - add an hour for BST.
The text of a report logged at 21.05 GMT (22.05 BST) is given below.
SACC's attention was drawn r=to this flight a couple of hours ago by
campaigners in the US - too late, unfortunately, for us to catch it on the
tarmac at Glasgow. The details above about the history of N475LC and
about Braxton Management and L 3 IS LLC were compiled very hastily -
anyone interested could find out mor with a little googling
http://icarus.red1aviation.com/cgi-bin/record.cgi?flightkey=101023465&ident=N475LC
at 2007-08-10 21:05 -
Aircraft ID N475LC
Aircraft Type GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE G-IV
Owner/Operator L 3 IS LLC
300 CENTRAL AVE FL 7 US BANK BLDG
GREAT FALLS MONTANA
Serial Number 1472
Year Manufactured 2002
Certificate Issued 06/21/2006
Airport most visited: Further details are restricted
Flight Plan Received 2007-08-10 18:48:01 from Boston
Departure EGPF GLASGOW AIRPORT, UNITED KINGDOM
Destination KBGR BANGOR INTL, BANGOR ME
Status In Flight
Planned Alt 40000 Feet
Planned Speed M080 kts.
Planned Dep 2007-08-10 19:23
Actual Dep
Planned Arrival 2007-08-10 19:23
Estimated Arrival
Actual Arrival
Latest Speed 428 kts.
Latest Altitude 40000 Feet
Distance to Dest.
Last Update 2007-08-10 21:05
Route EGPF./.XMIIL..BGR..KBGR
Tracking ID 101023465
5 months ago
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