Gulfstream IV in trouble over Bristol?

[Mictheslik]

Not really sure what it's doing, but appears to be circling over Frenchay/Filton with it's gear up and flaps down, possibly burning off fuel. Has been doing so for about an hour now, at quite a low altitude (less than  about 2000ft I would say.....certainly much lower than the traffic going into Bristol.)


All taken from my back garden.....
     


     





Any ideas what's going on?

.mic

[Mictheslik]

having done some research I have discovered it belongs to Hewlet Packard, who have a factory near Filton.....maybe it's just a very expensive sightseeing flight for the executives?

.mic

[Hagar]

Very interesting. You probably won't hear anything about it unless something goes wrong. Not sure if that's a good thing or not.