VH-FLO Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I (MSN 100) of Associated Airlines, at Karratha Airport – July 1985. Photo © David Eyre The crew kindly allowed me to look aboard. Close up of the Rolls-Royce Dart 529-8X turboprop. The Gulfstream I led to the Gulfstream II jet, which started the successful line of high-end bizjets. VH-FLO was built in 1963, registered 25 January 1963 to Grumman with test registration N715G. To Kaiser Jeep Corp an N116KJ on 4 Feb 196, later N116K. Became VH-FLO with Associated Airlines in May 1969, operated on behalf of a number of clients, including Comalco Industries. It was withdrawn from use in December 1994 and sold to International Air Parts. It was flown to Auckland on 22 May 1995 and stored, before being broken up – the fuselage is still used for fire training, to the south of Auckland’s runway 23.