Diego Della Valle's Gulfstream G550 flies from Paris to Farnborough in 45 minutes

Diego Della Valle's Gulfstream G550, tail I-ADVD, flew from Paris-Le Bourget International Airport (LFPB) to Farnborough Airport (EGLF) in Hampshire, United Kingdom, on Saturday, November 14, 2026. The aircraft departed Paris at 11:19 UTC and landed at Farnborough at 12:04 UTC, spending 45 minutes in the air. The flight is the first tracked landing at Farnborough for this aircraft since celebplanes began monitoring it in August 2026.

The great-circle distance between the two airports is 185 nautical miles, or 213 miles. The Gulfstream G550 reached a top altitude of 24,000 feet and a top ground speed of 427 knots, with an average ground speed of 248 knots. The aircraft burned an estimated 306 US gallons of fuel and produced about 2,940 kilograms of CO2, roughly the same as driving a car 7,277 miles. The Gulfstream G550 is an ultra-long-range jet with a range of 6,750 nautical miles, a ceiling of 51,000 feet, and seating for up to 19 passengers.

In the tracked window from August 17 to November 14, 2026, I-ADVD has flown 20 flights. The most common destinations in that window were Segrate, Italy, with 7 landings, and Falconara Marittima, Italy, also with 7 landings. Before this flight, the jet had been on the ground for about one hour after a previous tracked landing at Paris on the same day. In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft used 5 airports in 3 countries and flew about 1,704 nautical miles.

Diego Della Valle, born 1953, turned his grandfather Filippo's shoemaking workshop in Casette d'Ete, in the Marche, into Tod's Group, the luxury house behind Tod's, Hogan, Roger Vivier and Fay. The Marche region is home to the Tod's factory in Casette d'Ete, making Falconara Marittima the closer airport to the company's headquarters. Della Valle also personally funded the roughly €25 million restoration of the Colosseum in 2011. No public events or appearances tied to Della Valle or Tod's Group were reported near Farnborough on the day of the flight.

The aircraft, managed by Milan-based operator Sirio and bearing a registration suffix that mirrors the owner's initials, is the primary business jet linked to the Tod's Group chairman. As with all European civil registrations, the beneficial owner is not publicly recorded, but the tail code and operator filing point to the same person. The jet remains at Farnborough Airport as of the last recorded position.

The Gulfstream G550 is a GV-SP type, with more than 617 in operation worldwide. Its top speed is Mach 0.885, or 488 knots. The aircraft used only 3 percent of its range on this flight. Paris–Le Bourget has a longest runway of 9,843 feet at an elevation of 218 feet. Farnborough's longest runway is 8,005 feet at 238 feet. The distance from the aircraft's home base at Milano Linate Airport in Segrate, Italy, to Farnborough is 532 nautical miles.

In the 30 days before this flight, the aircraft flew 4 flights totaling 4.3 hours in the air and producing about 16,859 kilograms of CO2. The longest leg in that period was from Al Hoceima to Segrate on November 1, covering 882 nautical miles in 2 hours 9 minutes. Other recent flights include a 26-minute hop from Varese to Falconara Marittima on November 8, and a 40-minute flight from Segrate to Falconara Marittima on November 1.

This flight adds Farnborough to the list of airports visited by I-ADVD, a route not previously tracked for this aircraft.