George Lucas's Gulfstream V lands in Paris the month his museum opens in Los Angeles

Aircraft N138GL, a Gulfstream V associated with George Lucas, was tracked departing Brookeridge Air Park (LL22) near Chicago on June 25 and arriving at Paris–Le Bourget Airport (LFPB) on June 26, after a seven-hour transatlantic crossing. The flight path follows a pattern of movements that included several trips between the Midwest and California in recent weeks, per flight data.

If George Lucas was aboard, he would land in Paris the same week his long-awaited Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is making international headlines ahead of its opening on September 22, 2026, in Los Angeles. As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, the museum, co-founded with his wife Mellody Hobson, will house over 40,000 artworks and include the flagship exhibition “Star Wars in Motion.” Per Vogue, Lucas and Hobson have been actively promoting the project, describing it as the culmination of his life's study.

The flight from the Chicago area is notable, as the museum was originally planned for that city before legal challenges prompted a move to Los Angeles in 2017. While the purpose of this Paris stop is unconfirmed, the timing suggests preparations for the museum's global promotional push—or perhaps a private visit ahead of Lucas's cameo voice role in the upcoming animated film Minions & Monsters, due in theaters July 1, per The Independent.