Peter Thiel's Gulfstream V shuttles within LA as his secretive Dialog network faces leak fallout

Peter Thiel's Gulfstream V, N878DB, was tracked flying from Santa Monica Municipal Airport (KSMO) to Van Nuys Airport (KVNY) on June 25, a 24-minute hop across Los Angeles. The aircraft, registered through Thorondor LLC, has been active again after months parked in Colorado, with recent flights including a May 11 trip from Honolulu to Los Angeles.

If Peter Thiel was aboard, the timing would place him in Los Angeles as his invitation-only network Dialog reels from a data leak that exposed members' personal information, per reports from Straight Arrow News and AOL. The leaked data, obtained by a security researcher, revealed names, email addresses, and phone numbers of prominent figures including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Senator Ted Cruz, as well as details of Dialog's upcoming August retreat in Dublin featuring sessions titled "Build-a-Cult" and "Navigating WWIII."

The short flight, likely a routine repositioning, could signal Thiel managing fallout from the breach or preparing for summer travel. The billionaire, who recently relocated his family to Buenos Aires per the New York Times, maintains a busy flight pattern between Los Angeles, San Francisco, and other hubs—this week's movement keeps his aircraft ready at Van Nuys, a key general aviation gateway.