Vinod Khosla's aircraft lands in Van Nuys the night of his latest public clash with Elon Musk

Vinod Khosla's Bombardier Challenger 604, tail number N604SB, was tracked performing an unusual 48-minute circuit departing and arriving at Van Nuys Airport (KVNY) on June 26, 2026, reaching a maximum altitude of just 775 feet and a ground speed of 0.7 knots — more consistent with a ground movement or repositioning than a conventional flight. The aircraft had previously touched down at Van Nuys from San Jose on June 24, and recent patterns show frequent shuttles between the San Francisco Bay Area and Southern California.

If aboard during the prior June 24 arrival, Vinod Khosla would have landed in Los Angeles the same week his public feud with Elon Musk escalated dramatically. On June 15, per a Fortune report, Khosla excoriated Stanford protesters over their treatment of Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Days later, per The Times of India, Khosla accused Musk of racism in a post branding him "WAGA" (White America Great Again), to which Musk responded by reviving the decade-old Martins Beach public-access lawsuit. The rivalry, which began with Musk's 2024 OpenAI lawsuit, remains a live front — Khosla was the first venture investor in OpenAI.

The aircraft's brief June 26 sortie, with no change in location, may reflect a hangar shift or ground test. But the broader pattern — frequent hops between the Bay Area and Van Nuys, including a June 12 trip from San Jose — underscores that if Khosla was aboard, the timing places him squarely in Southern California as his war of words with Musk plays out across social media and courtrooms, with a trial over Musk's bid for control of OpenAI still unresolved, per Fortune's April coverage.