Hi everyone
Could you help me with a little project? I'm trying to track down celebrity/famous people/business leaders' private aircraft, both Bizjets and GA.
I'm not on about those you can already find on FAA or similar, rather those that are hiding under pseudonyms or finance companies; e.g. Oprah Winfrey = Harpo Aviation etc.
Spotting logs or pictures would be ideal, perhaps we could make a gallery of them?
Many thanks,
PS: A particular interest in motorsport drivers/team personnel
Here's a couple to start the list
Arnold Palmer Citation X N1AP
Nigel Mansell Citation X...rumoured to be M-SELL
Jimmy Buffett (see link http://margaritaville.com/ ) operates a Caravan N208JB and a Falcon 900B N908JB under the name of Strange Bird Inc.
G-REYS Challenger of Mclaren/Ron Dennis
HB-JEG Falcon Michael Schumacher
G-OFOA and G-OFOM BAE 146 Bernie Airways
OE-HII Challenger Nikki Lauda
Forgot Bernie's new toy to be Falcon 7X N999BE
I'm sure everyone's already aware of N707JT.....
My wings are like a shield of steel.
Hey dont forget that Lewis Hamilton is the brand ambassador for Lear Jet. How cool is that decision? He signs up in Montreal at the beginning of June right before the Canadian Grand Prix, goes out and wins it, then calmly goes on to win the US Grand Prix the following weekend. I bet the Bombardier Exec who signed that deal is feeling pretty pleased with himself!
Basketball star Magic Johnson has a Aerospace Gulfstream 3 (twin-jet) (GLF3/Q) Reg: N32MJ which is registered to Magic Johnson Entertainment Inc.
HB-JEO Legacy Rubens Barrichello
G-IOOX Learjet David Richards (Prodrive)
N1GN Gulfstream Greg Norman
N225EE Gulfstream Ernie Els
P4-MES Boeing 767 Roman Abromavich
3A-MGA Falcon 2000 Prince Albert of Monaco
G-GALX Falcon 900 Richard Branson
G-HRDS Gulfstream Mohammed Al Fayed
OE-IFB = Flavio Briatore's (Renault F1 boss) Challenger 605, operated by VistaJet in Austria on his behalf.
Nigel Mansell took delivery of his new Citation Encore+ on 29/10/2007.
MSN 560-0773, operated for him by Ittur AB (Sweden) and registered under the ultra-secretive M-ANSL
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I thought he was getting a Sovereign..i know he leased an XLS for a while?? Image of his Encore here
G-NMRM Cessna CitationJet delivered this week to EBJ Operations Ltd reportedly to be operated/managed on behalf of Nigel Mansell.
Photo at:
http://www.biz-jets.com/p52928546.html
(if you look closely it might even be the man himself in the left hand seat!)
With kind regards
Dan
www.Biz-Jets.com
Dutch DJ Tiesto likes to charter an aircraft each year for his intensive summer touring schedule - here is the latest one 'powered by JetNetherlands' - very smart!
http://www.biz-jets.com/p66209705.html
Dan Hanson
Great livery! Very appropriate for a DJ.