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For the world's most devout jetrosexuals, buying aircraft is like buying houses, cars, and yachts: think bigger, better, faster. Behold a few of the most pimped out rides in the sky.
Richard Branson
Getting from the UK to your very own private island in the Caribbean can be such a hassle! Luckily Sir Richard has a Falcon 900EX, nicknamed "Galactic Girl" for Virgin's soon to be celestial flight patterns. With plenty of range and speed - not to mention room for 14 passengers and an owner who just so happens to have single-handedly reinvented jet travel—the "Galactic Girl" is hospitality on high.
Falcon 900EX
Larry Page and Sergey Brin
Is it any surprise that the Google gods paid NASA $1.3 million for the right to park their retrofitted Boeing 767-200 on Moffett Field, an ex-military complex around the corner from Google HQ in Northern California? Of course, the runway real estate is just the beginning. According to one frequent flier on the G-spot, Sergey and Larry—who reportedly feuded over whether to install hammocks or king-sized beds on board—were among the earliest adopters of mile-high WiFi. Godspeed, indeed.
Boeing 767-200
Roman Abramovich Like everything else in the Russian billionaire's fleet of toys, all that glitters on his Boeing 767-33A is gold. (There's some nice chestnut on the interior, too.) Look for it at Luton outside of London, unless you believe reports—which Abramovich denied—that he's upgrading to a $300 million Airbus A380.
Boeing 767-33A
Mark Cuban
Just how roomy are the custom-made seats on the tech tycoon's Boeing 767-277? Roomy enough to accommodate the tallest players on Cuban's Dallas Mavericks and roomy enough for the Rolling Stones, who chartered the plane for a recent world tour. The fairer sex doesn't hurt, either. One lucky passenger reports that Cuban's flight attendants are relentlessly attractive.
Boeing 767-277
Harrison Ford
There's owning your own plane, and then there's owning and piloting your own plane. The 67-year-old actor—who favors a Cessna 208 Caravan—has a flight record so clean that the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association recently hired him as spokesman. Ford also gets air cred for flying his plane back and forth to Haiti with supplies after the earthquake. And you thought you were helping by texting!
Cessna 208 Caravan
Images Credits
Larry Page and Sergey Brin, www.time.com
Mark Cuban, www.hoopshype.com
Cessna 208 Caravan, www.aerospace-technology.com
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