ELON Musk’s private jet of choice is a $70million aircraft that can fly him and 17 other passengers around the world in the height of luxury.
Also favored by Jeff Bezos and Oprah Winfrey, the Gulfstream G650ER is one of the largest purpose-built private jets with three living areas where the rich and famous can relax in handcrafted, leather seats.
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SpaceX CEO Musk owns two private jets but the G650ER is reportedly his favorite, despite currently being at the center of a controversial Twitter account tracking its movements around the globe.
Florida student Jack Sweeney has angered the world’s second-richest man by refusing to stop publicly tracking his location, as the 19-year-old contests that he’s only using information which is available to the public on the account.
The G650ER is considered one of the most trusted business jets in the world with Musk’s own built and delivered in 2016, Luxury Zone reports.
It can travel up to 7,500 nautical miles at speeds of up to Mach .925.
It means that Musk and other tech leaders can jet in between any two cities in the world in one stop or less.
The Tesla CEO has reportedly taken advantage already and flew nearly 160,000 miles on the jet in 2018, according to Business Insider.
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It included journies from Texas to Israel, Northern Ireland to California, and California to Thailand via Alaska.
The G650ER has been Gulfstream’s flagship jet since it was first manufactured in 2014, fit with Rolls-Royce BR725 engines.
Musk’s own jet has reportedly been converted to create larger sleeping areas, but the general G650ER cabin is 46-foot and 10-inches in size.
The first living area has four seats, each with its own window.
The whole cabin contains 16 panoramic windows which are the largest in the industry.
Another four-seat section comes in the second living area, which is typically used as a dining and conference area, thanks to the table installed in the center.
And the last living section is a private compartment that can seat another five passengers, Business Insider reports.
SPACIOUS CABIN
The jet is capable of inflight-wifi with each seat having its own 12-inch screen and power outlets.
Another 32-inch screen and two 16-inch screens are displayed in other parts of the cabin.
Each seat can fully recline and be transformed into a sleeping area.
Adding to the spacious interior are two restrooms with granite sinks.
A kitchen also contains an oven and a microwave.
And tables can be raised by the seats in the front and rear living areas with the touch of a button.
Window shades at each seat can also be controlled by a button.
The jet won’t quite bring Musk to Blue Origins heights as 51,000 feet is the highest altitude possible for a G650ER.
Yet the constant new air being pushed into the cabin will help to combat jetlag no matter how far he travels.
LOCATION TRACKED
Musk may be more hesitant to jet off in the aircraft, however, after he became aware of a Twitter account with more than 373,000 followers revealing the aircraft’s location.
Student Sweeney has created similar accounts for other SpaceX jets, weather planes, Nasa planes, and US Air Force VIP flights.
He’s also tracking the jets of Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Trump, Mark Zuckerberg, and Mark Cuban.
Musk reportedly offered Sweeney $5,000 to take it down.
“I don’t love the idea of being shot by a nutcase,” Musk reportedly told him.
The teen asked for $50,000 and an internship in return but Musk allegedly turned this offer down.
On Saturday, Sweeney revealed that he had now received information on all SpaceX jets through a Freedom of Information request.
“Now I have all the registration and airworthiness documents for all the SpaceX jets,” Sweeney tweeted.
“If you have info on any politicians with their own private jets let me know with the tail number,” he added.
“Also I’ll be creating a site for other aircraft requests soon!”
NEW FAA INFO
The student also said that reports the FAA granted him approval to track Musk were inaccurate.
“Never needed FAA approval, I don’t use FAA data,” he said.
“My FOIA doesn’t mean I have their approval. I requested that FOIA before my news went public, only just recently received the documents.
“Anyone can FOIA its not really related to my bot just another thing, anyone can FOIA.”
And Musk was hit with more bad news on Wednesday after a geomagnetic storm doomed dozens of SpaceX satellites to a fiery demise by preventing them from reaching their final orbit.
Forty of the 49 Starlink satellites launched by the California rocket-maker last week will disintegrate as they deorbit and burn up in Earth’s atmosphere.
Estimates suggest that each satellite costs SpaceX $250,000 to build and launch, meaning the storm could cost it as much as $10million.
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