Can you buy a jet with cash?

less than 1m read

·Nov 3, 2024

Has anyone tried to offer to buy a jet for cash?

In the early days, did you sell?

I did have one instance. A twin turboprop airplane, and he wanted to lease it for a year. It was so funny because we were going to see the airplane with this guy. He was telling me that he was in the lobster business based out of Miami, and he was picking up a lot of lobsters from the Caribbean islands. Did that raise any alarms?

Interesting, you know. One day I said, "You know, I don't think that story is going to help, but listen, if you want to lease the airplane, we can go see the airplane." And they don't have credit? Maybe you pay for the payments up front or something like that.

We went and looked at the airplane. We left, and we were flying back. He goes, "I want to lease the airplane. I'll pay for a full year's lease up front." I said, "Okay, great. So send me the money."

He goes, "No, no." And he's flying his airplane, right? He reaches back literally and pulls out a briefcase from the back seat and he gives it to me.

"What's this?" I asked. He goes, "That's the lease payments."

"What are you talking about?"

I opened it up, and it was just piles of cash in there. So I'm like, "What do you want me to do? You want me to count this? I said I can't give them this cash." It's funny.

Dark Energy: The Void Filler

My Life As an Adventure Filmmaker and Photographer (Part 3) | Nat Geo Live

View All

Ancient Egypt 101 | National Geographic

The ancient Egyptian civilization lasted for over 3,000 years and became one of the most powerful and iconic civilizations in history. At its height, ancient Egypt’s empire stretched as far north as modern-day Syria and as far south as today’s Sudan. But …

Divergence example

So I’ve got a vector field here V of XY where the first component of the output is just ( x \cdot y ) and the second component is ( y^2 - x^2 ). The picture of this vector field is here; this is what that vector field looks like. What I’d like to do is co…

This is How The World Ends

First, you have to know what happens when an atomic bomb explodes. You will know when it comes; we hope it never comes. But get ready; it looks something like this. In 1947, an international group of researchers called the Chicago Atomic Scientists began…

How Elephant Families Communicate and Bond | Secrets of the Elephants

For the last 48 years, Dr. Joyce Poole has been eavesdropping on elephant families, learning their language. “I speak to elephants. I rumbled to them if they seem upset. I say hello and things. Their vocabulary is very large. Elephants have over 30 vocal…

Experience the Tomb of Christ Like Never Before | National Geographic

[Music] You are about to embark on a virtual journey to one of the most sacred places on earth. Nestled in the heart of Jerusalem’s Old City, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher is, for the faithful, a place of pilgrimage and worship. For other visitors, it …

WTF Just Happened To China's Economy?

China’s economy has slipped into a deep slump. China is announcing stimulus plans; they are going to really push out a bazooka to get stock prices up. This is the broadest push so far year to date. You can call it a bazooka or not, but nothing seems to be…

Can you buy a jet with cash?

More Articles