How to buy a $50,000,000 private jet!

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·Nov 3, 2024

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Hey Steve, I just expanded my business to South America and I've got 50 million to spend on the jet.

How many people do you want to carry?

Uh, just me and six of my girlfriends.

Six of your girlfriends? You don't have enough money to spend on the jet left.

How far they gotta go? From London to Sao Paulo, London December?

Okay, so let's take a look. We take this thing to 50 million dollars, okay? And we take this to a range of about 5,800 miles and something relatively new. Here's some of your choices.

So we have the Gulfstream G6.

Oh hey Steve, what's that one?

And it's a Boeing 767. Man, this is for a lot of people. You really need a whole contingency of people. You need security people, you need housekeepers, you need probably about 30 staff.

If you don't have 30 staff, you're going to get lost in this thing. You don't want to get it. And by the way, the maintenance costs, the operating costs will really not be happy.

All right, I try to see, Steve.

Okay, so let's go back: either G650 or the Global 6500. Let's compare these two airplanes. Where do you want to start from?

Uh, I want to start from London.

Okay, let's start from London. Really, from London you can go anywhere you want within South America, Africa and...

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