Brittney Griner and the arms dealer
Tracking the aircraft used to bring home American Brittney Griner and the Russian arms dealer
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Kanye West in Tax Delinquency
Before you say it, I know. I know this is typically an aviation blog. However, I love researching people especially if they're in the headlines. I scour online sources to try to find their airplanes. In this case, I've been researching Kanye West to see if
Top Aces - Commercial F-16 Operator
Top Aces is the only commercial F16 operator in the world. They have a large fleet of aircraft and have received huge military contracts for training pilots in their planes.
I found Mark Zuckerberg's helicopter
UPDATE: As of 9/13/23, there's been some discovery that N14RP, the helicopter listed below as belonging to Zuckerberg is no longer in his fleet. It does appear that N14RU is his new means of transport between the Bay and Tahoe.
Earlier in the year my internet
The aircraft of the Sun Valley Conference
Today, July 5th, 2022 began the Sun Valley Conference in southern Idaho. This is a yearly summit attended by the world's wealthiest and most influential people. Among the invitees for the 2022 session include Mark Zuckerberg, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and countless others.
The airport used by these
Ukrainian Government VIP in Washington DC
This post will be short as there isn't much supporting info out there.
My database is from the openskynetwork
[https://opensky-network.org/aircraft-database]. It is updated monthly. The
database only has 4 planes that are associated with Ukraine. After some research
on my end (start here
[https://en.
Russian Oligarch Update
It's been several weeks since I initially tracked a decent sized list of
oligarchs fleeing Russia. Putin's invasion of Ukraine caused eventual sanctions
[https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/03/24/fact-sheet-united-states-and-allies-and-partners-impose-additional-costs-on-russia/]
on a sweeping list of people strangling assets all over the world.
First