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From Elon Musk and Donald Trump to Taylor Swift and Tim Cook, here’s how celebrities are dodging jet-tracking Twitter accounts<!-- wp:html --><p>Elon Musk and the Gulfstream G650ER.</p> <p class="copyright">Patrick Pleul/picture alliance/Getty Images/Courtesy of Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation</p> <p>20-year-old Jack Sweeney has created myriad Twitter accounts that track private jets, like Elon Musk's.<br /> To dodge Sweeney and other trackers, many celebrities have signed up for free federal programs that help them fly incognito.<br /> The programs are not foolproof, and some high-profile people have ditched private jet ownership altogether.</p> <div> <div class="slide">Celebrities like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are struggling to shake Twitter accounts that follow their private jets' every move.Mark Zuckerberg (left) and Elon Musk. <p class="copyright">Kevin Dietsch/Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images</p> <p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-social-media-accounts-tracking-travel-movements-security-issue-2022-1"><em>Elon Musk says social-media accounts that track his travel movements are 'becoming a security issue'</em></a></p> </div> <div class="slide">Jet-tracking wunderkind Jack Sweeney helped ignite the trend in early 2022 when he made headlines for publicly tracking Elon Musk's Gulfstream 650ER.Jack Sweeney at the NBAA conference in mid-October in Orlando. <p class="copyright">Jack Sweeney</p> <p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-spacex-acquire-second-gulfstream-private-jet-faa-records-2020-8"><em>Elon Musk now has another lavish Gulfstream private jet in his arsenal</em></a></p> </div> <div class="slide">The now 20-year-old uses a public website called ADS-B Exchange, which was founded in 2016 by IT professional Dan Streufert, to track the tail number, and a bot automatically uploads the flights to @ElonJet on Twitter.Floyd Mayweather's jet landing in Las Vegas on October 31. <p class="copyright">ADS-B Exchange via Twitter</p> <p><em>Source: </em><a href="https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=3b770d,498422,3ebe12,3542c4,0a400b,33ffaf,4682a6,4b7fd4,0200cc,adfdf8,ae4ae8,ae4ae6,adfeb3,48d981,0640f0,8953df,894014,505c06,0a400b,70604a,00aec9,87c003,87c002,e400d9,06a0a2,800c3d,7cf9c9,ab0a46,a18845"><em>ADS-B Exchange</em></a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/elonjet"><em>Twitter</em></a></p> </div> <div class="slide">The website aggregates flight information with the help of over 7,500 volunteer-run radios around the world that receive information from ADS-B-equipped aircraft, Streufert told the Airplane Geeks podcast.The cockpit of the G280. <p class="copyright">Abby Wallace/Insider.</p> <p><em>Source: <a href="https://affiliate.insider.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fdanstreufert%2F">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="http://www.airplanegeeks.com/2022/02/23/692-adsbexchange/">Airplane Geeks</a></em></p> </div> <div class="slide">According to the Federal Aviation Administration, ADS-B broadcasts information like GPS location, altitude, and ground speed from one plane to ground stations and other aircraft. This happens once per second. <p class="copyright">Ulrich Zillmann/Getty Images</p> <p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/offices/afx/afs/afs400/afs410/ads-b">FAA</a></em></p> </div> <div class="slide">The FAA required all operators to equip their aircraft with ADS-B technology by 2020 to fly in most controlled airspace. The agency says the move improves safety and efficiency, particularly in high-traffic airports like New York and Miami.The FAA's Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC). <p class="copyright">Daniel Lippman/Tribune News Service via Getty Images</p> <p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-F/part-91/subpart-C/section-91.225">FAA</a></em></p> </div> <div class="slide">The process is legal as ADS-B Exchange does not use FAA data to show the aircraft, unlike websites like FlightAware and FlightRadar24.Pinned note on Sweeney's @ElonJet Twitter account. <p class="copyright">Jack Sweeney/Twitter</p> <p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-jet-tracking-teen-russian-oligarch-jets-twitter-account-2022-2"><em>The teen famous for tracking Elon Musk's jet has a new target: Russian oligarchs' jets and yachts</em></a></p> </div> <div class="slide">Meanwhile, Musk in January offered Sweeney $5,000 to take the jet-tracking account down, but Sweeney requested $50,000 and Musk said he would think about it. Musk never followed up. <p class="copyright">Chesnot/Getty Images</p> <p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-offered-5k-remove-jet-tracker-twitter-account-report-2022-1"><em>Elon Musk offered a 19-year-old $5,000 to take down a Twitter account that tracks his private jet, report says</em></a></p> </div> <div class="slide">Now, the account has nearly 500,000 followers.Elon Musk has a Gulfstream G650ER private jet (not the one pictured). <p class="copyright">Courtesy of Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation</p> <p><em>Source: <a href="https://twitter.com/elonjet">Twitter</a></em></p> </div> <div class="slide">Mark Cuban in June even made a deal with Sweeney to give him a lifetime of business advice to stop tracking his travel, which Sweeney agreed to. <p class="copyright">John Lamparski/Getty Images</p> <p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/teen-tracks-elon-musk-jet-mark-cuban-deal-twitter-account-2022-6"><em>The teen who tracks Elon Musk's jet agreed to stop monitoring Mark Cuban's flights on Twitter after the billionaire offered business advice: 'By ending this you have me as a friend for life'</em></a></p> </div> <div class="slide">Since he made headlines, Sweeney's myriad other jet-tracking accounts have gained popularity, including @TrumpJets at about 10,000 followers…Trump sitting in his Boeing 757 private jet. <p class="copyright">Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images</p> <p><em>Source: </em><a href="https://twitter.com/trumpjets?lang=en"><em>Twitter</em></a><em>, </em><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trumps-boeing-757-private-jet-flying-again-new-paint-job-2022-10"><em>Trump's beloved Boeing 757 private jet is finally flying again after a year of maintenance work and a new paint job</em></a></p> </div> <div class="slide">…@ZuccJet at about 16,000 followers… <p class="copyright">Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images</p> <p><em>Source: </em><a href="https://twitter.com/ZuccJet?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor"><em>Twitter</em></a></p> </div> <div class="slide">…and @CelebrityJets at nearly 125,000 followers, which tracks high-profile people like Floyd Mayweather, Blake Shelton, and Mark Wahlberg.Mark Wahlberg's Bombardier Global Express jet. <p class="copyright">Honeywell</p> <p><em>Source: </em><a href="https://twitter.com/CelebJets?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor"><em>Twitter</em></a></p> </div> <div class="slide">While Sweeney says he doesn't make any money off the accounts, the 20-year-old said he's gotten a job offer from Stratos Jet Charters out of his work. He's currently a sophomore at the University of Central Florida studying computer science. <p class="copyright">Jack Sweeney</p> <p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-private-jet-tracking-twitter-teen-gets-job-offer-2022-2">The 19-year-old who turned down $5,000 from Elon Musk to stop tracking his private jet has gotten a job offer out of the viral saga</a></p> </div> <div class="slide">With the gaining popularity, Musk has expressed concern that the ElonJet account could pose a security issue.Elon Musk and a Gulfstream G550. Two G550s mostly fly for SpaceX and Tesla carrying employees, per Sweeney. <p class="copyright">Sean Zanni / Contributor/Getty Images; Courtesy of Jetcraft</p> <p><em>Source: </em><a href="https://twitter.com/SpaceXJet"><em>Twitter</em></a>, <a href="https://grndcntrl.net/falconlanding/"><em>Jack Sweeney</em></a>, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-private-jet-tracking-twitter-account-2022-1"><em>Teen who turned down $5,000 from Elon Musk to shut down a Twitter account tracking the billionaire's jet says he gets too much work satisfaction to settle for less than $50,000</em></a></p> </div> <div class="slide">The accounts have also created PR issues for celebrities like Taylor Swift and Kylie Jenner, who have been blasted on social media for taking hundreds of flights per year and emitting thousands of tons of CO2.Taylor Swift attends the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. <p class="copyright">Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images</p> <p><a href="https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-private-jet-memes-jokes-response-twitter-tiktok-2022-8"><em>Jokes and memes about Taylor Swift's private jet are taking over the internet as people mock her response to the carbon emissions controversy</em></a></p> </div> <div class="slide">So, it's not a surprise celebrities are trying to dodge jet trackers — but it isn't easy.Taylor Swift owns a Dassault Falcon 900 (interior example pictured). <p class="copyright">Courtesy of Dassault Aviation.</p> <p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/celebrities-elon-musk-cant-dodge-jet-tracking-twitter-accounts-ladd-2022-10"><em>Elon Musk and Donald Trump are trying new ways to dodge jet-tracking Twitter accounts — but it's not a 'silver bullet'</em></a></p> </div> <div class="slide">The Federal Aviation Administration has created a program called "Limiting Aircraft Data Displayed," or LADD for short. Because they use FAA data, websites like FlightAware and FlightRadar24 will not show LADD-registered planes.Celebrities are being criticized over their private jet usage. <p class="copyright">JethuynhCan/Getty Images</p> <p><em>Source:</em><a href="https://www.faa.gov/pilots/ladd"> <em>FAA</em></a></p> </div> <div class="slide">If, for example, someone searched for Trump's 757 tail number — N757AF — on FlightAware, the screen would say the plane "is not available for public tracking per request from the owner/operator." <p class="copyright">FlightAware</p> <p><em>Source: </em><a href="https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N725DT"><em>FlightAware</em></a></p> </div> <div class="slide">Trump, along with Travis Scott, Drake, Steven Spielberg, and dozens of others, have signed up for the free program in an effort to dodge the tracking accounts of Sweeney and others.Drake. <p class="copyright">Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock</p> <p><em>Source: </em><a href="https://twitter.com/CelebJets?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor"><em>Twitter</em></a></p> </div> <div class="slide">Sweeney has even created a "LADD List" that houses all of the tail numbers that he estimates have signed up.Drake's Boeing 767 private jet, dubbed "Air Drake," is on the LADD list. <p class="copyright">Laurent Thomet/AFP via Getty Images</p> <p><em>Source: <a href="https://laddlist.com/">Jack Sweeney</a></em></p> </div> <div class="slide">While, on the surface, this seems like a reliable way to avoid being tracked, Sweeney is thwarting their plans by using ASD-B Exchange. The website does not use FAA data, so it can display any flight regardless of if it is on the LADD list or not.Puma/Jay Z's jet tracked on ADS-B Exchange with LADD indicator. <p class="copyright">ADS-B Exchange</p> </div> <div class="slide">Streufert, who runs the ADS-B Exchange website, says it's gathered from "all public information," according to an interview with the AFP. "We have not removed anything so far," he told the AFP. "And I don't want to be the arbiter of who's right and who's wrong." <p class="copyright">flyExclusive</p> </div> <div class="slide">So, unfortunately for private jet owners, LADD isn't going to cut it. But, there is another free FAA program they can use that is more secure.Inside a King Air 350i. <p class="copyright">Taylor Rains/Insider</p> </div> <div class="slide">The program is called the "privacy ICAO aircraft address program," or PIA. This allows people to substitute their tail number for a temporary one not assigned to any other aircraft, allowing them to fly incognito. <p class="copyright">Kevin Kurek/picture alliance via Getty Images</p> </div> <div class="slide">Celebrities like Musk and Trump have enrolled in PIA. The FAA says more than 300 PIAs have been issued since its launch in December 2019.New paint job on Trump's Boeing 757 private jet. <p class="copyright">MediaPost, LLC for Landlocked Aviation</p> <p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-appears-use-faa-tool-block-jet-tracking-twitter-2022-10"><em>It looks like Elon Musk started using a new program that blocks jet tracking after the man who follows his plane wouldn't take his Twitter account down</em></a></p> </div> <div class="slide">Musk actually sought advice from Sweeney on how to avoid being tracked and the mogul suggested PIA, as shown in a Twitter DM exchange Sweeney shared with Insider.Direct message exchange between Elon Musk and Jack Sweeney. <p class="copyright">Jack Sweeney</p> </div> <div class="slide">However, despite having PIA, the planes can still be followed: "These privacy mitigation programs are effective for real-time operations but do not guarantee absolute privacy," the FAA told Insider.ADS-B Exchange has a "PIA" filter that will show all aircraft currently flying with the program. <p class="copyright">ADS-B Exchange</p> </div> <div class="slide">For example, Musk flew from Texas to California on May 7, and while ADS-B Exchange did not display the real tail number, it flagged the jet as PIA and it was still uploaded to @ElonJet by Sweeney’s bot.Elon Musk's private jet flight with PIA flag, tracked by Jack Sweeney. <p class="copyright">Jack Sweeney via ADS-B Exchange</p> <p><em>Source: </em><a href="https://twitter.com/ElonJet/status/1522819402210627585"><em>Twitter</em></a></p> </div> <div class="slide">The FAA also noted to Insider that a Freedom of Information Act request, LiveATC, and frequently departed airports can also be used to identify PIA planes.LiveATC allows anyone to tap into the conversations between air traffic control and aircraft. <p class="copyright">eyfoto/Getty Images</p> <p><em>Source: <a href="https://www.liveatc.net/">Live ATC</a></em></p> </div> <div class="slide">"Elon Musk, for example, has a Gulfstream and there's only so many people that fly that particular plane out of Brownsville, Texas, and fly to the same airports," Sweeney told Insider.Inside a typical G650ER (not Elon Musk's). <p class="copyright">Taylor Rains/Insider</p> </div> <div class="slide">With all of the loopholes to the FAA's privacy programs, the agency admits it is not a "silver bullet," prompting some celebrities and big names in business to ditch owning private jets altogether.The Bombardier Global 7500 is the largest purpose-built private jet in the world. <p class="copyright">Thomas Pallini/Insider</p> </div> <div class="slide">LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault, who oversees the Louis Vuitton brand along with other high-end names, sold his Bombardier Global 7500 in September, telling Bloomberg, "no one can see where I go because I rent planes when I use private planes..."LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault on board his private jet between Beijing and Shanghai. in Shanghai, China on October 11, 2004. <p class="copyright">Marc DEVILLE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images</p> <p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/louis-vuitton-bernard-arnault-sold-private-jet-people-tracking-twitter-2022-10"><em>The world's 2nd-richest man, Louis Vuitton's CEO, sold his private jet after people started tracking it on Twitter: 'No one can see where I go'</em></a></p> </div> <div class="slide">...and Apple CEO Tim Cook has been renting private planes since 2017, with the company citing "security and efficiency" concerns.Cook at Code in 2022. <p class="copyright">Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Vox Media</p> <p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-is-requiring-tim-cook-to-fly-private-from-now-on-2017-12"><em>Apple's board says Tim Cook has to fly private from now on 'in the interests of security and efficiency'</em></a></p> </div> <div class="slide">Meanwhile, earlier this year, Meta switched out Zuckerberg's private jet, forcing Sweeney to find the plane's new tail number all over again just months after he first started sharing the Facebook founder's travel on Twitter.Zuckerberg's new jet is a G650ER. (His exact plane isn't pictured). <p class="copyright">Taylor Rains/Insider</p> <p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-jet-tracking-teen-claims-discovered-mark-zuckerberg-plane-2022-5"><em>Teen who tracks Elon Musk's jet says he's discovered Mark Zuckerberg's new aircraft</em></a></p> </div> </div> <div class="read-original">Read the original article on <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-celebrities-like-elon-musk-taylor-swift-dodge-jet-tracking-2022-11">Business Insider</a></div><!-- /wp:html -->

Elon Musk and the Gulfstream G650ER.

20-year-old Jack Sweeney has created myriad Twitter accounts that track private jets, like Elon Musk’s.
To dodge Sweeney and other trackers, many celebrities have signed up for free federal programs that help them fly incognito.
The programs are not foolproof, and some high-profile people have ditched private jet ownership altogether.

Celebrities like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are struggling to shake Twitter accounts that follow their private jets’ every move.Mark Zuckerberg (left) and Elon Musk.

Elon Musk says social-media accounts that track his travel movements are ‘becoming a security issue’

Jet-tracking wunderkind Jack Sweeney helped ignite the trend in early 2022 when he made headlines for publicly tracking Elon Musk’s Gulfstream 650ER.Jack Sweeney at the NBAA conference in mid-October in Orlando.

Elon Musk now has another lavish Gulfstream private jet in his arsenal

The now 20-year-old uses a public website called ADS-B Exchange, which was founded in 2016 by IT professional Dan Streufert, to track the tail number, and a bot automatically uploads the flights to @ElonJet on Twitter.Floyd Mayweather’s jet landing in Las Vegas on October 31.

Source: ADS-B Exchange, Twitter

The website aggregates flight information with the help of over 7,500 volunteer-run radios around the world that receive information from ADS-B-equipped aircraft, Streufert told the Airplane Geeks podcast.The cockpit of the G280.

Source: LinkedIn, Airplane Geeks

According to the Federal Aviation Administration, ADS-B broadcasts information like GPS location, altitude, and ground speed from one plane to ground stations and other aircraft. This happens once per second.

Source: FAA

The FAA required all operators to equip their aircraft with ADS-B technology by 2020 to fly in most controlled airspace. The agency says the move improves safety and efficiency, particularly in high-traffic airports like New York and Miami.The FAA’s Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC).

Source: FAA

The process is legal as ADS-B Exchange does not use FAA data to show the aircraft, unlike websites like FlightAware and FlightRadar24.Pinned note on Sweeney’s @ElonJet Twitter account.

The teen famous for tracking Elon Musk’s jet has a new target: Russian oligarchs’ jets and yachts

Meanwhile, Musk in January offered Sweeney $5,000 to take the jet-tracking account down, but Sweeney requested $50,000 and Musk said he would think about it. Musk never followed up.

Elon Musk offered a 19-year-old $5,000 to take down a Twitter account that tracks his private jet, report says

Now, the account has nearly 500,000 followers.Elon Musk has a Gulfstream G650ER private jet (not the one pictured).

Source: Twitter

Mark Cuban in June even made a deal with Sweeney to give him a lifetime of business advice to stop tracking his travel, which Sweeney agreed to.

The teen who tracks Elon Musk’s jet agreed to stop monitoring Mark Cuban’s flights on Twitter after the billionaire offered business advice: ‘By ending this you have me as a friend for life’

Since he made headlines, Sweeney’s myriad other jet-tracking accounts have gained popularity, including @TrumpJets at about 10,000 followers…Trump sitting in his Boeing 757 private jet.

Source: Twitter, Trump’s beloved Boeing 757 private jet is finally flying again after a year of maintenance work and a new paint job

…@ZuccJet at about 16,000 followers…

Source: Twitter

…and @CelebrityJets at nearly 125,000 followers, which tracks high-profile people like Floyd Mayweather, Blake Shelton, and Mark Wahlberg.Mark Wahlberg’s Bombardier Global Express jet.

Source: Twitter

While Sweeney says he doesn’t make any money off the accounts, the 20-year-old said he’s gotten a job offer from Stratos Jet Charters out of his work. He’s currently a sophomore at the University of Central Florida studying computer science.

The 19-year-old who turned down $5,000 from Elon Musk to stop tracking his private jet has gotten a job offer out of the viral saga

With the gaining popularity, Musk has expressed concern that the ElonJet account could pose a security issue.Elon Musk and a Gulfstream G550. Two G550s mostly fly for SpaceX and Tesla carrying employees, per Sweeney.

Source: Twitter, Jack Sweeney, Teen who turned down $5,000 from Elon Musk to shut down a Twitter account tracking the billionaire’s jet says he gets too much work satisfaction to settle for less than $50,000

The accounts have also created PR issues for celebrities like Taylor Swift and Kylie Jenner, who have been blasted on social media for taking hundreds of flights per year and emitting thousands of tons of CO2.Taylor Swift attends the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.

Jokes and memes about Taylor Swift’s private jet are taking over the internet as people mock her response to the carbon emissions controversy

So, it’s not a surprise celebrities are trying to dodge jet trackers — but it isn’t easy.Taylor Swift owns a Dassault Falcon 900 (interior example pictured).

Elon Musk and Donald Trump are trying new ways to dodge jet-tracking Twitter accounts — but it’s not a ‘silver bullet’

The Federal Aviation Administration has created a program called “Limiting Aircraft Data Displayed,” or LADD for short. Because they use FAA data, websites like FlightAware and FlightRadar24 will not show LADD-registered planes.Celebrities are being criticized over their private jet usage.

Source: FAA

If, for example, someone searched for Trump’s 757 tail number — N757AF — on FlightAware, the screen would say the plane “is not available for public tracking per request from the owner/operator.”

Source: FlightAware

Trump, along with Travis Scott, Drake, Steven Spielberg, and dozens of others, have signed up for the free program in an effort to dodge the tracking accounts of Sweeney and others.Drake.

Source: Twitter

Sweeney has even created a “LADD List” that houses all of the tail numbers that he estimates have signed up.Drake’s Boeing 767 private jet, dubbed “Air Drake,” is on the LADD list.

Source: Jack Sweeney

While, on the surface, this seems like a reliable way to avoid being tracked, Sweeney is thwarting their plans by using ASD-B Exchange. The website does not use FAA data, so it can display any flight regardless of if it is on the LADD list or not.Puma/Jay Z’s jet tracked on ADS-B Exchange with LADD indicator.
Streufert, who runs the ADS-B Exchange website, says it’s gathered from “all public information,” according to an interview with the AFP. “We have not removed anything so far,” he told the AFP. “And I don’t want to be the arbiter of who’s right and who’s wrong.”
So, unfortunately for private jet owners, LADD isn’t going to cut it. But, there is another free FAA program they can use that is more secure.Inside a King Air 350i.
The program is called the “privacy ICAO aircraft address program,” or PIA. This allows people to substitute their tail number for a temporary one not assigned to any other aircraft, allowing them to fly incognito.
Celebrities like Musk and Trump have enrolled in PIA. The FAA says more than 300 PIAs have been issued since its launch in December 2019.New paint job on Trump’s Boeing 757 private jet.

It looks like Elon Musk started using a new program that blocks jet tracking after the man who follows his plane wouldn’t take his Twitter account down

Musk actually sought advice from Sweeney on how to avoid being tracked and the mogul suggested PIA, as shown in a Twitter DM exchange Sweeney shared with Insider.Direct message exchange between Elon Musk and Jack Sweeney.
However, despite having PIA, the planes can still be followed: “These privacy mitigation programs are effective for real-time operations but do not guarantee absolute privacy,” the FAA told Insider.ADS-B Exchange has a “PIA” filter that will show all aircraft currently flying with the program.
For example, Musk flew from Texas to California on May 7, and while ADS-B Exchange did not display the real tail number, it flagged the jet as PIA and it was still uploaded to @ElonJet by Sweeney’s bot.Elon Musk’s private jet flight with PIA flag, tracked by Jack Sweeney.

Source: Twitter

The FAA also noted to Insider that a Freedom of Information Act request, LiveATC, and frequently departed airports can also be used to identify PIA planes.LiveATC allows anyone to tap into the conversations between air traffic control and aircraft.

Source: Live ATC

“Elon Musk, for example, has a Gulfstream and there’s only so many people that fly that particular plane out of Brownsville, Texas, and fly to the same airports,” Sweeney told Insider.Inside a typical G650ER (not Elon Musk’s).
With all of the loopholes to the FAA’s privacy programs, the agency admits it is not a “silver bullet,” prompting some celebrities and big names in business to ditch owning private jets altogether.The Bombardier Global 7500 is the largest purpose-built private jet in the world.
LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault, who oversees the Louis Vuitton brand along with other high-end names, sold his Bombardier Global 7500 in September, telling Bloomberg, “no one can see where I go because I rent planes when I use private planes…”LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault on board his private jet between Beijing and Shanghai. in Shanghai, China on October 11, 2004.

The world’s 2nd-richest man, Louis Vuitton’s CEO, sold his private jet after people started tracking it on Twitter: ‘No one can see where I go’

…and Apple CEO Tim Cook has been renting private planes since 2017, with the company citing “security and efficiency” concerns.Cook at Code in 2022.

Apple’s board says Tim Cook has to fly private from now on ‘in the interests of security and efficiency’

Meanwhile, earlier this year, Meta switched out Zuckerberg’s private jet, forcing Sweeney to find the plane’s new tail number all over again just months after he first started sharing the Facebook founder’s travel on Twitter.Zuckerberg’s new jet is a G650ER. (His exact plane isn’t pictured).

Teen who tracks Elon Musk’s jet says he’s discovered Mark Zuckerberg’s new aircraft

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