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Tim is the owner and editor-in-chief of AeroCorner, where he has spent the last seven years overseeing aviation content covering aircraft, airlines, airports, and the broader aviation industry. Through years of researching, editing, and publishing aviation-focused content, he has developed extensive practical knowledge of commercial aviation and air travel. Based in Asia and a frequent traveler himself, Tim also brings firsthand passenger experience to AeroCorner’s coverage. Outside of publishing, he has also explored aviation firsthand through hands-on flight training in New Zealand.
Most celebrities with a private jet are content to sit in the back and let someone else handle the controls. Bruce Dickinson is not most celebrities. The lead vocalist of Iron Maiden is also a qualified airline captain with an Airline Transport Pilot License, type ratings on the Boeing 737, 757, and 747, and enough...
The same private jet. The same route. The same crew. One passenger pays the full charter rate; another pays a fraction of that on an empty leg. It is not a different product, a reduced service, or a hidden catch in the pricing. It is a direct consequence of how the economics of private aviation...
Somewhere over the Atlantic right now, a private jet is flying completely empty. No passengers, no cargo — just a crew doing their job and an aircraft burning fuel to get somewhere it needs to be. It happens thousands of times every day across the global charter market. And occasionally, those seats are yours to...
The tail number on Michael Jordan’s private jet isn’t random. N236MJ breaks down exactly as you’d expect from the most decorated player in NBA history: 23 for his jersey number, 6 for his championship rings, MJ for his initials. That registration has been Jordan’s personal stamp across two aircraft spanning nearly two decades, and in...
Travis Scott’s private jet was once a Las Vegas casino plane. Before it wore the Cactus Jack Airlines livery and the tail number N713TS, the Embraer Lineage 1000 that carries the Houston rapper across the world belonged to MGM Mirage, ferrying high-rollers between resort properties. Scott acquired it in December 2020, at the peak of...
American Airlines Flight 965 departed Miami International Airport on the evening of December 20, 1995, bound for Cali, Colombia, with 155 passengers and 8 crew members aboard. The Boeing 757-200 was a Christmas holiday flight: families heading home, travelers reuniting. The routing was straightforward, the aircraft was in good working order, and the experienced crew...
Continental Connection Flight 3407 departed Newark Liberty International Airport late on the evening of February 12, 2009, already two hours behind schedule. The Bombardier Q400 turboprop, operated by Colgan Air on behalf of Continental Airlines, carried 45 passengers and 4 crew members on a routine 53-minute flight to Buffalo Niagara International Airport. At the controls...
When a reporter from Inside Edition cornered Kenneth Copeland at a private airport in 2019 and asked why he couldn’t fly commercial like everyone else, the televangelist’s face shifted from composed to something closer to rage. He leaned in, voice rising: “You didn’t ask that question — don’t even bring that up again.” It was...
TWA Flight 800 had already been on the ground at John F. Kennedy International Airport for more than an hour when it finally pushed back from the gate on the evening of July 17, 1996. The aircraft was a Boeing 747-131, registration N93119, manufactured in 1971 and now in its 25th year of service. It...
LeBron James is worth over $1 billion. He is the first active NBA player to reach that milestone. He earns tens of millions a year from his Nike lifetime deal alone, holds stakes in Liverpool FC, the Boston Red Sox, and the Pittsburgh Penguins, and runs one of sport’s most successful business empires. He does...
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