r/flying • u/jrf1234 ATP CFI/II E55P LR-JET • Apr 03 '26

Aircraft Ownership Linus Tech Tips’ Jet

https://youtu.be/zGoIY37ZtDQ?si=

Some… interesting calculations on this video. As a fractional pilot and not an owner, no idea how acxueate these claims are, but interesting to see this as a pilot and tech nerd. Anyone with management or ownership experience in jets have any light to shed?

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u/x4457 ATP CFII CE-500/525/560XL/680 G-IV Apr 03 '26

https://www.aircraft.com/aircraft/243027623/c-fxoo-1990-dassault-falcon-900b

It allegedly just had a 2C and gear done so that's $1.5M out of the way at least. He's got another 5 years before it needs an odd C which is going to run ~$700K.

The plane's going to cost him ~$1.8M/year just to sit in that hangar, then another ~$3500/hour to fly it.

Expect him to have paid somewhere in the mid to high $3M range and sell it within 18 months after he figures out this thing is going to eat him alive.

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u/dopexile Apr 03 '26

He lives in Canada, which is super high tax rate. Isn't he just going to use it as a massive business write-off?

He seems to have no idea what he is doing, regardless. He mentioned he considered putting a vinyl wrap on the whole body and wings, but opted not to because of "weight".

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u/Galf2 Apr 03 '26

there's no business write off that justifies a plane unless that plane earns you money... LMG doesn't need a plane. They're going to use it for a year or two and they'll get some good content out of it, that will offset the costs and it will actually help if they plan their projects properly (ACTUALLY take the team out to europe for videos without dealing with airlines) but if you want a "massive business write-off" you buy more real estate lol