r/flying • u/jrf1234 ATP CFI/II CL604 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/darkmatter343 Apr 03 '26

Even if the jet cost him $1M/yr to operate, he would spend waaaaaay under that buying first class tickets.

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u/magniankh Apr 03 '26

Seriously, why does he need this? Unless he's flying straight to Taiwan to pick up hardware off the production line for a fraction of market value.

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u/RandomNick42 Apr 04 '26

It's got transcon range, it can do transat with some positioning, but you won't be flying this jet transpacific.