Political Dog 101

Politics, News, Comments & Other Good Stuff....

Donald Trump’s private plane sits unusable at Stewart Airport….

By

Update….

Ok….

For those coming back to this post….

Trump was NOT flying in his old B-757 when the plane turned back to New Orleans with a downed engine ….

(The Falcon jet has 3)

He was in a business jet a Dassault Falcon 900, That aircraft cost about $8 to $10 mil….The larger B-757 that Trump has sitting in disrepair would cost anywahers from $4 mil for high millage ones to $20 mil…

He’s now asking people to SEND HIM MONEY so he can buy a new Trump Force One….

REALLY?

Ain’t this guy worth like a BILION?

….

No surprise to THIS Dog….

Just about everything Trump touches turns to shit….

One would think that Trump, or someone on staff would think that someday Donald Trump was gonna need his own plane back?

Four years of the US Air Force  Boeing 747 and Boeing 757 go fast…..

Trump’s jet….A  private edition B-757 now sits all alone on the ramp at Stewart Airport 60 miles north of New York City….

The airplane has one of its two engines unusable…

Both engines are shrink wrapped for the weather….

It would cost Trump or the planes eventual owner about a million dollars to get the aircraft in the air….

Planes do NOT sit in New York weather for storage where they are subjected to snow, rain and cold weather….They are flown to Arizona where it’s dry and warm….Again?

Typical Trump miscue…

(He now flies in a 8 passenger seat Cessna Citation X jet)

The big guy probably has more important places to spend his money coming at him like defending himself against possible criminal chargers in New York City or State, Georgia and maybe even Washington DC….

Then there are civil suits which could climb past 20 from women alleging sexual misconduct…

He also owes the IRS $70 Million plus….

And lets not forget the half Billion bucks he owes in financial loans outstanding….

Oh, I forgot ALL the lawyer’s…..

Trump’s personal Boeing 757 was always the crown jewel of his wealth — the ultimate sign that he had made it. He’s used it as a backdrop for sleek photo shoots, campaign rallies, VIP tours, for shots of him eating his Big Macs and KFC, plated, with a knife and fork. Trump loved to show it off — the customized cream-colored leather seats, gilded bathrooms, the seat buckles layered in 24-karat gold.

But today it sits idle on an airport ramp in Orange County, New York, about 60 miles north of Manhattan.
One engine is missing parts. The other is shrink-wrapped in plastic. The cost to fix and get it flyable could reach well into the high six-figures, a price-tag Trump doesn’t appear to be dealing with right now. Though the current state of his finances aren’t public, the Covid-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the hospitality industry home to so many of his businesses.

Trump's 757 sits idle in March 2021.

Trump’s 757 sits idle in March 2021.
Flight records accessed by CNN show the 757 hasn’t been flown at all since Inauguration Day, when Trump’s use of Air Force One ended, leaving him to less showy modes of transport.
A representative for the Trump Organization did not immediately return CNN’s request for comment as to why the plane is not being used, nor has been fixed — and whether or not Trump intends to get it in flying shape anytime soon.
A CNN camera crew saw Trump’s plane parked on a fenced-off tarmac at the small upstate New York airport on Wednesday, about an hour and a half drive from Trump Tower. The choice to leave it outside at a northeastern airport, exposed to the elements, has baffled aviation experts who spoke with CNN. They note that it’s just a few hours’ flight to warmer, more arid climes. Snow, rain, and moisture can lead to metal corrosion of the airframe and the engines — hard to detect, and, in severe cases, catastrophic. Large airplanes are typically stored for long stretches of time in the desert southwest, where the dry climate makes corrosion nearly impossible….
…
Trump is left with his much smaller corporate jet, at least for now. According to flight data, Trump’s 1997 Cessna 750 Citation X has been in semi-regular rotation for the last few months, often flying between Palm Beach International Airport and LaGuardia Airport in New York.
It was this plane Trump flew on when he made his first post-presidency trip back to Manhattan earlier this month. “The small jet isn’t his favorite,” says a former White House official who frequently flew with Trump on both planes. With just eight seats, the Citation such as the one Trump is using, is a tighter squeeze and far less luxe than the 757.
“It also doesn’t have his name on the outside,” the source said, noting the gigantic Trump name that the 757 bears across its front section. The Citation does have a small Trump family crest on the fuselage. That’s a downgrade for a man who likes to paint his surname on just about everything he owns, from hotels to bottles of wine.

top image….CNN

bottom image …Trump exiting his Cessna Citation X…NY Times

Recent Posts

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. I have a suspicion that the “small Trump family crest” on the Cessna’s fuselage isn’t Trump’s at all, but a shield or coat-of-arms that he appropriated from one of the former owners of Mar-a-Lago.

    Without the rightful bearer’s leave, this would technically illegal in the U.K. and drag you before the court of the Earl Marshal in England & Wales or of Lord Lyon King of Arms in Scotland.

  2. ANOTHER Trump lie…..

    Former President Donald Trump on Saturday denied reports that his personal plane has been “mothballed” in New York, calling the stories “fake news.”

    Trump’s personal Boeing 757 was a hallmark of his 2016 campaign, but last year it was reported to be sitting idle in a state of disrepair in New York….

    More…

Discover more from Political Dog 101

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading