{"id":31040,"date":"2023-03-10T19:29:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T00:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=31040"},"modified":"2023-03-11T15:32:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T20:32:20","slug":"elvis-private-jet-arrives-in-florida-new-owner-to-transform-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/03\/10\/elvis-private-jet-arrives-in-florida-new-owner-to-transform-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Elvis\u2019 private jet arrives in Florida; new owner to transform it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Airplane itself is flipping cool, even without the obvious connection, but if you add in the Elvis connection, there’s no rock ‘n’ roll star bigger than Elvis, in my opinion.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After sitting in a New Mexico desert for about 40 years, a private jet once owned by Elvis Presley has made it to Tampa Bay, Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The King of Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll\u2019s 1962 Lockheed JetStar is being stored in Plant City by owner James Webb of \u201c<\/a>Jimmy\u2019s<\/a> World\u201d on YouTube<\/a>, who bought it for $234,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAirplane itself is flipping cool, even without the obvious connection, but if you add in the Elvis connection, there\u2019s no rock \u2018n\u2019 roll star bigger than Elvis, in my opinion,\u201d Webb said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The jet was transported from Roswell, New Mexico, to Florida, traveling more than 1,600 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to People<\/a> magazine, the battered jet, which had been parked at the Roswell International Air Center in New Mexico, sold at auction on Jan 8 \u2014 which would have been Presley\u2019s 88th birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presley bought the jet, which seats up to nine, on Dec. 22, 1976, for $840,000. It was one of several jets in his personal fleet, according to the auction site<\/a>. Two of them are currently being displayed at Graceland, the star\u2019s home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The interior of the aircraft was clean, for the most part, with swiveling seats covered in soft, red velvet. There was a television on one of the walls and a microwave toward the back of the plane \u2014 which still turns on and \u201cdings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Webb is known for buying planes and giving them new life while documenting the process on his YouTube channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the jet will be transformed into an RV to tour the country and raise funds for charities, such as St. Jude\u2019s Children\u2019s Research Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to be able to create such a unique, Elvis-type of experience that the whole world would get to enjoy. Even more than if it was flying or stationary at Graceland,\u201d Webb said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Webb said he hopes to have the RV ready to tour within one year. He plans to post updates<\/a> on his YouTube channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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