Trump buys 757 selling 727 [Archive]

hiss srq

2010-12-17, 12:37 PM

Apparently word on the block spot is El Donaldo has bought an early model RR powered 757-200 and the old venerable 727 is up for sale.... . http://http://www.avprojets.com/view_aircraft/209/Boeing_727_SN_20046.html

LGA777

2010-12-17, 12:47 PM

The 727 has been on the market for around 12-18 months already, and the 757 is N757AF, orig delivered to Sterling (Denmark) in 1991 (so not that early a model actually) and has been most recently owned by Paul Allen of Microsoft fame. Personally I hope the 757 is given a similar scheme to the 72, but a much more modern interior. I understand the aircraft is currently in BQK being modified.

jerslice

2010-12-17, 01:09 PM

I'll miss seeing that 757 around here in Seattle. Though it may not have come out too often it was really something to see.

cancidas

2010-12-17, 04:17 PM

i sure hope he keeps this at LGA, though if he kept it on his current parking spot he'd knock out another due to the size of the airplane. i too hope it gets repainted into this black scheme! finally something to actually look forward to at work!

Gerard

2010-12-17, 11:23 PM

Didnt he get a new Sikorsky 76 also?

T-Bird76

2010-12-19, 12:21 PM

757 should look very nice if he decides to keep the same colors as the 727.

NLovis

2010-12-19, 09:25 PM

Hmmm. Somebody will need to show me where he parks that 727 when I get back to NY. I dont want to miss out on it

cancidas

2010-12-19, 09:34 PM

Hmmm. Somebody will need to show me where he parks that 727 when I get back to NY. I dont want to miss out on it

LGA.

moose135

2011-02-24, 11:59 AM

Apparently it's official now...

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/02/23/Donald-Trump-buys-757-jet/UPI-37941298499845/

PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Palm Beach, Fla., resident Donald Trump says he upgraded his personal air transport, replacing his Boeing 727 jet with a 757 model twice the size. The real estate tycoon shelled out $100 million to buy the jet from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and wouldn't say whether the jumbo business jet would have the gold-plated luxury appointments of the 727, The Palm Beach Post reported Wednesday. "I bought a great airplane," Trump said. "It's being retrofitted and will be in service in about a month."

gonzalu

2011-02-24, 11:55 PM

http://billionaires.forbes.com/article/04Izggh9WqbGA

full article here

http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4916230

wunaladreamin

2011-02-24, 11:59 PM

Who wants to chip in and buy the 727 so we can turn it into a club house?

gonzalu

2011-02-25, 12:46 AM

Yeah!! Low Flying Class Bravo around Jones Beach Monument under the heavies... LOL. Loving the idea. Now, where's my "other" wallet?

Chris102

2011-03-02, 07:51 PM

Looks like we won't be able to track this one! :frown:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N757AF

LGA777

2011-03-03, 09:16 AM

Chris102, that is the original owners registration, good chance before entering service it may get re registered, as the 727's Bermuda Reg is for tax purposes, we will have to wait and see.

Chris102

2011-03-04, 06:34 PM

In case anyone's interested, I heard 757AF is being worked on at KBQK (Brunswick, GA). Must be at Stambaugh Aviation.

Chris102, that is the original owners registration, good chance before entering service it may get re registered, as the 727's Bermuda Reg is for tax purposes, we will have to wait and see.

Hopefully it will be changed--I'd love to be able to track this one to hopefully see what it looks like when it's finished.

727C47

2011-03-04, 09:41 PM

another 727 leaves the scene,say it aint so !!!

Chris102

2011-03-07, 04:30 PM

On the FAA website, it says a temporary certificate was issued to 757AF on Wednesday and will expire April 1st. Does this have something to do with a pending registration change?

Gerard

2011-03-08, 08:02 PM

I flew into PBI Saturday and Trumps B727, VP-BDJ was sitting on the ramp by Jet Aviation . Left early evening yesterday and it was gone. Peter Nygards Super 727 "N Force" sat there all weekend. Like Trump he has his name, full name, on the fuselage!! Nice livery!!

flyingwithfish

2011-03-13, 08:12 AM

No one else looked at the US$100mil price tag for the 752 and thought "gee that's a little high for that aircraft"?

Chris102

2011-03-31, 12:39 PM

Still no pictures?! Ugh!

NLovis

2011-03-31, 01:02 PM

The A/C might be going through a heavy check chris. If thats the case it takes at least a month for the check itself not including paint time and cockpit mods.

AirtrafficController

2011-04-03, 08:07 PM

VP-BDJ landed about an hour ago but is scheduled to go down to KBQK. Looks like he is going to see his new ride.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/V...353Z/KLGA/KBQK

MarkLawrence

2011-04-03, 10:09 PM

Maybe he's bringing the new ride back......

Chris102

2011-04-03, 11:48 PM

Back on Feb. 28th Donald said the 757 should be in service "in about a month," so hopefully it's on its way to LGA right now! I wonder if the 727 will be stored at BQK or return to New York?

While I can't find a way to track it, according to Flight Aware was last in the air on March 1st.

Side note: found some cool pictures of VP-BDJ going through heavy maintenance at BQK back in 2009:

http://thebrunswicknews.mycapture.com/mycapture/folder.asp?event=839718&CategoryID=36882&ListSubAlbums=0

NLovis

2011-04-04, 03:25 AM

Yea that would be accurate. The heavy check might be done. Lets hope the 757 is for his presidential campain and hes holding onto the 727.

Chris102

2011-04-05, 04:27 PM

HERE IT IS!!!

... sort of ...

Donald's son celebrated his fifth birthday 2 weeks ago and he had a very cool cake--A 757 (with winglets) in VP-BDJ colors!

Celebrity cake maker Elena Shumskaya of The Fine Art of Cakes designed a chocolate 3D model of Donald’s new 757 jet.

http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2011/cbb/blog/110328/donald-trump-2-440.jpg

Derf

2011-04-05, 04:54 PM

AWESOME!!!!!

sporky

2011-04-05, 05:16 PM

Umm I want that cake for my Birthday next year now! :smile:

-Tad

Chris102

2011-04-15, 11:19 AM

Finally! We have a picture!

http://plixi.com/p/91946609

cancidas

2011-04-15, 11:53 AM

http://c0013718.cdn1.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/x2_57afe71

can't wait to see her @ KLGA!!

seahawks7757

2011-04-15, 03:16 PM

Looks very nice.

PhilDernerJr

2011-05-16, 12:29 PM

The 727 isn't gone for good just yet. He has just filed a flight plan to come back to LGA this afternoon.

cancidas

2011-05-17, 04:34 PM

The 727 isn't gone for good just yet. He has just filed a flight plan to come back to LGA this afternoon.

and she's been repainted. titles now read "weststar" and the tail is some sort of a pilot's wing logo. looks almost identical to this but retains the same basic trump colors:

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methinks we'll be seeing the 757 pretty soon.

Gerard

2011-05-17, 09:03 PM

and she's been repainted. titles now read "weststar" and the tail is some sort of a pilot's wing logo.

http://weststar-aviation.com/

mdgjedde

2011-05-23, 01:45 PM

The 727 is at Northeast Philadelphia right now, with plans filed for KPNE-KLGA-KPBI this afternoon. I'm wondering if Trump is keeping the jet, but putting it out on charter like many others.

cancidas

2011-05-23, 02:43 PM

The 727 is at Northeast Philadelphia right now, with plans filed for KPNE-KLGA-KPBI this afternoon. I'm wondering if Trump is keeping the jet, but putting it out on charter like many others.

it's possible but i doubt it. the airplane no longer carries his name. everything else around him is "trumpified' so i doubt that he'd be connected to it anymore.

mdgjedde

2011-05-23, 05:24 PM

it's possible but i doubt it. the airplane no longer carries his name. everything else around him is "trumpified' so i doubt that he'd be connected to it anymore.

I was just curious. LGA-PBI was a rather common Trump route, as you all know.

LGA777

2011-05-24, 07:38 AM

When the 727 departed LGA the last few days it was Trumps crews flying it, I am guessing LGA-PBI was either for Mr Trump or someone connected to him. I am guessing he
sold the aircraft to Weststar, with some sort of temporary lease agreement until the 757 is ready. I am guessing the 75 took a further delay prompting him to use his now
de-Trumpified 727 longer than planned.

LGA777

2011-05-26, 06:07 PM

Well VP-BDJ appears to be (I presume) on delivery to Malaysia via a longer but more overland Eastern route. She departed PBI around 0830 this morning and as I type this she is enroute YQX (Gander) to PMI (Palma Mallorca, Spain). Pretty small chance this is a trip for Trump though, will know for sure if she continues East tommorrow. Sure going to miss that bird as she has been a LGA fixture for around 20 years !

Chris102

2011-05-29, 07:50 PM

The 757 seems to be ready for delivery. It's still registered as N757AF, but it's now unblocked on Flight Aware and took to the skies as recent as three days ago:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N757AF

Chris102

2011-05-29, 07:54 PM

Here's what VP-BDJ looks like now:

http://www.skyliner-aviation.de/photos/VPBDJ.jpg

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LGA777

2011-05-30, 09:33 AM

Here is my last shot of VP-BDJ taken in the rain on May 20, sure wish I could have gotten a better shot in the revised scheme. Very hard to see in any of the photos but their is a very small Malaysian flag right behind the cockpit windows. I am sure going to miss this old girl at LGA but equally excited about her replacement Boeing. Cheers LGA777

http://e0.photos.flightcdn.com/photos/retriever/156a3044d656d4d0283da9fe968c950376725435Photo Courtesy of FlightAware.com (http://flightaware.com/photos/view/16543-28c1432f34964a7f041e8f9af2984c8be42d922f/all/sort/date/page/1)

LGA777

2011-06-01, 05:07 PM

N757AF enroute to LGA ETA 1805L from BQK if anyone can grab it, I am not at work today.

LGA777

mdgjedde

2011-06-01, 05:49 PM

Unblocked, thoughtfully. Though if the BARR thing goes through I suppose it would have been anyway.

It looks like they're in a holding pattern over North Carolina right now.

mdgjedde

2011-06-01, 05:53 PM

I like the colors! Unique but preserving some of the old livery. At least the plane will still be flying, somewhere.

LGA777

2011-06-01, 06:27 PM

New ETA 1905 after multiple holds.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N757AF

LGA777

LGA777

2011-06-01, 06:28 PM

And the 757 is finally enroute to LGA

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N757AF

Chris102

2011-06-01, 11:22 PM

Did anyone get any shots when it arrived around 7?

mirrodie

2011-06-01, 11:44 PM

Like him or not, he has groovy taste in jets and the color schemes are smart!

PhilDernerJr

2011-06-02, 02:02 PM

For those who didn't see the headline... http://nycaviation.com/2011/06/donald-trumps-new-jet-arrives-in-new-york-is-it-a-campaign-plane/

I think it's gorgeous and a great replacement for the very-missed 727. Was great to see her touchdown at LGA for the first time (in Trump colors at least).

LGA777

2011-06-02, 07:40 PM

Here are my first two shots, much better ones to come when she starts flying.

http://flightaware.com/photos/view/16543-0c54d59b9e55c42f1c31322fd704250382d5f9ac%3bsize=xg a/all/sort/date/page/1

http://flightaware.com/photos/view/16543-4ee8d1def4f67961d12b0a2223af98b007c6ed95/all/sort/date/page/1

Nice looking Boeing me thinks !

Cheers

LGA777

Speedbird1

2011-06-03, 06:17 AM

Didn't Trump make a nasty remark about LGA not too long ago? If he feels that LGA is so bad, why does he store his 757 there? Maybe storage rates are cheaper for LGA as it's a fact that he's a cheapskate!

LGA777

2011-06-03, 09:13 AM

Speedbird1, Mr Trumps recent negative public comments about LGA where pertaining to the Central Terminal Building, which he does not use for his aircraft, it is remote parked so not really relative. He uses LGA because of it's proximity to Manhattan, the same reason many business travelers do.

Matt Molnar

2011-06-03, 07:30 PM

N757AF left LGA around 4pm today for IAD, heading back tonight.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N757AF/history/20110604/0100Z/KIAD/KLGA

Chris102

2011-06-03, 11:34 PM

On Flight Aware, what does the letter designation after the aircraft type mean? I noticed it has been B752/Q, B752/L and is now B752/J.

AA 777

2011-06-04, 01:06 AM

The "J" refers to the navigation equipment that the aircraft is approved and capable of performing.

/J /E With RVSM

/E Flight Management System (FMS) with DME/DME and IRU position updating

Gerard

2011-06-04, 09:24 AM

Chris102

2011-06-04, 01:03 PM

The "J" refers to the navigation equipment that the aircraft is approved and capable of performing.

/J /E With RVSM

/E Flight Management System (FMS) with DME/DME and IRU position updating

Thanks!

Chris102

2011-06-04, 01:07 PM

Here's a new shot:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g117/Chris102/trump_force_one_donalds_nieuwe_boeing_757_large.jp g

DNA

2011-06-04, 01:08 PM

Drove on GCP yesterday at 4PM, noticed Trump's new jet was inline for take off at runway 4. It looks like EMB-170 from behind the fence.

Derf

2011-06-04, 02:43 PM

Little off with the type....I would do a search on Trump on this forum ;)

NIKV69

2011-06-04, 02:50 PM

Little off with the type....I would do a search on Trump on this forum ;)

About to say those two planes look about as much alike as Michael Moore and Maria Sharapova.

Cary

2011-06-04, 03:50 PM

Little off with the type....I would do a search on Trump on this forum ;)

Or just look at the thread underneath :tongue:

Chris102

2011-06-06, 09:50 PM

The New York Post filmed a tour of the inside of 757AF. Looks very nice!

They say it seats only 43!

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/lord_of_the_wings_zEYOOOqkUw1XvccwNv2vPO

Matt Molnar

2011-06-07, 02:26 PM

Just filed a flight plan to ISP from LGA, leaving in a few mins.

LGA777

2011-06-07, 03:08 PM

Thanks to a 31 departure got a few so-so shots, will post tonight or tomorrow AM, since he would normally take the S76 for a flight of that length either showing off the airplane or picking somebody up and heading further. We all have our own personal taste when it comes to schemes but damn that plane is purty. By the way as he approached the end of the line on Bravo to depart 31 he transitioned to Alpa to bypass the 4 or 5 mainly Delta aircraft in line, it was like watching Air Force 2 depart !

LGA777

2011-06-08, 08:20 AM

Not my best work but here are two of mine from yesterday.

http://flightaware.com/photos/view/16543-8b629320dec4beee0a92a3ccf3645f582bef7638%3bsize=xg a/all/sort/date/page/1

http://flightaware.com/photos/view/16543-ecba3f1c545940d84ea1f34d1c1e86cc7be9aae0%3bsize=xg a/all/sort/date/page/1

Looking forward to seeing this bird fly a lot out of my home airport.

Cheers

LGA777

moose135

2011-06-08, 09:10 AM

Looks good Ron!

mdgjedde

2011-06-08, 10:26 AM

Good shots!

Chris102

2011-06-09, 04:03 PM

Some new shots I found:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g117/Chris102/Trump%20757/5856.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g117/Chris102/Trump%20757/5860.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g117/Chris102/Trump%20757/5853.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g117/Chris102/Trump%20757/5854.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g117/Chris102/Trump%20757/5855.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g117/Chris102/Trump%20757/5857.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g117/Chris102/Trump%20757/5859.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g117/Chris102/Trump%20757/5861.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g117/Chris102/Trump%20757/5862.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g117/Chris102/Trump%20757/5864.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g117/Chris102/Trump%20757/5865.jpg

NIKV69

2011-06-09, 04:45 PM

That is so EPIC! The Donald knows how to travel!

Chris102

2011-06-11, 06:34 PM

It's been at ISP for a few days. I wonder if it will be based out of there instead of LGA.

LGA777

2011-06-11, 10:25 PM

Chris102, I hope and am pretty sure not. Both prior to and after the r/t to IAD the 75 was parked in the exact same spot where the 72 sat and from seeing it up close from the employee parking lot it fit fine. The whole point of LGA is it so close. I would think TEB (If a 75 is allowed) or HPN or even FRG would be closer. Maybe their are some mods being done to the aircraft out their, all I can think of.

Derf

2011-06-12, 12:03 PM

Here is a shot of her today at KISP
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/Aviation/Macarthur-Airport/i-9bRDwrD/0/L/IMG12697071-L.jpg

moose135

2011-06-16, 07:15 PM

Still there Thursday afternoon...

http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/Long-Island-MacArthur-AIrport/i-3gxNJ8X/0/L/JM20110616N757AF001-L.jpg

moose135

2011-06-17, 01:58 PM

He's departing ISP around 3:30 this afternoon back to LGA:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N757AF/history/20110617/1930Z/KISP/KLGA

threeholerglory

2011-06-17, 05:43 PM

He's departing ISP around 3:30 this afternoon back to LGA:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N757AF/history/20110617/1930Z/KISP/KLGA

non-stop? that's ballsy.

moose135

2011-06-17, 07:07 PM

non-stop? that's ballsy.
With the thunderstorms that are blowing through right now, it really is! Looks like they are still on the ground at ISP - they had already postponed to a 5:15ish departure long before the weather got here, now everything in the area is a mess, so they may be there a while.

LGA777

2011-06-18, 10:11 AM

Looks like she is re-positioning back to LGA Saturday mid morning now.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N757AF

I wonder if Mr. Trump has weekend out of the area plans somewhere and needs his new airplane meaning a LGA departure as well?

cancidas

2011-06-18, 10:54 AM

well she's home again, looks like the crew is still getting used to the way the new airplane flies. the approach was flown very nose-high and they bounced her twice before getting the spoilers to deploy and settle on her mains.

Matt Molnar

2011-06-19, 09:44 PM

First long haul flight plan filed: LGA-ABZ tonight at 11pm.

AirtrafficController

2011-06-20, 12:04 AM

She made a nice bank in front of my window when she took off runway 22 heading NE to EGPD.

Matt Molnar

2011-06-20, 02:07 AM

She made a nice bank in front of my window when she took off runway 22 heading NE to EGPD.
A 2-2 departure at midnight? LGA's neighbors must have loved that.

mdgjedde

2011-06-20, 04:40 PM

DJT was visiting his new golf course.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2005444/Donald-Trump-tees-championship-golf-course-Scotland.html

The jet gets a mention in the article as well.

LGA777

2011-06-20, 05:49 PM

For those that didn't or couldn't read the article it appears the 75 made a round-trip from ABZ to Paris today, would be cool if they landed at LBG for a quick un-official visit to the Paris Air Show their, Im sure the local photags would LOVE that !

NIKV69

2011-06-22, 03:47 AM

Im sure the local photags would LOVE that !

They did.

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PhilDernerJr

2011-06-22, 07:00 AM

Jesus. What a shot!

NIKV69

2011-06-22, 01:14 PM

Jesus. What a shot!

Was hoping a NY local would be the first to get it but yeat that is a epic shot for sure.

moose135

2011-06-22, 01:53 PM

FlightAware (http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N757AF) shows him enroute to EWR, expected to arrive around 2:20pm...maybe our favorite ATC guy will get a good shot.

Chris102

2011-06-22, 05:22 PM

^ What a great shot. Can someone give some insight as to why those white boxes (please forgive my ignorance!) on the top weren't painted black? Are they something that would malfunction if painted?

Also looks like they opted for gold paint in lieu of gold leaf for the TRUMP titles. I personally thought the gold leaf from the 727 looked better, but I would assume it was expensive to maintain and replace it.

Found this on Flickr--pretty grainy but still a great shot!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amks_photos/5857534480/in/photostream/

njgtr82

2011-06-22, 05:39 PM

FlightAware (http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N757AF) shows him enroute to EWR, expected to arrive around 2:20pm...maybe our favorite ATC guy will get a good shot.

:cool: I wonder.......