Okay, so yesterday I was just chilling, you know, browsing the web, and I got this random thought: “I wonder which celebrities have private jets?” It just popped into my head. So, naturally, I decided to dive into it.
First thing I did, I just typed “celebrities with private jets” into Google. Basic, I know, but you gotta start somewhere, right? A bunch of articles popped up, mostly those clickbaity listicles. I started clicking through a few, skimming for names and, more importantly, pictures of the actual jets. I wanted to see the fancy rides, not just read about ’em.
Then I thought, “Wait a minute, there’s gotta be more to this than just a list of names.” I wanted to know why they have them, what they use them for. So, I started digging a little deeper. I searched for interviews where celebs talked about their jets, or articles about the environmental impact of private aviation. That got pretty interesting.
I even went down a rabbit hole trying to figure out if I could track celebrity private jets using publicly available data. Turns out, it’s kinda tricky, but not impossible. There are websites that track aircraft, and if you know the tail number of a specific jet, you can potentially see where it’s flying. I didn’t actually manage to track anyone famous, but I spent a good hour trying!
After all that, I kinda felt bad about the whole thing. Like, here I am, fascinated by these ridiculously expensive machines, while the planet’s burning and people are struggling to make ends meet. So, I ended up looking into organizations that are working to make aviation more sustainable. It was a bit of a mood shift, but I think it’s important to be aware of the bigger picture.
In the end, I didn’t really “achieve” anything concrete. I just spent an afternoon satisfying my curiosity and learning a little bit about the world of celebrity private jets. It was a fun little distraction, and it reminded me that even the most seemingly trivial topics can lead to interesting discoveries.
