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Neither the Tay Tay (N898TS) nor Spielberg (N900KS) jet seem to have been flown in the last several days.Taylor's in Nashville on the ground. Spielberg's in LA.
Flight into Palm Springs last night was from the airport just south of Coachella, Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport. The day before, the jet had arrived there from Boeing Field, Seattle.
Bill Gates once gave Coachella's founder a grave warning about how the festival could go wrong
Chris Weller Apr 11, 2017, 10:48 AM
bill gates
Eric Vidal/Reuters
Bill Gates enjoys music as much as the next person. But according to Paul Tollett, the founder of the uber-successful music festival Coachella, the billionaire philanthropist can't help but indulge his nerdier side.
Tollett, speaking to New Yorker writer John Seabrook for a recent profile, said Gates actually found the time to attend (or at least stop by) Coachella one year. (Some photo evidence suggests it might have been 2015.)
Initially, Gates remarked the festival could "last forever," as Seabrook writes, but he quickly amended the statement, listing the various "isms" that could spell disaster for the crowd of 99,000.
"Terrorism, botulism — you name it," Tollett said. "The guy's a walking actuarial table."
Earlier this year, Gates spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, about the threat of bioterrorism — or the intentional use of harmful diseases on a population.
"I think an epidemic, either naturally caused or intentionally caused, is the most likely thing to cause, say, 10,000 excess deaths," Gates said.
More recently, he wrote an op-ed warning about the dangers of airborne pathogens on public health.
"Epidemiologists say a fast-moving airborne pathogen could kill more than 30 million people in less than a year," he said. "And they say there is a reasonable probability the world will experience such an outbreak in the next 10-15 years."
Such a deadly pandemic hasn't occurred in recent history, Gates concedes, but he also says that should provide no comfort as to the possibility of one happening in the future — at Coachella or otherwise.
https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-coachella-how-it-could-end-2017-4
Correction
*Flight into Palm Springs last night
Corrrected
Flight into Seattle yesterday.
Digs on his jet (N887WM)
N887WM Bill Gates owner Grand Bogue Caye Island, Belize Carribean
Last Action Date 2019-03-29
Airworthiness Date 2018-10-24 Expiration Date 2022-03-31
Manufacturer_Name GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE Model Name GVI (G650ER)
Registrant Name MENTE LLC Street 8075 PERIMETER RD S
Registrant City SEATTLE Registrant State WA
Registrant Zip Code 981083820 Country UNITED STATES
Region Northwest Mountain Registrant Type Unknown 7
Fract Owner Certificate Issue Date 2019-03-29
Status N-Number Assigned and Registered
Serial Number 6357 Aircraft Type Fixed wing multi engine
Mode S Code 53034726 Year Mfr 2018
Aircraft Category Land Builder Certification Type Certificated
Number Engines 2 Number Seats 22
Aircraft Weight CLASS 3 Aircraft Cruising Speed 0
Airworthiness Classification Standard Approved Operation Codes Transport
Engine Manufacturer ROLLS DEUT
Engine Model Name BR700-725A112 Engine Type Turbine air generator
Engine Horsepower/Thrust 14975 Fuel Consumed 149.75
http://www.aviationdb.com/Aviation/Aircraft/8/N887WM.shtm
Serial Number 6357 Status Valid
Manufacturer Name GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE Certificate Issue Date 03/29/2019
Model GVI (G650ER) Expiration Date 03/31/2022
Type Aircraft Fixed Wing Multi-Engine Type Engine Turbo-fan
Pending Number Change None Dealer No
Date Change Authorized None Mode S Code (base 8 / oct) 53034726
MFR Year 2018 Mode S Code (base 16 / hex) AC39D6
Type Registration LLC Fractional Owner NO
Registered Owner
Name MENTE LLC
Street 8075 PERIMETER RD S
City SEATTLE State WASHINGTON
County KING Zip Code 98108-3820
Country UNITED STATES
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N887WM
Registration History
Date Owner Location Serial Number
29-Mar-2019 MENTE LLC SEATTLE WA 6357
23-Jan-2010 CHALLENGER ADMINISTRATION LLC KIRKLAND WA 9292
https://flightaware.com/resources/registration/N887WM
2009 - 2018
Tail Number: N837WMAircraft Type:
2008 - BOMBARDIER INC BD-700-1A10, Serial #: 9292Registered to:
CHALLENGER ADMINISTRATION LLC
2365 CARILLON PT
KIRKLAND WA 98033-7445
https://prijet.com/ownership/N887WM
MENTE LLC (SEATTLE WA)
This aircraft (N887WM) is not available for tracking per request from the owner/operator
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N887WM/history
Maybe if I move the site logout button to a less obvious position on the web page then I'll be able to squeeze a little more tracking data out of these people as they fail to logoff.
Dawn.
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