If you've ever wanted to own a prime piece of rock-and-roll real estate, now's your chance!
(Note: bring a toolbox.)
A piece of rock ‘n' roll history, waiting to be dusted off in the New Mexico desert, could be yours next month. Elvis Presley's 1962 Lockheed 1329 JetStar is going up for auction in early January. Presley bought the red-and-silver-liveried JetStar — then considered the jet of choice for celebrities and CEOs — in 1976 for $840,000, or about $4.4 million in today's dollars.
The jet, with room for nine passengers and three crew, had four engines mounted in two pods at the rear of the fuselage. It had a max speed of 565 mph with a range of about 2,500 miles. Besides the King, the jet would've been an airborne home to Col. Tom Parker, the TCB band and other backup groups as well as Presley's friends, known as the "Memphis Mafia."
Oh, it's a mafia jet! That's hot stuff. Well, the interiors look remarkably well-preserved in spite of having sat on a hot New Mexico tarmac for presumably 45 years.
The rest of the jet, meanwhile, is...oof.
☝️I'm no jet expert but I'm pretty sure you're gonna need some of those dials and readouts.
☝️ I am also somewhat certain you will need to fix that hole in the side of the jet before taking it up to 40,000 feet. I mean at least put some cardboard over it.
