AH-Ha! Here's a hybrid idea. Do the refurb first and then make it temporarily dockable to a trailer. To see this idea in action look up this tiny house builder in Australia (Build Tiny) that makes tiny houses and trailers that detatch from the trailer so when you want to move it, you load it, lock it (al-la shipping container points) and you're off. Do something similar. When you get to the next location you detach it and it sits on built-in stilts or just keep it loaded if you're touring. You could also keep the wings and tail around for mocking it up to look like a complete jet for long-term locations.
Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy...I am heartbroken that you tore that jet apart. Would have loved to have seen it visually restored and used as part of an AirBnB in some way.
If it can't be flown out, which it can't, cutting it up into pieces that can be moved by truck is the only option. As odd as it sounds, a lot of aircraft are preserved this way. As an example, the Qantas Founders Museum has a Super Constellation that they got from the Philippines several years ago - the aircraft was so poorly corroded that there was no chance it would ever fly again, so it was dismantled and loaded onto a ship and shipped to Townsville, after which the pieces were moved the rest of the way to Longreach via truck and then reassembled, since its been opened to visitors you'd never know it was dismantled. The process looks terrible but its a far better fate than being turned into Coke cans.
@@BMcD79959 As Jimmy said, they have to remove it from the airfield somehow, its sadly never able to fly again, its too big to move on a truck in one piece, hence at some point it was going to be coming apart anyway, at least this way it'll still be preserved.
If you can't make it to fly, then maybe it's a good idea to just restore it visually for people to come and see how Elvis's plane looked back in the day in it's almost full glory. I mean even just restoring it visually would be cool, to visit, go inside, sit down on the chairs where Elvis himself sat etc
Rare how? Elvis' Name is only 1 (One) of several names on the Chain of Ownership. Elvis NEVER Took Flight on the Aircraft. That Aircraft could never be made Airworthy again after sitting for a couple Decades.
@@curtekstrom9531 he owned it last I read he did fly in it and I didn't care about it flying again I just wish it was on display somewhere and not cut up to make a buck.
@@daryl3723 The Aircraft had no less than 2 owners after Elvis. Unlike a Car, everytime an Aircraft is Bought, Sold Flown, or Maintenance done on it. It is recorded permanently with the FAA.
@@curtekstrom9531 I had gotten wrong information I have a feeling the other two owners bought it to make money off Elvis name it looks like how Elvis left it it doesn't matter now it's destroyed. But thanks for the information.
That's not even the first time this plane has been 'sold'. It was in an auction five years ago, and the deal fell through. Nobody Google anymore? No mention of this earlier sale that went kaput.
@@HashiAkitaPuppy This was the best jet of them all. By far the fanciest. This was Elvis' favorite jet and the last one he bought and the most intact. Not sure where u came up with that information.
Should've reached out to your fan base for experienced USAF (ret) R&R specialists that could've disassembled the jet - preserving structural integrity for the future.
@@mtoutflying3926 Yes. Dead and abandoned. It served it's time well, and flew allot before the Elvis estate bought it just before Elvis died. People panning over it's destruction is rather bizarre.
I am astounded by amount of cash thrown at the original purchase and then taking an iconic item of an intact aircraft and turning into something unrecognizable. The whole effort makes no sense in my humble opinion.
honestly, I feel what you're doing to it is a crime. Its a piece of history to a legend. Instead of destroying it and turning it into an RV, I'd say cut the wings off temporarily (too late now), restore it back to its best non flying condition and put it on a lot for an airBnB and put some elvis memorabilia in there. Maybe find some pictures of elvis in the plane.
elvis never rode in it is my understanding. It's more theme-park Elvis than museum Elvis, imo. I respect our Jimmy thinking big with his marketing. I wonder if he expected millions of views from the auction vid 🤣he's such an unspoilt boy!
It's my understanding Elvis acquired it as a project he could work on with his father Vernon. I doubt Vernon was interested & Elvis probably sold it shortly thereafter. Sold to a Saudi Arabian company. This jet last owner wasn't Elvis, it was a U.S. businessman by the name of Jim Gagliardi who probably purchased it as a speculative investment for $498,000.00 in 2017.
I totally understand why this plane met this fate, but it was still sad to watch it being cut into pieces... my heart ached when I saw the rudder move one last time when the tail was pulled off, probably because the rudder control wire was still attached... sigh!
Yeah I know if nothing else he could have disassembled it so parts could have been available to keep flying aircraft up in the air this is all kinds of wrong.
There’s been older Jetstars like this retrofitted with the newer noise reduction Jetstar engines… but I imagine this thing was far too gone to make any financial sense.
I know...i didn't buy it. Jimmy never seems to disappoint. But seeing this history go like this? I feel like there would have been some group or org out there that would have wasted to restore this for nostalgia
@@SurgingApocalypse i just love the old planes. Dont like seeing them cut up and scrapped. How do we know elvis never flew on it? Genuinely want to know
@@marco21falcon It was purchased one year before his death and at the time he owned two other planes, including another jetstar. Why do you think some group or organization would have wanted it? It sat at the Roswell airport for 45 years before Jimmy bought it - plenty of time for somebody to speak up. I swear, you people are seriously braindead.
Being a former Elvis AIRPLANE is the only value on it and he is destroying it. This is like buying a Picasso and taking the canvas off to make it a mirror, crazy.
People going insane over an old broke down plane that Elvis probably never even flew on. It's just a bunk of metal that you Pele never cared about before Jimmy bought it.
what do you expect? its at least 6 million just to even get anywhere near having it flightworthy, but as he said, its impossible to get legally worthy to fly. Thats also minimum 6 milion he will never get back either, its a loose loose case. and it wouldve been impossible to move with everything attached also. Looking at the bright side he took the effort to remove it from its probable deathbed
@@eriksimca9409 FAA rules and regs crush another dream. I would have thought they'd make exceptions for historically important aircraft, maybe recertified as something like experimental. Then at least it could possibly be re-engined. It would be nice to get around the FAA in these cases by maybe moving and registering the aircraft in Mexico and going through their probably easier (and bribable) process of certification.
@@eriksimca9409 Appreciate you trying to defend Jimmy, but i gotta wonder, what did he really know about the aircraft before spending quarter of a mil on it?! I mean, beyond the soap opera that this is now and his playing the fool routine, did he not even know that JT12 engines are pretty much impossible to find, fit and fly on this now! Not even that basic research before hand! As a real Jetstar fan (and owner) i saddens me to see this nonsense now. We'll never know, but if unsold, maybe the previous owner would have finally donated it to a museum, to be kept intact, as it should be. Not this farce that we see now. Thankfully the ONLY real Elvis Jetstar is fully intact and preserved.
I'm trying to remember if you have an ongoing "project" that even has my interest still. You had abandoned RV, electric car, and multiple planes, Save the 310 that became scrap the 310 and buy a different one and then this fiasco came along and totally derailed my attention.
Maybe if the plane was a rarity, a museum curator would have reached out. Elvis owned it a relatively short time, so that would be more of a trivia fact than a reason for landing it in an aviation museum.
First of all, it has to be disassembled to transport on the Hwy. And he plans on putting it back together for viewing, weather it be a Bed and Breakfast, or a treehouse, it will be rebuilt somewhere.
What are you talking about…it’s already destroyed. You heard him say it was never going to fly again. So what else would he do with it besides try to recoup some money out of the deal?
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Such a shame it was left to this condition for decades . It could've been the last completed jet of elvis Presleys fleet if it was taken care of and not pulled to pieces before jimmy even got it. I hope you can reborn it into something great Jimmy keep up the good work.
It only sat on our runway for few years had covered it when it first arrived but our winds and sun made it hard to keep it upcleaned. My father was in it with his coworkers when it first arrived got a few picture of the inside with him in it. But it was in bad shape when it arrived.
Jimmy, auctions are not a competitive sport. The winner aint allways the last hand in the air. Your an inspiration and provide positive content. Great job!
@@DatBlueHusky Most people want to be paid to do RUclips videos. Is that a bad thing? There’s a lot of vintage aircraft wings etc that people and or museums make keychains or memorabilia out of so people can own a piece of that aircraft. Same concept here. I’m sure there’s a lot of fans of Elvis that would throw $20 or so at something they can use and have history behind it. I’m sure it will help fund his videos or help reimburse him for the jet purchase.
I’m gutted what you’ve done. I personally would have rather it stay where it was as that was the last time it was used. Kind of like a famous landmark.
That was hard to watch…. Seeing it cut apart like that. But I understand it had to be done.😢 I vote for it to be first in a museum, second just an Airbnb fixed, no RV. Thanks for carrying us on your adventure…. After all, what could go wrong… right?
It didn't "had to be done". The parts do exist to get this plane back in the air, there was one of these planes flying until 2019 with updated engines put on it. This guy could have found some wealthy Elvis fans to fund the project, but this guy bought this with no intention of persevering it at all. He just wanted some cheap views to profit off of it.
@@waki0069, Of course, they said no, Museums don't have that type of money. But he differently could have done a private fundraiser and at least see if there were private donors with the money willing to do it. But no before he even looked into it he had this ridiculous plan and cut it up. He needed to do it as quickly as possible otherwise his views would go down.
@@mabbook even then the condition is pretty bad, i bet alot of the metal got fatigued by corrosion and all as well and would take millions to get it all in tip top shape again. Just not worth it at that point really. It looked ok outside but when they were cutting it open inside is pretty fucked.
Damn man! I had a friend that was in a comma for 6 months and almost died from accidentally touching a small pile of bird crap. Yall were all up in it! No gloves, no mask, no nothing. Hope all of yall stay healthy after playing in all that bird mess.
Hey Jimmy! Just letting you know, I was looking through the few airliner world magazines today from this year so far, I can’t remember which months one it was, but I did see an article about the auction and it only explained the story of how it was bought for $260,000 originally at the auction.
I was waiting for an arm, leg, or an eye to be ripped off! Glad the crew is all about safety. Can't beat the eye protection and steel toed boots! Hold my beer!😅
I would love that little piece of the plane. Elvis'' music got me through the my entire life of 58 years. That includes my stint in the Navy from 1982-1988. I have followed the journey of this plane for many years. Thanks for breathing some life into it again. Best of luck. 😀🤟
No lie this makes my heart hurt. even though the aircraft will never fly again because of AWDs on the aircraft and the amount itll cost just to get it back to where it could fly again its still a Piece of Aviation history that could have at least been brought back and put into an Aviation Museum
You should contact planetags about all the parts you're not using. They make great keytags from old aircraft skin. I would buy several. Being Elvis's plane they would probably bring a premium.
Yep agreed. $50 a tag, sell 5000 of them, which honestly doesn't seem impossible for such a plane, and you're at least even. Sell a bunch of what's left in there, like the instruments or whatever for a few bucks and at least there's a bit of profit to be made. Low effort, kinda high reward and the risk is minimal, compared to a massive RV project.
Would have rather seen the plane restored for static display than hacked apart into some silly RV monstrosity. Can't honestly say it's a better fate than scrapping it.
I think I share alot of the sentiments on this video. Seeing a plane like this bring hacked apart is heart wrenching. To be able to restore it as a air bnb would of been awesome. Honestly if there would of been a way to see her fly would of Been epic. Yeah I know it wouldn't of been finicially feasible but still. Jell I cried when they retired F14 tomcat. My time in the Navy I saw those on patrol in the med daily. Still is my favorite Fighter. So Jimmy please do us a favor make this jet glorious. PLEASE ????
In a time long ago, this was the "BEST" private business plane made...the military was first to fly them and then the private businessman could get one...one of the best, made in the U.S.A.
This plane has not been used by Elvis for nearly half a century,, It was used by some other person for quite a while, then sat to rot for 30 years, Elvis has left the building. The plane is trash, have at it! I suppose you could turn it into an Airbnb, but not for thousands of dollars a night good God lol I think you should turn it into a van
That guy taking a cinder block to it in the beginning! I'd be like you're a professional??? What's up with that??? I'd have followed him into the plane to see what else he was banging around. My heart bleeds for you. I wish you the best and hope that you can have success in all of this.
I had a roofer like that here in France. Being a pro myself I can tell from the sound if someone knows what they are doing! Also, I have a no-nail rule here, if it's not an oak peg, it had better be a stainless screw!!! I couldn't bare the noise anymore, so I went up on the roof and he said "these are hard to bang in". He was Trying to secure a 1" batten to a 500 year old Oak beam with six-INCH nails!!!!! Also, because he didn't know what a pilot-hole was, (I asked him) he had split the battens all the way along their length! I told him that if he didn't leave immediately I would demonstrate what a 'Viiking Blood Eagle was!" He left..... I finished the roof myself, without a single nail!!! Best wishes to you 🇬🇧⚒️🇺🇲
This breaks my heart for the second time. The first time was hearing that the plane would never fly. Now this! Seeing the plane dissected into random pieces for transport. My heart is truly aching. Jimmy, could you PLEASE clarify (in layman's terms) as to why the plane could never be upgraded to meet the standards for flight. I know millions of dollars would be needed, but I can not wrap my head around the fact it would never, ever fly. Sorry, I have an optimistic heart and was SO looking forward to seeing it fly again.
The plane is structurally unsound, parts unavailable to re furbish it and not cost effective to pour millions into an alloy tube filled with corroded internals. I thought it was sad to cut it up like that, but then I didn't have the quarter million to buy it myself. Hoepfully it's new life will be better than sitting there corroding away in a field. 😁
There is no noise abatement option for the engines which exceed the current noise allowance. Therefore there is no way to get the plane certified for flight
The FAA and other aviation based institutions are very strict on everything in the name of safety. "Imo over-regulated" but it comes from the need to keep our skies as safe as possible. Aircraft aren't like cars if something goes wrong in the sky bad stuff can happen really quickly. This aircraft and many like it are just not viable to bring back to an airworthy condition they're plenty of aircraft like this in better shape that on paper could take flight but legally cannot. So instead spend their days rotting in grace yards. It's honestly quite depressing tbh... That's what happens when you have regulation things get faded out for new ones. There's a reason they don't make cars like they used to and some vehicles are not street legal and some are. Just know that everything the FAA does for the most part is in the interest of the people and I can respect that even if I disagree with some of their stances.
Jimmy is a idiot with to much money. The plane could of been restored, they restore warbirds, fighter jets & fly them in Airshows. There flown in the experimental restricted category & they don't have to meet noise standards. I know I own one. How do you think the Russian Mig Jimmy has is flying it doesn't meet noise standards. This Lockheed jet was designed as a military transport.
ruclips.net/video/BwClF1MqTmc/видео.html check out the trip back! Cops and all!! @gentryandsons
AH-Ha! Here's a hybrid idea. Do the refurb first and then make it temporarily dockable to a trailer. To see this idea in action look up this tiny house builder in Australia (Build Tiny) that makes tiny houses and trailers that detatch from the trailer so when you want to move it, you load it, lock it (al-la shipping container points) and you're off. Do something similar. When you get to the next location you detach it and it sits on built-in stilts or just keep it loaded if you're touring. You could also keep the wings and tail around for mocking it up to look like a complete jet for long-term locations.
I've been following this series with internet so was very surprised to hear about it on my local radio stations news today over in the UK!
Apparently Jimmy has more money than sense! Just sayin!
@@senecabrave515 This Seems to be the case. It is entertaining watching him spend.
They do have chain saws with metal cutting blades .. much easier
Normally I like watching things get destroyed, but this one was hard to watch!
I agree I didn’t want to put this video out… but it’s the surgery video…
Agreed this one sucks😔
You got that right
@@therealjimmysworldshould have turn it into a submarine.
@@therealjimmysworld we have seen you take planes apart before. Have you ever actually put one back together?
Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy...I am heartbroken that you tore that jet apart. Would have loved to have seen it visually restored and used as part of an AirBnB in some way.
I would have loved to see it used in an Elvis-themed adult video. Orgy at 30,000 feet? I would definitely be able to climax to that.
If it can't be flown out, which it can't, cutting it up into pieces that can be moved by truck is the only option. As odd as it sounds, a lot of aircraft are preserved this way. As an example, the Qantas Founders Museum has a Super Constellation that they got from the Philippines several years ago - the aircraft was so poorly corroded that there was no chance it would ever fly again, so it was dismantled and loaded onto a ship and shipped to Townsville, after which the pieces were moved the rest of the way to Longreach via truck and then reassembled, since its been opened to visitors you'd never know it was dismantled. The process looks terrible but its a far better fate than being turned into Coke cans.
It has to be transported somehow...
All I can say is what a shame to see something so well engineered and built be so brutally torn apart. No respect for what she once was?
@@BMcD79959 As Jimmy said, they have to remove it from the airfield somehow, its sadly never able to fly again, its too big to move on a truck in one piece, hence at some point it was going to be coming apart anyway, at least this way it'll still be preserved.
If you can't make it to fly, then maybe it's a good idea to just restore it visually for people to come and see how Elvis's plane looked back in the day in it's almost full glory. I mean even just restoring it visually would be cool, to visit, go inside, sit down on the chairs where Elvis himself sat etc
That's the same I think. If it doesn't look an airplane anymore, don't worth it. Spending so much money for that looks like a waste.
Fair chance he never flew on this jet, it may have been for this entourage, he had another (bigger i think) one.
@@dunxy 2 Jetstar (This is the second one) and one mid-size airliner. The other planes are in display in Graceland for people to visit them.
exactly! To late now.
Too late.
There was a time where I couldn’t imagine spending over 200k on something this rare only for it to be destroyed, but today I bear witness.
Rare how? Elvis' Name is only 1 (One) of several names on the Chain of Ownership. Elvis NEVER Took Flight on the Aircraft. That Aircraft could never be made Airworthy again after sitting for a couple Decades.
@@curtekstrom9531 he owned it last I read he did fly in it and I didn't care about it flying again I just wish it was on display somewhere and not cut up to make a buck.
@@daryl3723 The Aircraft had no less than 2 owners after Elvis. Unlike a Car, everytime an Aircraft is Bought, Sold Flown, or Maintenance done on it. It is recorded permanently with the FAA.
@@curtekstrom9531 I had gotten wrong information I have a feeling the other two owners bought it to make money off Elvis name it looks like how Elvis left it it doesn't matter now it's destroyed. But thanks for the information.
proof that anything iconic means nothing to this guy
Wow. Crazy dismantling that. Not to mention the lack of Safety Shoes, Hearing Aid, Safety Glass, proper Harnessing. Real Cowboy style.
So much for rescue. Jimmy the destroyer
What else was he supposed to do? He spent 200 grand on it he’s not gonna let it rot in that spot in AZ
Whoever received the 234K was laughing all the way to the bank.
These guerrillas Jimmy hired to disassemble it are laughing all the way to the bank.
@@Nord3202 Beavis and Butthead aircraft moving service...
That's not even the first time this plane has been 'sold'. It was in an auction five years ago, and the deal fell through. Nobody Google anymore? No mention of this earlier sale that went kaput.
And it was ab auction. Multiple people were bidding on this thing. I mean, make a few phone calls. A Jetstar is just too old to restore.
Not really!! Whoever sold it paid over 400k
Don't be cruel! to that Airplane! 😮
I'm a life long Elvis fan and watching this breaks my heart. I hope what you have planned works out.
There's 2 jests at graceland that Elvis actually used, this one has no significance at all.
@@HashiAkitaPuppy This was the best jet of them all. By far the fanciest. This was Elvis' favorite jet and the last one he bought and the most intact. Not sure where u came up with that information.
Should've reached out to your fan base for experienced USAF (ret) R&R specialists that could've disassembled the jet - preserving structural integrity for the future.
Yup. This is hard to watch..
Asked for ideas on the last video knowing he had already done this .
This plain will never fly so it does not matter
it had so much corrosion it would never pass inspection , and like 90 % the parts for this jet are unavailable
@@ray-vf6ux I assume you mean, plane.
I want to buy a piece of the plane for a wall hanger! TCB
You will have keychains!
Makes your purchases look normal.
Me too!
HOOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now there is an Idea.
Just don't blow the prices too high - I belong to the Poor Pilots association
Whenever I see a saw going through any part of any aircraft, my heart just aches. It's as if someone or something is just dying before my eyes.
Couldn't have put it better myself.
I 2nd your emotion
Stupid is as stupid dose. And this plane is stupid.
It was dead a long time ago lol
@@mtoutflying3926 Yes. Dead and abandoned. It served it's time well, and flew allot before the Elvis estate bought it just before Elvis died. People panning over it's destruction is rather bizarre.
That 85 cabover was the real hero of this video. God I miss those old cabovers.
Edit: and Jason. Thank you Jason.
This was a real Ouch vid to watch, any aircraft getting cut up - brings tears to my eyes.
I am astounded by amount of cash thrown at the original purchase and then taking an iconic item of an intact aircraft and turning into something unrecognizable. The whole effort makes no sense in my humble opinion.
Probably thought he'd get way more views and make a profit on that alone.
@Mindy Janis You are sooo right Mindy. Thank you for reminding me. You have been a great help.
I seen an auction they did not even want it near Graceland have you ever been to an auction
I wish someone else would have bought it
True I wish someone else could have bought it so they could renovate it and make it up to code with modern day standards
They had 40 years to buy it
There's no way this plane could have flown again
@@Jesse-sk1xn facts, and he did say that in the video that they don’t even have the part anywhere for it. I feel he could have got it for cheap..
Elvis only owned it for a year, and he was the 3rd owner. No one knows if he ever flew in it.
Wait, did I just hear that right, "Florida man turns Elvis Presley's Jet into an RV." Yep, that checks out.
Im all shook up, uh huh huh....
Thank you, thank you very much.
Cant wait to see how this project turns out! Who else thought Heavy D was flying in when they spotted that Blackhawk?
This is just heartbreaking to watch.
honestly, I feel what you're doing to it is a crime. Its a piece of history to a legend. Instead of destroying it and turning it into an RV, I'd say cut the wings off temporarily (too late now), restore it back to its best non flying condition and put it on a lot for an airBnB and put some elvis memorabilia in there. Maybe find some pictures of elvis in the plane.
elvis never rode in it is my understanding. It's more theme-park Elvis than museum Elvis, imo. I respect our Jimmy thinking big with his marketing. I wonder if he expected millions of views from the auction vid 🤣he's such an unspoilt boy!
It's my understanding Elvis acquired it as a project he could work on with his father Vernon. I doubt Vernon was interested & Elvis probably sold it shortly thereafter. Sold to a Saudi Arabian company. This jet last owner wasn't Elvis, it was a U.S. businessman by the name of Jim Gagliardi who probably purchased it as a speculative investment for $498,000.00 in 2017.
It’s not too late, anything can be reassembled and made to look original. Especially if it’s not going to ever fly again.
There was nothing remotely safe about that disassembly....😳😂
Thank God for Jimmy’s World! It validates the bad decisions I make with my airplane!
🤣😂🤣 AMEN to this comment! LOL
🙈 😂 😂 😂 😂 🙈
shut up loser you aint got no plane
My airplane is bigger than yours.
Along with my Harley😂
Elvis is either singing the blues or laughing! ❤️
Oh no! What you did man.? I can not believe you destroyed this beautiful airplane, such an iconic jet....
Sad, sad, sad 😔
I totally understand why this plane met this fate, but it was still sad to watch it being cut into pieces... my heart ached when I saw the rudder move one last time when the tail was pulled off, probably because the rudder control wire was still attached... sigh!
Yeah I thought the same 😞
Would have been amazing to see it have modern engines retrofit to it
It’s sad to see the kings plane dismantled But it has to be done
Is this the Lisa Marie or is that a different plane
@@melvinalbert6172 this is some random plane that he bought his dad sight unseen and was never on it himself and his dad barely was on it
ONE OF THESE was flown until 2019!! THERE ARE NEW version of the Engines used for this plane! There is a video of it flying on Ft Lauderdale!!!
I knew it. Some idiot tried to clown me for thinking this.
Yeah I know if nothing else he could have disassembled it so parts could have been available to keep flying aircraft up in the air this is all kinds of wrong.
Too late now, ruined
There’s been older Jetstars like this retrofitted with the newer noise reduction Jetstar engines… but I imagine this thing was far too gone to make any financial sense.
@@MikeJones-do1xv previous video indicated over $5 plus million as a starting point.
Got to admit... this is upsetting
I know...i didn't buy it. Jimmy never seems to disappoint. But seeing this history go like this? I feel like there would have been some group or org out there that would have wasted to restore this for nostalgia
Wanted*
@@marco21falcon Elvis never set foot on this plane and still better than letting it to rot in the desert for 20 more years.
@@SurgingApocalypse i just love the old planes. Dont like seeing them cut up and scrapped. How do we know elvis never flew on it? Genuinely want to know
@@marco21falcon It was purchased one year before his death and at the time he owned two other planes, including another jetstar. Why do you think some group or organization would have wanted it? It sat at the Roswell airport for 45 years before Jimmy bought it - plenty of time for somebody to speak up. I swear, you people are seriously braindead.
Being a former Elvis AIRPLANE is the only value on it and he is destroying it. This is like buying a Picasso and taking the canvas off to make it a mirror, crazy.
People going insane over an old broke down plane that Elvis probably never even flew on. It's just a bunk of metal that you Pele never cared about before Jimmy bought it.
Jimmy was known for rescuing planes........ 😢
Indeed this sucks
what do you expect? its at least 6 million just to even get anywhere near having it flightworthy, but as he said, its impossible to get legally worthy to fly. Thats also minimum 6 milion he will never get back either, its a loose loose case. and it wouldve been impossible to move with everything attached also. Looking at the bright side he took the effort to remove it from its probable deathbed
@@eriksimca9409 FAA rules and regs crush another dream. I would have thought they'd make exceptions for historically important aircraft, maybe recertified as something like experimental. Then at least it could possibly be re-engined. It would be nice to get around the FAA in these cases by maybe moving and registering the aircraft in Mexico and going through their probably easier (and bribable) process of certification.
@@eriksimca9409 Appreciate you trying to defend Jimmy, but i gotta wonder, what did he really know about the aircraft before spending quarter of a mil on it?! I mean, beyond the soap opera that this is now and his playing the fool routine, did he not even know that JT12 engines are pretty much impossible to find, fit and fly on this now! Not even that basic research before hand! As a real Jetstar fan (and owner) i saddens me to see this nonsense now. We'll never know, but if unsold, maybe the previous owner would have finally donated it to a museum, to be kept intact, as it should be. Not this farce that we see now. Thankfully the ONLY real Elvis Jetstar is fully intact and preserved.
Until now.
I'm trying to remember if you have an ongoing "project" that even has my interest still. You had abandoned RV, electric car, and multiple planes, Save the 310 that became scrap the 310 and buy a different one and then this fiasco came along and totally derailed my attention.
In Jimmy’s World, aviation museums don’t exist apparently
Museums aren't in his repertoire because he can't make a buck from it...Jimmy's all about making money, that's how he is wired 🤔
@@53glowe I mean he does have to recoup the 1/4 mill he spent on it.
If aviation museums had wanted it, it would have already been in one.
The engine nacelles are in a museum. They must not have wanted the rest of it.
Maybe if the plane was a rarity, a museum curator would have reached out. Elvis owned it a relatively short time, so that would be more of a trivia fact than a reason for landing it in an aviation museum.
No eye protection, no dust masks, no PPE at all. Rookies!😆
If you really think about it, it is sad to see the demise of the belongings of Elvis Presley! It goes to show you how really lonely of a man he was.
No it doesn't. Also, he wasn't God. Every mere mortal's belongings wind up belonging to someone else.
@@historyiwitness5915 No it doesn't. Also, not if your belongings end up in the trash. I think you missed his point, completely.
@@historyiwitness5915 another delusional idiot….
Can't believe it!
How the guy with the cutter didn't lose at least one limb I'll never know
Practice
@@beejay5186 luck.
Both lol
Well he damaged his hearing instead 🙂
All the safety measures were taken, well maybe none of them
What I don't understand is why not just fix up the plane and make it non flying and have it set up somewhere for people to pay to take a tour of it.
First of all, it has to be disassembled to transport on the Hwy. And he plans on putting it back together for viewing, weather it be a Bed and Breakfast, or a treehouse, it will be rebuilt somewhere.
@@airadaimagery692 In all the videos I watched, I didn't hear him say he was going to reassemble the whole plane again.
@@kjpphotography4764 he's apparently turning it into an RV..
@@EpicJake07 That is what I seem to remember him saying.
Almost the perfect (what NOT to do) OSHA video! Haha
He should have turned it into an Airbnb in Las Vegas.
For a minute there thought Diesel Dave was coming in his Blackhawk to load it on the trailer for you.Heck of a guy.
You and me both.
Imagine it being sling loaded from Roswell to FLA?
I can’t believe you destroyed the plane like that.
I just watched the video. I can believe it.
It's his to do with what he wants. I can believe it.
Who cares. He owns it and Elvis died decades ago.
It’s called life.
@ralphreuben1386 No joke its his einstein!
What are you talking about…it’s already destroyed. You heard him say it was never going to fly again. So what else would he do with it besides try to recoup some money out of the deal?
Many Elvis fans would pay decent money for an actual authentic piece of Elvis' private jet.
Maybe some "fanatics", but not this one. I'm not a total idiot, yet!
Except most of the Elvis fans that ever lived are dead now.
Well if that was the case it wouldn’t have ended up in this condition 😂
@@MA_808 No they're not.
Nah they all dead
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE GREAT VIDEO....GOD BLESS YOUR HEART ❤️
Again like I've said twice before , rebuild rescue wanted to save this bird. Should've contacted him first.
it’s all about youtube views
@@RDC_Autosports you can tell he only cares about the views and not the nostalgia.
How would RR save this?
@M Mayes he's already restoring a plane that he was told wouldn't fly again. He knows what he's doing
@@StalloneSiciliano Jimmy is a little bit crazy (in a good way), but knows a lot more about planes (and I like both channels)...
Did not expect that! 😧
I wish I had that much money to throw away
Can't believe you cut it up!
Gentry and sons should advertise as you tubes official trucking company. These guys are everywhere and every truck is just beautiful.
I have doubts it will work as an RV. I say, make an AIRBNB out of it, and make it how Elvis would have made it.
Loled at all the "protective equipment" worn by those guys 😅
Plenty of safety helmets, eye protection and respirators, OSHA and FAA approved!
G'day,
Well,
Ya gits that, there, then...;
In rinky-dinky penny-ante
3rd-World
Failed-State
Shit-hole Countries where
Life is
Cheap
And Jobs are
Scarce
And there are buggar-all
Regulations to ensure a
Safe
Workplace.
See,
Bannana Republic(an).
The Video was made in 'MurriKa(!).
Why would you expect there to be Safety Equipment or Protocols ?
Shit, dude..., next thing you'll be expecting functional Brakes on the oversized Trainloads of Toxic Chemicals, or Drinking-Water with no Lead in it to stupify the Proletariat !
Hush you
Mouf...,
D' y' hear me ?
Say
NUFFINK !
lol
Such is life,
Have a good one...
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
What do you mean? They all had safety squints.
Gods waiting room .. sometimes you need to jump the queue
Your losing fans for this one Jimbo!!🤣🤣🤣
I think I'm going to buy Elvis's 60 year old jet that hasn't flown for 40 years. What could possibly go wrong?
Guy with the saw is scaring the crap outta me lol
Should have kept the plane intact and found a spot to put it for the airBNB. This broke my heart.
You should of bought it then Brian...get a grip its sat in the desert for 40 years
He's starting to figure out he screwed up
Such a shame it was left to this condition for decades . It could've been the last completed jet of elvis Presleys fleet if it was taken care of and not pulled to pieces before jimmy even got it.
I hope you can reborn it into something great Jimmy keep up the good work.
It was owned by other owners After Elvis Sold it.
It only sat on our runway for few years had covered it when it first arrived but our winds and sun made it hard to keep it upcleaned. My father was in it with his coworkers when it first arrived got a few picture of the inside with him in it. But it was in bad shape when it arrived.
How much did Elvis actually use this airplane?
@@gordonwelcher9598 Zero, he bought it and was in process of getting it Airworthy, but he died before it was ready.
I love that you're just cranking out these elvis jet videos lol 😁😁😁
Gotta pay for it somehow
@@robblake8578 oh i get it, i do this for a living myself.
He can polish this turd only so long, gotta strike while the iron's hot!
Jimmy, auctions are not a competitive sport. The winner aint allways the last hand in the air. Your an inspiration and provide positive content. Great job!
May God bless you guys in the name of Jesus Christ Amen
The pieces you aren’t going to use, you can make souvenirs, like key chains etc. own a piece of Elvis’s jet.
thats what hes going to do and want stupid people to buy it. its all to make a quick buck out of few videos and peices. Its a buisness now on here
Maybe even scoop up all that bird poo and sell it in little baggies as Elvis Jet fertilizer for potted plants.
@@DatBlueHusky Most people want to be paid to do RUclips videos. Is that a bad thing? There’s a lot of vintage aircraft wings etc that people and or museums make keychains or memorabilia out of so people can own a piece of that aircraft. Same concept here. I’m sure there’s a lot of fans of Elvis that would throw $20 or so at something they can use and have history behind it. I’m sure it will help fund his videos or help reimburse him for the jet purchase.
Guitar picks. ELVIS guitar picks. That’s what he should make.
@@johnregan3732 yes!!!!
I’m gutted what you’ve done. I personally would have rather it stay where it was as that was the last time it was used. Kind of like a famous landmark.
What good would that had done? It would had just perished into dust just like everything else on earth that is left unattended and unpreserved.
I would have cautioned anyone venturing into that space to treat it as a hazmat area; don goggles and respirators before entering.
OSHA would have had a field day with this operation. Wow!
WOW THAT IS EXPENSIVE SCRAP METAL
I heard Elvis owned the plane but never actually flew in the plane.
Never went near it. It was the backing singers and dancers plane. A lot of money to buy a piece of junk.
@@stevensvideos5918 Elvis never used this plane. The Presley estate had had zero interest in this pile of rust.
Oh boy RIP Elvis Jet.
That was hard to watch…. Seeing it cut apart like that. But I understand it had to be done.😢 I vote for it to be first in a museum, second just an Airbnb fixed, no RV. Thanks for carrying us on your adventure…. After all, what could go wrong… right?
It didn't "had to be done". The parts do exist to get this plane back in the air, there was one of these planes flying until 2019 with updated engines put on it. This guy could have found some wealthy Elvis fans to fund the project, but this guy bought this with no intention of persevering it at all. He just wanted some cheap views to profit off of it.
@@mabbook Even Elvis musem said no to him. Try raising 6milions during this inflation to repair old plane that no one wanted for 50 years.
@@mabbook really? Did you see the state it was in when they started cutting? It was never, ever going to fly again.
@@waki0069, Of course, they said no, Museums don't have that type of money. But he differently could have done a private fundraiser and at least see if there were private donors with the money willing to do it. But no before he even looked into it he had this ridiculous plan and cut it up. He needed to do it as quickly as possible otherwise his views would go down.
@@mabbook even then the condition is pretty bad, i bet alot of the metal got fatigued by corrosion and all as well and would take millions to get it all in tip top shape again. Just not worth it at that point really. It looked ok outside but when they were cutting it open inside is pretty fucked.
I am So Happy you can Make something Very Special to Share with all of Elvis Presley Fans , I can't wait to see the Beautiful ending .
Safety glasses were doing a lot of good up on buddy's head lol
Damn man! I had a friend that was in a comma for 6 months and almost died from accidentally touching a small pile of bird crap. Yall were all up in it! No gloves, no mask, no nothing. Hope all of yall stay healthy after playing in all that bird mess.
I thought the same thing.
Wonder if it's full of zinc chromate? (Yellow primer)
🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱
Why...why...why...this was history...you destroyed it 🫣🤐🤨
Exactly. Could have made it into a prop-plane
What was historical about it?
@@dabneyoffermein595 good luck getting the approval from the FAA for that..
Better than it degrading in the desert
Hey Jimmy! Just letting you know, I was looking through the few airliner world magazines today from this year so far, I can’t remember which months one it was, but I did see an article about the auction and it only explained the story of how it was bought for $260,000 originally at the auction.
I was waiting for an arm, leg, or an eye to be ripped off! Glad the crew is all about safety. Can't beat the eye protection and steel toed boots! Hold my beer!😅
Don't be cruel to a jet so cool 😂😂
I would love that little piece of the plane. Elvis'' music got me through the my entire life of 58 years. That includes my stint in the Navy from 1982-1988. I have followed the journey of this plane for many years. Thanks for breathing some life into it again. Best of luck. 😀🤟
Life? It sure looks like death to me!
I’m speechless…..I think you played us like a fiddle.
He always does 🤔
How so ?
Dang better cancel your paid subscription lmao
he already said, the cost too high & even he has all the money to fix it there was no part available
No lie this makes my heart hurt. even though the aircraft will never fly again because of AWDs on the aircraft and the amount itll cost just to get it back to where it could fly again its still a Piece of Aviation history that could have at least been brought back and put into an Aviation Museum
As we say in UK You have more money than sense ! Good Luck to you 😮
The guy running the power cutter with no face shield has balls that clank!
I'm surprised he has any appendages left let alone balls
clanking much like that of metal shards pinging into a MRI machine at high speed after evacuation from the eye socket region
That's not balls, it's foolishness.
From $234,000.00 to $0.00... 😳
Can’t wait to see what happens with Elvis’ jet. Keep up the good work jimmy
Jimmy - Yeah Buddy....kick the sht out of it!!!
That airplane would have been better off sitting in the desert. It should have been restored and preserved in Graceland or in a museum.
A rare view of what holds in the cabin pressure.
You should contact planetags about all the parts you're not using. They make great keytags from old aircraft skin. I would buy several. Being Elvis's plane they would probably bring a premium.
Yip me too.
metoo
Yep agreed. $50 a tag, sell 5000 of them, which honestly doesn't seem impossible for such a plane, and you're at least even. Sell a bunch of what's left in there, like the instruments or whatever for a few bucks and at least there's a bit of profit to be made. Low effort, kinda high reward and the risk is minimal, compared to a massive RV project.
Would have rather seen the plane restored for static display than hacked apart into some silly RV monstrosity. Can't honestly say it's a better fate than scrapping it.
Elvis has left the building
In the immortal words of Rod Stewart…..🎼 First cut ✂️🎶🎵is the deepest🎵🎶”
😪😪😪
Cat Stevens said it first.
I think I share alot of the sentiments on this video. Seeing a plane like this bring hacked apart is heart wrenching. To be able to restore it as a air bnb would of been awesome. Honestly if there would of been a way to see her fly would of Been epic. Yeah I know it wouldn't of been finicially feasible but still. Jell I cried when they retired F14 tomcat. My time in the Navy I saw those on patrol in the med daily. Still is my favorite Fighter. So Jimmy please do us a favor make this jet glorious. PLEASE ????
Really better than an F-22?? Ru mental
In a time long ago, this was the "BEST" private business plane made...the military was first to fly them and then the private businessman could get one...one of the best, made in the U.S.A.
Uh, yeah, because it was the first business jet.
@@JetFire9 right it was only the best up until the second was built
Can’t help but think 🤔 this is soooo brutal !!!!
Wow, there is a lot more going on back behind the Bulkhead than I expected! Lots of interesting stuff.
This plane has not been used by Elvis for nearly half a century,, It was used by some other person for quite a while, then sat to rot for 30 years, Elvis has left the building. The plane is trash, have at it! I suppose you could turn it into an Airbnb, but not for thousands of dollars a night good God lol I think you should turn it into a van
That guy taking a cinder block to it in the beginning! I'd be like you're a professional??? What's up with that??? I'd have followed him into the plane to see what else he was banging around. My heart bleeds for you. I wish you the best and hope that you can have success in all of this.
How about placing PILLOWS on the forklift? That won't destabilize your load, at all....
I had a roofer like that here in France. Being a pro myself I can tell from the sound if someone knows what they are doing! Also, I have a no-nail rule here, if it's not an oak peg, it had better be a stainless screw!!!
I couldn't bare the noise anymore, so I went up on the roof and he said "these are hard to bang in". He was Trying to secure a 1" batten to a 500 year old Oak beam with six-INCH nails!!!!!
Also, because he didn't know what a pilot-hole was, (I asked him) he had split the battens all the way along their length!
I told him that if he didn't leave immediately I would demonstrate what a 'Viiking Blood Eagle was!"
He left..... I finished the roof myself, without a single nail!!!
Best wishes to you 🇬🇧⚒️🇺🇲
You should've had rebuild rescue help since they're experts since removing bird nests from airplanes
Great channel Jimmy ! I'm not a Elvis fan , but what a shame it won't fly again..
Too Much Money And Not Enough Brains Is About The Size Of This Situation
$234,000 Museum display shot 🙀. Then Jimmy hires 3 Stooges Aviation to dismantle the plane with chainsaws.
This breaks my heart for the second time. The first time was hearing that the plane would never fly. Now this! Seeing the plane dissected into random pieces for transport. My heart is truly aching.
Jimmy, could you PLEASE clarify (in layman's terms) as to why the plane could never be upgraded to meet the standards for flight. I know millions of dollars would be needed, but I can not wrap my head around the fact it would never, ever fly.
Sorry, I have an optimistic heart and was SO looking forward to seeing it fly again.
The plane is structurally unsound, parts unavailable to re furbish it and not cost effective to pour millions into an alloy tube filled with corroded internals. I thought it was sad to cut it up like that, but then I didn't have the quarter million to buy it myself. Hoepfully it's new life will be better than sitting there corroding away in a field. 😁
Also to add, the noise of four JT12 turbojets it would require go against modern-day FAA noise regulations I believe.
There is no noise abatement option for the engines which exceed the current noise allowance. Therefore there is no way to get the plane certified for flight
The FAA and other aviation based institutions are very strict on everything in the name of safety. "Imo over-regulated" but it comes from the need to keep our skies as safe as possible. Aircraft aren't like cars if something goes wrong in the sky bad stuff can happen really quickly. This aircraft and many like it are just not viable to bring back to an airworthy condition they're plenty of aircraft like this in better shape that on paper could take flight but legally cannot. So instead spend their days rotting in grace yards. It's honestly quite depressing tbh... That's what happens when you have regulation things get faded out for new ones. There's a reason they don't make cars like they used to and some vehicles are not street legal and some are. Just know that everything the FAA does for the most part is in the interest of the people and I can respect that even if I disagree with some of their stances.
Jimmy is a idiot with to much money. The plane could of been restored, they restore warbirds, fighter jets & fly them in Airshows. There flown in the experimental restricted category & they don't have to meet noise standards. I know I own one. How do you think the Russian Mig Jimmy has is flying it doesn't meet noise standards. This Lockheed jet was designed as a military transport.