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THINK IT'S DIFFICULT DECIDING WHICH movie to see on a Friday night? Try betting hundreds of millions of dollars on what will be the next box-office hit. Running the show at a big movie company may seem like a glamorous job, gilded with that Gucci and Gulfstream lifestyle, but to survive at the top, it also requires a near biblical gift of prophecy. Fail enough times, and you can say bye-bye to studio life--and the perks that go with...
...getting weary of the nine-hour flights that have been taking off daily for eight days running, ever since Ivan blew up into a hurricane, not far from St. Croix. Attacked by fierce winds and savage rains, NOAA's fleet of hurricane hunters (two WP-3Ds and a Gulfstream IV) is showing signs of stress as well. The protective coating on the stabilizer of the plane I'm riding in is beginning to erode, for example. And while it's not an immediate threat, it would be nice, everyone agrees, to have a little downtime to repair...
Aboard a private Gulfstream jet to Ronson's Pull My Hair Out video shoot in Los Angeles, Dash brushes aside the skeptics. "With Jay done, we have to take some chances, try new things," he says. His entourage surrounds him. The head of his film business peruses a script (she recommends that Dash take a pass). A marketing guy is reading Mao in the Boardroom, while two others flip through a branding book. Dash punches at his BlackBerry. "This is the smallest jet we'll ever be on," he says. True--if Roc-A-Fella sails through the rough weather...
...Alternative Air Time: With Concorde gone, the only way to satisfy the need for speed is the Gulfstream G550, the world's most technically advanced business jet airliner, a bargain at $45.75 million...
There are some 3,000 on-demand charter operators nationwide, and the Internet has made it easier than ever before to book one of their jets. They fly everything from single-engine prop planes to the Gulfstream V, like the one your favorite movie star uses. Even small businesses sometimes choose this option for a multicity trip that gets the execs back home the same day. Many operators report that business is holding steady despite the slow economy...