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Trump spent the weekend flying around America on a plane previously owned by Jeffrey Epstein

Donald Trump often uses his Boeing 757, nicknamed Trump Force One, as a backdrop for his rallies.

According to the Miami Herald, Epstein’s estate executors sold the Gulfstream jet to a company called N550GP LLC for $10.6 million — below the $17 million asking price. The corporate documents for N550GP LLC were signed by an employee of Frontier Communities, according to the Miami Herald.

The plane is part of a small fleet managed by the California-based Threshold Aviation Group, which makes it available for chartering. According to the company’s website, the plane has WiFi available on board.

Neither Previti nor Threshold Aviation Group responded to requests for comment.

“These services are typically managed by charter operators who are responsible for the flight crew, maintenance/storage of the aircraft, and more while being chartered by third parties,” Williamson told BI in an email.

Epstein owned at least five different private planes before his death.

According to court testimony from one of his pilots, his first plane was the Hawker Siddeley HS.125, later known as the British Aerospace 125.

Epstein also owned a Gulfstream II, which he sold in November 2013; a Gulfstream IV, which he sold shortly before his death; and a Boeing 727, which was nicknamed “Lolita Express” in the tabloids. The Daily Mail reported that a businessman who purchased the Boeing in 2020 plans to tear it apart and turn it into scrap.

The Trump Organization also owns a Boeing 727.

Epstein sometimes ferried along his famous and wealthy friends on his flights. Flight manifest records made public in litigation involving Epstein show Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, Kevin Spacey, and Naomi Campbell sometimes took trips on his planes.

Records show Trump flew at least seven times on Epstein’s planes in the 1990s between airports near their homes in Palm Beach and New York City. On occasion, Trump also traveled on Epstein’s planes with his then-wife Marla Maples and children Eric and Tiffany Trump.

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