From the Palm Beach Post: “Buffett has a new airplane – a biplane”
Off we go, into the wild blue yonder…
A week ago Tuesday afternoon, local troubadour Jimmy Buffett did just that, taking off from PBIA in the newest airplane on his flight line, a 1940s-era Stearman biplane. The plane, which was restored in Orlando, sells in the $100,000 range. Buffett also owns a single-engine seaplane, a Falcon executive jet and the “Hemisphere Dancer,” an Albatross amphibian, that once came under machine gun fire from Jamaican police, who mistakenly thought it was being used to smuggle drugs.
Don’t expect Jimmy to fly the Stearman between gigs on his 20-date spring and summer tour, which comes no closer than Atlanta. If you didn’t see him at National Car Rental Center on Feb. 16, where the sound, fans said, was terrible, your only chance is April 3 at The Breakers Beach Club, where’ll he’ll perform a benefit for the Academy of the Palm Beaches capital campaign. For tickets — $1,000, including cocktails, dinner and show — call 832-8815.