Buying and owning fighter jets... - General

[QUOTE=erazor;23153132]There wouldn't be any point.[/QUOTE] Because...

[QUOTE=woodlander;23150170]What does British and American law say about buying, owning and flying fighter jets? If you're a multi-millionaire, who or where do you buy them from? Do you need extra qualifications other than having a pilot's license? I suppose you could only buy defunct planes like F-5's and the such, seeing as the latest aircraft like F-22s are only sold to governments. Edit: I know you wouldn't be able to arm it, I'm just asking if you can legally own and fly the thing.[/QUOTE] You'll be able to purchase the jets somehow. I know you can get older jets from the Korean war, Vietnam war with a heavy price tag. You can also obtain WW2 fighters/bombers with also a heavy price tag. For the newer generation fighters, or fighters still in service... you'll be talking about paying millions upon millions of dollars. Even a Multi-Millionare will see this as a poor investment. Not only will the initial price tag kill you, but the fuel costs will drive you broke in a year.

Airplane graveyards...... Steal one.

I think having some weapons is possible with the right licenses, how else could private military companies like blackwater have crap like little birds with miniguns and such.

a Mig-17 is like $100,000 and you usually get an extra engine with it. Seen it listed in aviation newspapers before. Bam, there you go, instead of buying a Dodge Viper or some other sports car, you have yourself a fighter jet for the same price. Also, on the same topic of stuff like this, you can have a T-55 tank, all expenses included, shipped directly to your house for $75,000 from Russia. Things aren't as expensive as y'all think.

[QUOTE=darkrei9n;23150296]It is possible to buy fighter jets if you have the money but fighter jets aren't even affordable by multi-millionaires. Fighter jets cost BILLIONs not millions. Also, the companies who make these jets are probably going to straight up just say no if you try to buy one. Because if they sell you a jet fighter some news agency is going to go. IRRESPONSIBLE! The military is going to go oh shit and distance themselves from that company and then there goes a large company.[/QUOTE] Ignoring the fact that you obviously know nothing about anything, it's really funny how you describe things.

Troll.

[QUOTE=Meloan;23155123]Troll.[/QUOTE] Sigh, why? For asking a question?

Most millionaires could afford an F16, 18 millions is not THAT much when it comes to personal fortune. Probably a fully-fledged private jet costs more.

[QUOTE=woodlander;23155319]Sigh, why? For asking a question?[/QUOTE] For seemingly disregarding a fuckton of posts.

[QUOTE=Black Milano;23157011]Most millionaires could afford an F16, 18 millions is not THAT much when it comes to personal fortune. Probably a fully-fledged private jet costs more.[/QUOTE] Yes, but would the US government really allow you to have your own F-16?

[QUOTE=woodlander;23169908]Yes, but would the US government really allow you to have your own F-16?[/QUOTE] No, Lockeed Martin can't sell you one. But you can (and some people have) buy an F-104 Starfighter for private use, and that is, without a shadow of doubt, one of the sexiest machines ever built. [img]http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-1/940070/f104.JPG[/img]

For reference, a Gulfstream G550 (high-end business jet): [quote]Unit cost G500: $42 million (2010)[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulfstream_G550#cite_note-price-0"][1][/URL] G550: $50 million (2010)[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulfstream_G550#cite_note-price-0"][1][/URL][/quote]

You can buy fully functioning demilitarized jets if they're retired, if they're currently in service you can't get them.

Even if you have your own private aircraft, you can hardly do shit with it. Anytime you go into the air you have to inform local air authorities of when and where you are doing everything with that aircraft. You can't just hop in and go for a ride. It's total bullshit. Thanks Allad and Mahad.

Oh, are you interested in buying?

[QUOTE=Zoo;23171979]Even if you have your own private aircraft, you can hardly do shit with it. Anytime you go into the air you have to inform local air authorities of when and where you are doing everything with that aircraft. You can't just hop in and go for a ride. It's total bullshit. Thanks Allad and Mahad.[/QUOTE] Uh, what? You only need to file a flight plan if you're going to be flying under IFR. Under VFR, flight plans are optional.

[QUOTE=Nekrietns;23150268]You can buy private jets that use the fighter jet model, you can't have it carry any rawkits or bombs though.[/QUOTE] raw kits? [editline]12:56AM[/editline] oh. [editline]12:57AM[/editline] rockets :downs:

[QUOTE=Zombii;23171182]You can buy fully functioning demilitarized jets if they're retired, if they're currently in service you can't get them.[/QUOTE] I though someone bought an F-18 Hornet on ebay a few years ago...

IDK i would rather buy a commercial jet airliner. Seems I can get more use out of it that a fighter jet... Like a 747 or something or maybe an A-340

[QUOTE=mapreader;23175627]I though someone bought an F-18 Hornet on ebay a few years ago...[/QUOTE] Airplane graveyards. Theres thousands of F-18s, F-15, F-16 that although work cost too much to maintain so are left to die

Pretty sure you can own just about anything as long as it isn't in service and it's been demilitarised. Mind you, I would buy a Spitfire in a heartbeat :3:

[QUOTE=cheezey;23154262]I think having some weapons is possible with the right licenses, how else could private military companies like blackwater have crap like little birds with miniguns and such.[/QUOTE] Crap they shouldn't be allowed to have, thinking about how recklessly they use them.

There's probably better planes for the money if you're not planning to shoot people. I would go with bravehat and buy a spitfire, or maybe a mustang.

A P-51 Mustang would literally make me bust a nut every time I saw it and started the engine. You know the feeling you get when you're like 6 years old and it's christmas morning, it would be like that, every god damn time.

[QUOTE=bravehat;23176749]A P-51 Mustang would literally make me bust a nut every time I saw it and started the engine. You know the feeling you get when you're like 6 years old and it's christmas morning, it would be like that, every god damn time.[/QUOTE] That, or a Spitfire, or an F104. I'm daydreaming again.

[QUOTE=Barnhouse;23176548]I would go with bravehat and buy a spitfire, or maybe a mustang.[/QUOTE] Depends whether or not they have working guns still on them or not. There's really no way with a Spitfire or Mustang to remove the guns, hence why most of the time, the FAA requires you to fill the barrels of the guns with cement or slice them off. Go with old planes. From like the 1920s and the Great War. Ground radar these days has a hell of a time trying to detect them since they're made of either incredibly thin aluminum OR, more accurately, wood, and coated in nothing but canvas or Irish linen. Really the only thing that can be picked up by radar is the engine and (sometimes) the cowling, depending what the latter is made of. Plus, they look classy. Get a Fokker D.VII. Best plane of the war. [url]http://i29.tinypic.com/eryihe.jpg[/url] OR get a D.VIII. [url]http://www.aviationmuseum.eu/World/Europe/Belgium/Deurne/museum_stampe/Albatros_D.VIII.JPG[/url]

I've seen privately owned Cold War era stuff but you're not buying an F-16.

Stick with a Cessna Seriously now, you don't need a military-grade fighter jet when you could get an airplane which is 10 times larger for the same price.

[QUOTE=M4 Sherman;23182079]Stick with a Cessna Seriously now, you don't need a military-grade fighter jet when you could get an airplane which is 10 times larger for the same price.[/QUOTE] 10 times less exciting though.