James Brown with a plane; can you identify the type?

James Brown with a plane; can you identify the type?

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  1. ViceP's avatar

    James Brown had a Learjet 23 N805LJ.

  2. Martin Needham's avatar

    The aircraft is Learjet 23 N805LJ/23-048.

    When it was purchased by James Brown in 1965, he became the first black person to own a private jet.

    It is still airworthy, operating for RBS Aviation Group as N140RC.

    1. Herman Velez's avatar

      Lear Jet

  3. Martin Needham's avatar

    The aircraft is Learjet 23 N805LJ/23-048, when James Brown purchased the aircraft new in 1965, he became the first black person to own a private jet.

    It is still airworthy, operated by RBS Aviation Group as N140RC.

  4. Gbmd's avatar

    Lear 250

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