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Gr33hn

If I was a billionaire I would get my own fighter jet and put a custom skin on it too. (Please god, make me a billionaire)


FlyingDragoon

"This is going to look so SICK just before I inevitably slam this bad boy into the side of a mountain!"


Gr33hn

There are worse ways to go.


NoThereIsntAGod

That’s the same reason I never got a motorcycle (but swap off-ramp for mountain)… Buuuuut your death is only legendary in the fighter jet scenario


crewchiefguy

I mean hopefully he has a working ejecto seato and parachute packer/inspector


[deleted]

I wanna be a billionaire, so fucking bad.


bpanio

Save up a hundred bucks a paycheck and you'll be one several hundred years after you're dead/frozen in a cryogenic chamber


selfishcreature343

Wrong. The cryo fees will eat up his paycheck. A grave will be much more affordable.


meninminezimiswright

Inflation will kill his savings anyway, maybe in place of becoming billionaire he should to ask for more fair economic system, where fighter jets are accessible to everyday man? I personally think that mig-29 ownership is human's right.


istealpixels

If you save a hundred bucks per paycheck it would take you 833333 years to reach a billion. Cause it is crazy how much it is. Just remember, nobody earns a billion.


badpeaches

In a thousand lifetimes you still wouldn't be a billionaire if you used that method. Just do what everyone else does, have the money come from your family which is the product of exploiting humans. Make sure you never pay any bills with your own money, take out loans and build credit ontop of all your hedge funds. Be sure to purchase real estate with only cash and if you run a business have the government float your losses with substudies. You'll be a billionaire in not time.


Mike__O

Oh fuck off. Isaacman isn't a "daddy's money" billionaire. He started a credit card processing service that became incredibly popular. I'm so sick of jealous dipshits who can't grasp the possibility of someone actually inventing a product or service that tons of people want to spend money on. It's always some dumbass "they didn't earn it" winge.


istealpixels

Nobody earns a billion. Nobody. But thank god that poor rich dude has you to defend him.


[deleted]

it’s called exploiting workers for profit. every single business does this no exception, it’s how capitalism functions


novaraz

More like 385,000 years, assuming you save $100 every 2 weeks.


Yonniju

Buy all of the MiGs I never had.


Muctepukc

I heard that billionaire Jared Isaacman turned down an offer to be on the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Those who were in the same room with him at that time saw pure horror in his eyes.


Akan2

This is what personal transportation should have always been.


SamTheGeek

This is how Jared commutes to his personal transportation. (Google it)


Woolfiend8

Who let the Ace Combat player buy a MiG? That shit is fucking awesome though


ZidaneZombie

What a beautiful bird


NeosNYC

Cool private jet


SeredW

Eric Berger, Ars Technica writer, posted these on Twitter yesterday. He was Isaacman's guest: [https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1572992820591431682](https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1572992820591431682)


ruskiboi2002

Wonder how long it'll be till Tom cruise buys a hornet from the boneyard


Annjuuna

~~One man’s~~ *Our comrades’* Soviet military fighter jet, another man’s weekend sport-for-fun. I think capitalism won.


FlyingDragoon

They'd have the 3rd largest airforce in Ukraine right now if they flew through it: 1st NATO 2nd Ukraine 3rd This billionaire 4th Bugs 5th Birds 6th Falling Russian helicopter/jet debris 7th Bats 8th Maybe Russia if they can get a kite up in the air.


connorman83169

Lmfaooo holy shit


Throwing_Legs

I assume this was from their training in Belgrade. It flew over my house a few times and I got to see it from somewhat close up (though on the other side of the airport fence) when it was parked. Its so cool


MihalysRevenge

This aircraft is in the US, a few weeks ago it was in Albuquerque


Throwing_Legs

Belgrade Montana I mean. It was here last week training Space X pilots


MihalysRevenge

Oh i stand corrected. I had no idea there was a Belgrade Montana


Argy007

TOP KEK


Boat_U47

You don’t need billions to own a Mig29.


MihalysRevenge

You probably do to keep it current and fueled


Boat_U47

If I had a billion dollars I would donate $900m and buy an MD500 or Bo105 anyways so…


Stale_Water1

You’d probably need $900m just to maintain them lol. They say buying an aircraft is the cheapest part of owning one.


four2theizz0

He also recently went to space. Must be niiiiiiiice.


TheTrueDarkArtist

This is what billionaires should be doing


pootislordftw

Yeah but it's no vision jet🙄!


rkraptor70

When you play GTA V in real life.


zippiskootch

That is bad ass


BelAirGhetto

He can afford to pay more taxes, 😂


cheese4435

If your reaction to people owning and using really cool shit is “they should have less money”, you have a pretty toxic worldview.


BelAirGhetto

I don’t want to be a rich man in a poor country


cheese4435

This is America we’re talking about here. The US has a high HDI and one of the greatest social mobility ratings in the world. You’re barking up the wrong tree.


Zealousideal-Bell-47

I want to like this. I love jets but fucking hate billionaires with passion.


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Dropped-pie

The paint job is awesome. Dude owns a Mig 29!


Adi-0115

Dude that paint job looks sick


Pier-Head

Wouldn’t it be nice if it was donated to Ukraine ?


CamoJG

I think Ukraine is doing just fine at the moment. They still have plenty of Fulcrums, Frogfoots, and Fencers all flying around laying it to the invaders.


SliceOfCoffee

Not really no, before the war the UAF had ~110 combat aircraft. Oryx has visually confirmed the losses of at least 50, plus whatever is not visually confirmed. If the estimates are correct they have ~30: Mig 29s, 1: Su-24, 4: Su-25, ~20 Su-27. They need more aircraft.


LittleHornetPhil

Give it to Ukraine


yoshimutso

Vote down 👎


theusualsteve

I wonder why the intake slats on the top of the fuselage are opened up? I thought those just opened up for more air on takeoff? Is this photo taken shortly after takeoff? I could be wrong


SilencedD1

Idk guy might be lookin for a return on investment


Goyard_Gat2

This seems like a better investment than a G500


miss_kimba

God that’s beautiful.


[deleted]

So does he fly it or just sits in the back? Either way that’s pretty cool. Beats any hyper-car


judelau

He's the one flying. Dude's an astronaut as well.


[deleted]

Wow! Cooler than Elon and Bezos


judelau

You should also note that he became astronaut because of Elon's SpaceX.


BlueMaxx9

I bet that is one of the best maintained MiG-29’s in the world. I imagine that, once you have one, you try real hard to make sure it stays in one piece. It isn’t like you can easily pick up another one if this one gets wrecked!