The boxer comes with his own private airliner and is so hyperactive that he defends his title every few days.
In addition to his film work, Mr. Mead has designed interiors for private 747 airliners, including one for the late King Fahd of Saudi Arabia and a yacht for Adnan Khashoggi, the Saudi businessman.
The secretary of transportation called Tuesday for tripling the air traffic capacity of the United States in the next 15 to 20 years to make room for more jet taxis, private jets, airliner traffic and the use of unmanned aerial vehicles.
Led Zeppelin began travelling in a private jet airliner, a Boeing 720, (nicknamed the Starship), rented out entire sections of hotels (including the Continental Hyatt House in Los Angeles, known colloquially as the "Riot House"), and became the subject of frequently repeated stories of debauchery.
The other official said that Mr. Cheney was first told that the plane heading for the White House might be an airliner, private plane or helicopter loaded with explosives.
They flew in on a private Boeing 777 airliner complete with customised "Panda Express" livery; a bespoke cuisine of bamboo, apples, carrots and specially prepared "panda cake"; and private suites of Perspex and steel.
Among the model airplane categories there includes fighter, transport, military transport, private, ultra-light, airliner, glider, and others.
Taxes on air freight, and on aviation fuel for airliners and private planes alike, would also lapse.
Rising commodity prices have allowed a class of super-rich, from Middle Eastern potentates to Russian oligarchs, to splash out on converting full-sized airliners into private jets.
