Tesla CEO Elon Musk once tried to hide the flight path of his private jet through a free project from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The program allows private jets to use temporary aircraft registration numbers to avoid detection by commercial websites or aircraft tracking accounts on social media.
However, according to aircraft tracking company JetSpy, Musk has not used the FAA’s stealth program since August 20, 2022. He first used the program on January 25, 2022, and his last temporary aircraft registration number was used only once before his original number was restored.
JetSpy believes this may be because the stealth program is too cumbersome, requiring a lot of paperwork and having to reapply once exposed. Furthermore, stealth programs cannot completely prevent other methods of identifying private jets.
According to Forbes, in addition to Musk, a number of other celebrities have also used the FAA’s stealth program to cover the whereabouts of their private jets, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and singer Taylor Swift. The FAA said 390 replacement ID codes have been issued since the program began in 2019. But the FAA also acknowledged that the program is not a “magic bullet” to prevent aircraft tracking.
NaijaTechNews noticed that Musk proposed to a college student in 2021 to give him US$5,000 (IT House note: currently about 36,600 yuan) and asked him to close the Twitter account that tracked his private jet trip.
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