7 Facts about Elvis Presley’s Private Jets

1. Presley bought his best-known airplane, a Convair 880, in 1975 for $899,702, and spent hundreds of thousands more on renovations, which included gold-plated seatbelts, suede chairs and 24-karat-gold-flecked sinks.

2. Presley named it for his daughter, Lisa Marie.

3. Its radio code name was “Hound Dog 1.”

4. Presley rarely traveled during the day. It wasn’t unusual for him to call his flight crew at 2 a.m. and say he wanted to take off.

5. Presley made at least one flight from Memphis to Denver just to visit the restaurant that made his favorite peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches. He also used the jet to transport his dog to a veterinary hospital.

6. The Convair remains on display at Graceland, along with Elvis’ smaller Lockheed Jet Star, Hound Dog II.

7. In late 1976, Elvis added another JetStar to “Elvis’s Air Force.” Purchased just a few months before his untimely passing, this second JetStar was Elvis’s in name only and was never used by him.