Palin eBay Jet
Sarah Palin, Republican Party vice presidential candidate for the Election 2008, mentioned in her speech at the Republican Convention 2008 how she put a luxury jet belonging to the state of Alaska on eBay to raise money for the state when she took office as governor. While Palin did put the jet on the Internet auction site, the plane was not sold through the site, since there were no offers for the asking price of $2.5 million. Instead, the plane was sold through a jet broker to a businessman in Alaska.1
Fast Facts
- Jet was bought by former governor Frank Murkowski for Alaska1
- During her campaign for governor in 2006, Palin promised to sell it if winning1
- Alaska bought the jet for 2.7 million1
- Asking price on eBay: 2.5 million1
- Plane eventually sold for 2.1 million through a jet broker1
New Jet
On September 4, 2008, Global Aircraft Solutions Inc., delivered a jet seating about 100 people for Sarah Palin to be used in her campaign for vice president2
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