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Take A Tour Of JetSuite, The High-Tech Private Jet That Silicon Valley Bigshots Love

Take A Tour Of JetSuite, The High-Tech Private Jet That Silicon Valley Bigshots Love

There are two models of JetSuite planes, the four-passenger Embraer Phenom 100 and the six-passenger Citation CJ3s.

Take A Tour Of JetSuite, The High-Tech Private Jet That Silicon Valley Bigshots Love

Both of them are small planes compared to, say, a typical Learjet.

Both of them are small planes compared to, say, a typical Learjet.

Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh invested a reported $7 million in JetSuite in 2011 and joined the board.

Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh invested a reported $7 million in JetSuite in 2011 and joined the board.

These planes are high tech inside and out. Every plane has WiFi.

These planes are high tech inside and out. Every plane has WiFi.

Here's the interior of the larger, six-passenger plane. Cozy, but comfy.

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Leather seats and folding tables. What more do you need?

Leather seats and folding tables. What more do you need?

There are cup holders, too.

There are cup holders, too.

Here's the cockpit of the bigger plane, the CJ3, tricked out with avionics tech.

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Here's the cockpit of the smaller, Phenom 100, JetSuite's newest plane. Also tricked out.

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The Phenom cockpit uses the Garmin G1000 Prodigy top-of-the-line flight controls.

The Phenom cockpit uses the Garmin G1000 Prodigy top-of-the-line flight controls.

These controls look like video games ...

These controls look like video games ...

... or like Garmin GPS on steroids.

... or like Garmin GPS on steroids.

JetSuite Pilot Alaina Higgins used to fly Lear jets. She says normal planes don't have cockpits like these.

JetSuite Pilot Alaina Higgins used to fly Lear jets. She says normal planes don

A flight on a Phenom from Providence, R.I. to New York will take 40 minutes and cost about $3,100, plus tax.

A flight on a Phenom from Providence, R.I. to New York will take 40 minutes and cost about $3,100, plus tax.

JetSuite wants to prove that private planes don't have to be big to be beautiful.

JetSuite wants to prove that private planes don

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