By Paul Bean
Saturday evening (10/11) I saw Elon Musk’s brother’s Jet at the Airport in Berlin, Vermont.
I was riding from Morrisville to Williamstown hauling a large trailer with my friend. Rather than taking the Barre-Montpelier road through Berlin and Barre with the large trailer, he decided to go up and around the Edward F. Knapp State Airport in Berlin because the roads were safer and less stressful with a large unit.
While passing the airport we noticed a few by-planes and small private jets. As we got towards the end of the runway going south we noticed a very large private jet.
“Wow, that is a big boy. Whoever that belongs to has some serious money,” said my friend.
“I bet there is a way we could figure out whose jet that is,” I said.
“See if you can catch the registration number and look it up,” said.
“N831FR,” I said out loud as we drove by and typed it into my phone.
Below are the search results, matching the plane and the number:
“The Gulfstream G600 private jet with the registration number N831FR is owned by Kimbal Musk,” said the results. Gulfstream G-600 Private jets aren’t cheap. Brand new, they sell at the base price of $45 Million.
We thought it was possible that it might be a name we recognized, but we certainly did not expect the jet to match the brother of the richest man in the world (Elon Musk).
Again, we were driving with a large truck and trailer and by the time the search results had popped up on my phone we had already passed the airport.
I did not snap a picture nor did we even think to go back as we were in the middle of a mission. Nor do we even have substantiated evidence that Kimbal Musk was actually even in Vermont. It could have just been his plane…
However Kimbal Musk, is a chef, entrepreneur, and food activist focused on sustainable, farm-to-table initiatives through his restaurant group, The Kitchen, and nonprofit Big Green, which builds school gardens nationwide. Vermont is known for its strong local food scene, organic farming, and agricultural heritage and aligns closely with his work.
So you can take the story or leave it. I have CB Tree Works as an eyewitness.
If anyone has information as to why he might be here contact news@vermontdailychronicle.com.
If he is really here and perhaps just here to enjoy the fall foliage and weather, we wish him well!