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Recovery Travel: Details Emerge On Barker/ AM Crash

September 24, 2008 at 8:45 AM | 0 Comments

DJ AM and Travis Barker are still recovering in an Augusta, Georgia burn center after the Learjet they were on skidded off the runway and caught fire Friday night. The crash killed four people--two pilots and Barker's bodyguard and assistant--and is now believed to have been caused by a blown tire which impeded takeoff.

According to the coroner's report, the pilot and copilot died of smoke inhalation while Chris Baker and Charles Still, the assistant and bodyguard, were killed on crash impact. Barker and AM told police on the scene that they slid down the right wing of the plane in order to get away from the flames and helped each other to extinguish themselves.

Barker's ex-wife Shanna Moakler and AM's ex-girlfriend Mandy Moore have both arrived in Georgia and are visiting the burn center daily. With AM's parade of celebrity girlfriends--he has previously been linked to Nicole Richie, "Laguna Beach" star Kristin Cavallari and "Gossip Girl" guest star Michelle Trachtenberg--the star wattage of South Carolina can only increase, even in tragedy.

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[Photo from the duo's last concert: chasingthefleetinglight]

Private Plane Travel

DJ AM, Travis Barker Expected to Recover After Plane Crash

September 21, 2008 at 11:25 AM | 0 Comments

The prognosis has improved for DJ AM and former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, who were involved in a horrific plane crash in South Carolina on Friday night that claimed the lives of four others. A Learjet carrying the musicians and crew was taking off from the airport in Columbia following a concert when it skidded past the end of the runway and across a highway and caught fire.

The AP reported Sunday morning that a doctor at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta said he expects the two to make a full recovery, though he wouldn't say how long it could take. Barker was burned on his torso and lower body, while DJ AM suffered burns on his hands and part of his head.

The cause of the crash is under investigation, but air traffic controllers reported seeing sparks coming from the plane as it went down the runway. Looking at the photo of the wreck, it's hard to imagine anyone surviving, so the two rockers can consider themselves pretty lucky to be alive. Sadly, two of their colleagues and two experienced pilots were not so fortunate.

[Photo: AP/USA Today]

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· Doctor Expects Recovery for Two Musicians in Crash [Washington Post]
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Fred Reid

Post-Virgin Life: Fred Reid Gets a New Gig

July 23, 2008 at 5:00 PM | 0 Comments

Former Virgin America CEO and Jaunted interview subject Fred Reid just, uh, landed a new job as the head of two private aviation firms. He'll start running Dallas-based Skyjet and Flexjet on August 25.

Skyjet is a charter service, while Flexjet offers fractional jet ownership. Both are owned by Bombardier.

Reid was with Virgin before it launched to do fundraising and handle reams of paperwork--but had to step down in February because of regulatory fears that he was secretly working for Richard Branson. (He wasn't.) He left a unique mark on VA, though: One of the carrier's jets is now the "Fred, White & Blue."

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Celeb Travel

Britney Spears Commutes by Private Plane--Jealous?

May 8, 2008 at 9:09 AM | 0 Comments

Britney Spears rocked matching shirt, shorts and flip-flops as she boarded a private plane in Mississippi over the weekend. We suspect the Wal-Mart bag contains snacks--no meal service on this flight!

Spears came home for her sister Jamie-Lynn's baby shower this weekend, then headed back to LA to film her scenes from "How I Met Your Mother."

Fans of the New York twentysomething sitcom fretted when Spears did her first cameo, as a socially awkward receptionist, but she was so good for ratings (and so not reviled in reviews) that they're bringing her back as a love interest for Neil Patrick Harris. Is she following in Jamie-Lynn's footsteps and going to TV full-time?

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