David Sacks flies a short local circuit in Fresno after leaving White House role

David Sacks departed and returned to Fresno Yosemite International Airport on May 18, 2026, flying a brief 25-minute circuit in his Cirrus SR22T (N75WW) at a maximum altitude of just 2,000 feet. The local pattern suggests a proficiency or maintenance flight rather than a cross-country journey.

The same week, Sacks—who stepped down as White House AI and Crypto Czar in March 2026 per [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sacks)—is no longer in the federal spotlight. The recent [Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/crypto-czar-david-sacks-opens-171743969.html) reported that his venture firm Craft Ventures opened a new Austin office in December 2025 as he relocated from California to avoid a proposed wealth tax, though his aircraft remains based in Fresno.

Sacks’s recent flights show a pattern of short hops between Fresno, Monterey, and Sacramento, consistent with a pilot maintaining currency or attending to personal business in California’s Central Valley. The local flight is a quiet coda to a period that saw him shape crypto policy—the GENIUS Act stablecoin bill cleared a Senate procedural vote in March 2025, as [NBC Bay Area](https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/business/money-report/white-house-crypto-czar-david-sacks-says-stablecoin-bill-will-unlock-trillions-for-u-s-treasury/3874622/) noted—before his departure from government.