Dassault Falcon 900EX
N828ML · ICAO: AB4FB1 · Heavy jet
Fuel burn
320 gal/hr
CO₂ per hour
3,074 kg
Car miles equiv.
7,609
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Bob Basham
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Robert D. "Bob" Basham moved to Tampa in the late 1970s for Steak 'n Shake, formed Sunstate Restaurant Corporation in October 1983 to develop Chili's as a franchisee alongside Chris Sullivan and Gene Knippers, and merged that business into Chili's Inc. in January 1987. A year later, on 15 March 1988, he opened the first Outback Steakhouse in Tampa with Sullivan, Tim Gannon and Trudy Cooper, and ran it as president and chief operating officer. The company Outback became — Bloomin' Brands — passed $4B in annual sales.
In late 2011 he and Nick Reader, chief executive of Basham's private investment firm MVP Holdings, opened the first PDQ ("People Dedicated to Quality") on South Dale Mabry Highway, roughly a mile from the original Outback.
N828ML is a 1997 Dassault Falcon 900EX trijet (S/N 025, hex AB4FB1), FAA-registered to Walkabout Air Inc of Tampa, status Valid to February 2028. The attribution here is unusually clean for this roster: Walkabout Air is not an anonymous holding LLC but the aviation company Basham himself founded in 1995 — the name is a nod to Outback's Australian theming — and it does aircraft management, charter and sales out of Tampa.
That cuts both ways. Because Walkabout is a working management and charter operation, not every leg N828ML flies is Basham's; some are third-party charter. Read individual flights as the aircraft's rather than the man's. The jet is photographed at Tampa International, which is the working base, with East Coast runs such as Raleigh-Durham on the record.
Note · Celebplanes tracks Bob Basham's registered aircraft — not Bob Basham personally. ADS-B data shows when and where the plane moved; who was aboard any given flight is unknown.
Aircraft owner
Walkabout Air Inc — the Tampa aircraft-management company Basham founded in 1995
Home base
Tampa Intl (KTPA · TPA)
Bob Basham's fleet (1 aircraft)
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About Bob Basham's private jet
Does Bob Basham have a private jet?
Yes. Celebplanes tracks 1 aircraft associated with Bob Basham: a Dassault Falcon 900EX (N828ML). The aircraft is registered to Walkabout Air Inc — the Tampa aircraft-management company Basham founded in 1995, not to Bob Basham personally. Every movement is logged from the public ADS-B broadcast, so the flight history on this page is a record of the aircraft, not of who was aboard.
What private jet does Bob Basham own?
Bob Basham flies a Dassault Falcon 900EX (registration N828ML). Live tracking, full flight history, and CO₂ emissions for each aircraft are available on this page.
How many private jets does Bob Basham own?
Bob Basham flies 1 tracked aircraft: N828ML (Dassault Falcon 900EX). The aircraft is registered to Walkabout Air Inc — the Tampa aircraft-management company Basham founded in 1995, not to Bob Basham personally. This is the count Celebplanes can evidence from public registration and ADS-B records; aircraft held through undisclosed entities or chartered rather than owned would not appear here.
What kind of plane does Bob Basham fly?
Bob Basham flies a Dassault Falcon 900EX — Long Range class, 4,500 nm range, seating up to 16 (registration N828ML). The aircraft is registered to Walkabout Air Inc — the Tampa aircraft-management company Basham founded in 1995, not to Bob Basham personally.
What is Bob Basham's private jet tail number?
Bob Basham's private jet tail number is N828ML (a Dassault Falcon 900EX). Each registration links to the live tracking page with full flight history, fuel burn and CO₂ emissions on Celebplanes.
How much CO₂ does Bob Basham's jet emit per hour?
Bob Basham's Dassault Falcon 900EX (N828ML) burns roughly 320 gallons of Jet-A per hour, which converts to about 3,074 kg of CO₂ per flight hour — equivalent to roughly 7,609 miles of average passenger-car driving.
Attributions derived from FAA registry + ADSB Exchange + SEC filings; may be incomplete or outdated. Methodology · Report an error. Observational use only.