Dassault Falcon 8X
N822LC · ICAO: AB3946 · Heavy jet
Fuel burn
280 gal/hr
CO₂ per hour
2,690 kg
Car miles equiv.
6,658
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Charles Simonyi
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Charles Simonyi led the teams that built Microsoft Word and Excel after bringing WYSIWYG editing with him from Xerox PARC, where he had written Bravo. He left Microsoft in 2002 to found Intentional Software, which Microsoft bought back in 2017. He flew to the International Space Station as a spaceflight participant twice, in April 2007 and again in March 2009 — the only private citizen to make the trip twice — and the Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences has given to the Institute for Advanced Study, the Seattle Symphony and the Charles Simonyi Endowment for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford.
N822LC is registered to Valkyrie 8X LLC of Seattle. There is a wrinkle worth stating: the FAA MASTER row carries the model as FALCON 7X, because Dassault certified the 8X as a derivative on the 7X type certificate, but the airframe is a Falcon 8X — S/N 492, built 2022 — and Flightradar24 and AirNav Radar both report it under ICAO type FA8X. This roster follows the airframe, so it is filed as an 8X and the poller matches on FA8X. A registry search on model alone will disagree.
The LLC name is the attribution. Valkyrie 8X LLC holds this jet the way Valkyrie 7X LLC held the Falcon 7X N786CS before it — an entity named for the aircraft type rather than the owner, which is a deliberate privacy pattern and not a registry confirmation of the person. Base is Boeing Field.
Note · Celebplanes tracks Charles Simonyi's registered aircraft — not Charles Simonyi personally. ADS-B data shows when and where the plane moved; who was aboard any given flight is unknown.
Aircraft owner
Valkyrie 8X LLC (Seattle) — the naming convention follows the airframe, as Valkyrie 7X LLC did before it
Home base
King County Intl / Boeing Field (KBFI · BFI)
Jets & yachts map
Where Charles Simonyi's aircraft has flown — each dot is a recorded position. Anchor markers are the yacht at its last AIS position, so you can see hull and airframe on one plate.
Charles Simonyi's fleet (1 aircraft)
Charles Simonyi at sea (1 vessel)
Our sister site Celebyachts tracks this yacht by AIS, the maritime equivalent of the ADS-B broadcast this site follows.
Norn
No AIS signalLürssen (Rendsburg) · 2023 · Cayman Islands
Last seen
Balearic Sea
41.21°N, 1.73°E
Last AIS fix
5 days ago
Length
89.99 m (295 ft)
No AIS signal · 'dark' means no AIS signal is reaching us. It is a fact about receiver coverage, not about the vessel.
Vessel data and positions from Charles Simonyi on Celebyachts. A yacht is attributed by public reporting the same way an aircraft is here — AIS shows where a hull went, not who was aboard.
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About Charles Simonyi's private jet
Does Charles Simonyi have a private jet?
Yes. Celebplanes tracks 1 aircraft associated with Charles Simonyi: a Dassault Falcon 8X (N822LC). The aircraft is registered to Valkyrie 8X LLC (Seattle) — the naming convention follows the airframe, as Valkyrie 7X LLC did before it, not to Charles Simonyi 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 Charles Simonyi own?
Charles Simonyi flies a Dassault Falcon 8X (registration N822LC). Live tracking, full flight history, and CO₂ emissions for each aircraft are available on this page.
How many private jets does Charles Simonyi own?
Charles Simonyi flies 1 tracked aircraft: N822LC (Dassault Falcon 8X). The aircraft is registered to Valkyrie 8X LLC (Seattle) — the naming convention follows the airframe, as Valkyrie 7X LLC did before it, not to Charles Simonyi 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 Charles Simonyi fly?
Charles Simonyi flies a Dassault Falcon 8X — Ultra Long Range class, 6,450 nm range, seating up to 16 (registration N822LC). The aircraft is registered to Valkyrie 8X LLC (Seattle) — the naming convention follows the airframe, as Valkyrie 7X LLC did before it, not to Charles Simonyi personally.
What is Charles Simonyi's private jet tail number?
Charles Simonyi's private jet tail number is N822LC (a Dassault Falcon 8X). Each registration links to the live tracking page with full flight history, fuel burn and CO₂ emissions on Celebplanes.
How much CO₂ does Charles Simonyi's jet emit per hour?
Attributions derived from FAA registry + ADSB Exchange + SEC filings; may be incomplete or outdated. Methodology · Report an error. Observational use only.