Bombardier Global 7500
VH-8LA · ICAO: 7CADAC · Heavy jet

Solomon Lew is one of Australia's most durable retail operators, chairman of Premier Investments, whose Just Group holds Just Jeans, Portmans, Jay Jays, Dotti, Jacqui E, Peter Alexander and the Smiggle stationery chain. Born 1945; he began in the family rag trade and has been a significant, and frequently activist, shareholder in Coles Myer, Country Road and Myer over four decades.
VH-8LA is a Bombardier Global 7500 (BD-700-2A12), Mode S hex 7CADAC. Registration is with Luft Aviation Charter Pty Ltd, a Melbourne aircraft-management operator, so the airframe is held through a manager — hence `planeOwner`. Base is Essendon Fields.
Note · We track Solomon Lew's planes, not Solomon Lew in person. Flight data shows when and where each plane flew. It does not show who was on board.
We have not tracked a flight for Solomon Lew's private jet yet. When it flies, it will show up here and on our live map. Follow it on the live jet tracker map.
We track one private jet for Solomon Lew: a Bombardier Global 7500 with tail number VH-8LA.
VH-8LA · ICAO: 7CADAC · Heavy jet
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Yes. We track 1 plane linked to Solomon Lew: a Bombardier Global 7500 (VH-8LA). The plane is registered to Luft Aviation Charter Pty Ltd, not to Solomon Lew. The flight log on this page comes from public ADS-B signals. It shows where the plane went, not who was on board.
Solomon Lew flies a Bombardier Global 7500. Its tail number is VH-8LA. You can track it live on this page, along with its flight history and CO₂.
Solomon Lew flies on 1 tracked plane: VH-8LA (Bombardier Global 7500). The plane is registered to Luft Aviation Charter Pty Ltd, not to Solomon Lew. That count only covers planes we can tie to Solomon Lew through public registration and ADS-B records. A plane held through an undisclosed company, or one that is chartered, would not show up here.
Solomon Lew flies a Bombardier Global 7500, tail number VH-8LA. It is in the Ultra Long Range class. It can fly 7,700 nautical miles without stopping and seats up to 19 people. The plane is registered to Luft Aviation Charter Pty Ltd, not to Solomon Lew.
Solomon Lew's private jet tail number is VH-8LA. The plane is a Bombardier Global 7500. Each tail number links to a live tracking page. There you can see the plane's flight history, fuel burn and CO₂.
About 4,323 kg for every hour in the air. Solomon Lew's Bombardier Global 7500 (VH-8LA) burns roughly 450 gallons of jet fuel an hour. That is about the same CO₂ as driving an average car 10,700 miles.
Owner matches come from the FAA registry, adsb.lol (ODbL) and ADSB.fi data, and SEC filings. They may be incomplete or out of date. Methodology · Report an error. For observational use only.
Solomon Lew's home airport is Melbourne Essendon Fields (YMEN / MEB).
Yes. The FAA requires planes with transponders to broadcast their position over ADS-B, and the signal is not encrypted. We collect that public data from adsb.lol and ADSB.fi, two open flight-tracking networks. News outlets and university researchers use the same kind of data. Our methodology page explains how it works.