The Starship - wikipedia The Starship This article is about an aircraft used by touring musicians. For other uses, see Starship ( disambiguation ). The Starship The Starship being used by the Allman Brothers Band for their tour in 1974 Role private passenger transport Manufacturer Boeing Status dismantled Primary user Led Zeppelin Number built Developed from Boeing 720 Career Registration N7201U Fate dismantled for parts The Starship was a former United Airlines Boeing 720 passenger jet, bought by Bobby Sherman and his manager, Ward Sylvester, and leased to touring musical artists in the mid-1970s. Contents 1 History 2 See Also 3 Sources 4 External links History The Starship, N7201U ( S / N : 17907 ), was the first Boeing 720 built. It was delivered to United Airlines on October 1960 and then purchased in 1973 by Contemporary Entertainment. English rock band Led Zeppelin used the aircraft for their 1973 and 1975 North American concert tours. During the 1972 tour and in the early part of the 1973 tour the band had hired a small private Falcon Jet to transport its members from city to city, but these aircraft are comparatively light and susceptible to turbulence. After performing a show at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco in 1973, Led Zeppelin encountered bad turbulence on a flight back to Los Angeles. As a result, the band 's manager Peter Grant resolved to hire The Starship for the remainder of the tour, at a cost of $30,000. The aircraft was the same type as used by commercial airlines, but its owners allowed it to be specifically modified to suit the whim of their clients. Sherman and Sylvester invested $200,000 to reduce its seating capacity to forty and to install into the main cabin a bar, seats and tables, revolving arm chairs, a 30 - foot - long ( 9.1 m ) couch ( running along the right side of the plane, opposite the bar ), a television set and a video cassette player, complete with a well - stocked video library. An electronic organ was built into the bar, and at the rear of the craft were two back rooms, one with a low couch and pillows on the floor, and the other, a bedroom, complete with a white fur bedspread and shower room. The exterior of the plane was re-sprayed with Led Zeppelin emblazoned down the side of the fuselage. Flying on The Starship, Led Zeppelin were no longer required to change hotels so often. They could base themselves in large cities such as Chicago, New York City, Dallas and Los Angeles and travel to and from concerts within flying distance. After each show, the band members would be transported direct by limousine from the concert venue to the airport, as depicted in the Led Zeppelin concert film The Song Remains the Same. The Starship was used throughout Led Zeppelin 's 1975 US concert tour, this time featuring a different red - and - blue paint scheme with white stars similar to the United States flag, and with a smaller `` Led Zeppelin '' logo on the fuselage. According to Peter Grant, at one point during this tour Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham sat in the co-pilot's seat and assisted in flying the plane all the way from New York to Los Angeles. The Starship is included at the end of `` Stairway to Heaven '' on disc 2 of the Led Zeppelin DVD with both its 1973 and 1975 paint schemes. English rock band Deep Purple hired The Starship for their 1974 U.S. tours. They can be seen arriving in the jet with the band 's name emblazoned on the jet in the DVD for the infamous California Jam rock festival, entitled Live in California 74. In an interview with Circus magazine in 1974, Deep Purple 's Jon Lord explained : `` It 's a 707 put together by a firm in L.A. that Sinatra, Dylan and The Band just used and Elton John uses. It has a lounge, a bedroom, a shower and a study. It 's supposed to look as little as a plane as possible. '' The Rolling Stones, The Allman Brothers Band and Alice Cooper were Starship clients. Peter Frampton was the last to charter The Starship, in 1976. As early as Alice Cooper 's 1974 tour the aircraft was beginning to show signs of engine difficulties and by the time of Led Zeppelin 's 1977 US Tour it was permanently grounded at Long Beach Airport. The band was forced to find a comparable alternative, and tour manager Richard Cole eventually chartered Caesar 's Chariot, a 45 - seat Boeing 707 owned by the Caesars Palace Hotel in Las Vegas. When the Allman Brothers chartered the plane, they found `` Welcome Allman Brothers '' written on the plane 's bar in lines of cocaine once they boarded. The Starship went through several ownership changes from 1977 through 1979 until it went into storage at Luton Airport. It was dismantled for parts starting in July 1982. See Also Caesar 's Chariot Sources 1970s portal ^ Jump up to : `` The Starship '' at Led Zeppelin.org ^ Jump up to : Lewis, Dave and Pallett, Simon ( 1997 ) Led Zeppelin : The Concert File, London : Omnibus Press. ISBN 0 - 7119 - 5307 - 4, p. 92 External links Article with several photos Article by rock journalist Michael Walker Led Zeppelin John Bonham John Paul Jones Jimmy Page Robert Plant Studio albums Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin IV Houses of the Holy Physical Graffiti Presence In Through the Out Door Coda Live albums The Song Remains the Same BBC Sessions How the West Was Won Celebration Day Compilations BBC Sessions The Best of Led Zeppelin Mothership Led Zeppelin Deluxe Edition Boxed sets Led Zeppelin Remasters Boxed Set 2 The Complete Studio Recordings Definitive Collection Singles `` Good Times Bad Times '' / `` Communication Breakdown '' `` Whole Lotta Love '' / `` Living Loving Maid ( She 's Just a Woman ) '' `` Immigrant Song '' / `` Hey, Hey, What Can I Do '' `` Black Dog '' / `` Misty Mountain Hop '' `` Rock and Roll '' / `` Four Sticks '' `` Over the Hills and Far Away '' / `` Dancing Days '' `` D'yer Mak'er '' / `` The Crunge '' `` Trampled Under Foot '' / `` Black Country Woman '' `` Candy Store Rock '' / `` Royal Orleans '' `` Fool in the Rain '' / `` Hot Dog '' `` Travelling Riverside Blues '' `` Baby Come On Home '' `` The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair '' Other songs `` Dazed and Confused '' `` How Many More Times '' `` Ramble On '' `` Heartbreaker '' `` Stairway to Heaven '' `` When the Levee Breaks '' `` The Song Remains the Same '' `` The Ocean '' `` Kashmir '' `` Achilles Last Stand '' `` All My Love '' Films The Song Remains the Same Led Zeppelin DVD Celebration Day Tours Scandinavia 1968 U.K. 1968 North America 1968 -- 1969 U.K. & Scandinavia 1969 North America Spring 1969 U.K. Summer 1969 North America Summer 1969 Europe Autumn 1969 North America Autumn 1969 U.K. 1970 Europe 1970 North America Spring 1970 Iceland, Bath & Germany 1970 North America Summer 1970 U.K. Spring 1971 Europe 1971 North America 1971 Japan 1971 U.K. Winter 1971 Australasia 1972 North America 1972 Japan 1972 U.K. 1972 -- 1973 Europe 1973 North America 1973 North America 1975 Earls Court 1975 North America 1977 Knebworth 1979 Over Europe 1980 Reunions Live Aid ( 1985 ) Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary ( 1988 ) Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert ( 2007 ) Lists Discography Songs Awards and nominations Bootlegs Cover versions by others Led Zeppelin songs written or inspired by others Related Articles Swan Song Records Three Week Hero `` Beck 's Bolero '' Bron - Yr - Aur The Starship Caesar 's Chariot Planned tour -- The 1980s, Part One Covers and tributes That ' 70s Show ( season 5 ) Bands The Yardbirds Band of Joy XYZ The Honeydrippers The Firm Coverdale Page Page and Plant Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes Them Crooked Vultures Strange Sensation Books Hammer of the Gods : The Led Zeppelin Saga Stairway to Heaven : Led Zeppelin Uncensored When Giants Walked the Earth People Jason Bonham Peter Grant Richard Cole Book Portal Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Starship&oldid=846697095 '' Categories : Led Zeppelin Individual aircraft Boeing aircraft Talk Contents About Wikipedia فارسی Edit links This page was last edited on 20 June 2018, at 10 : 31 ( UTC ). 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Question: what was the name of led zeppelin's private jet
Answer: The Starship