“The Big Bunny” was a MD DC-9-32 delivered to Playboy Enterprises
Feb. 24, 1969. The $9 million jet was painted black with a white Playboy
logo on the tail. The ID was N950PB, cn 47394/458. The world flying,
legendary jet was nicknamed, “Hare Force One.”:D
http://www.explayboybunny.com/images/bunny_in_flight_2.jpg
“The Big Bunny” had twelve onboard beds, a bar, a lounge, a disco,
TV/video equipment, a sunken Roman tub, crystal dinner set for 32,
and a king-size water bed covered with Tasmanian opposum fur,
with seatbelts.:eek:
http://www.explayboybunny.com/images/jet_bunnies.jpg
The plane had four Playboy Bunny hostesses, called “Jet Bunnies”.
They were the cream of the crop of the Playboy Bunnies. Instead of
wearing bunny ears, they wore black leather mini-dresses, and a white
Playboy aviator scarf.;)
http://www.explayboybunny.com/images/bunnies_in_rome_small.jpg
Elvis flew on the plane during one of his concert tours, and Sonny
and Cher once rented it.:cool:
The plane was sold around 1976, and became Aeropostal YV-19C.
Later, the plane became Aeromexico airlines XA-JEB, and was sometimes
spotted in New Orleans. Aeromexico retired “The Big Bunny” in Aug. 31, 2004
(replacing it with a 737). According to airliner sources, “The Big Bunny” in
2004 was flown to Guadalajara and was to be chopped up into scrap metal,
but luckily the world famous legendary DC-9 was spared. The plane was donated
to the city of Cadereyta, Queretaro, Mexico. The city decided to use it as a
childrens classroom. It’s wings and fins were removed, it was set up on pedestals
and a banner was huge on one side.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SxI8VrnvesI/AAAAAAAAADc/ZD1zCX9c1Po/s400/XA-JEB-Cadereyta.jpg
“The Big Bunny” now waits in 2010 for a buyer(s) to buy it from the city, return it to the USA,
repaint it, refurbish it with the Playboy original interior, and park it in an American site for visitors
to buy a ticket to walk through the iconic aircraft as Hef did…Good luck Big Bunny.
http://justplanehistory.blogspot.com/2009/11/playboy-jet-big-bunny.html
More links:
http://www.bunnydeana.com/playboy_photo_album/index02.html
http://www.wallang.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/playboy-company.jpg
By: AlphaChi1989 - 30th April 2010 at 17:38
Update on Big Bunny Playboy DC-9 (April 2010)
) Big Bunny’s current spot in Cadereyta, Queretaro, Mexico photo 2009
Jet now owned by the city.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AShIm5FV4t4/Sd_mBpYMcTI/AAAAAAAAAEY/9-fnH-HDa0E/s1600-h/22347_1229919242.jpg
http://s491.photobucket.com/home/EcoRomeoLima/recentuploads
2) Big Bunny’s Mexico parade (2009)
http://rotativo.com.mx/cadereyta/aterriza_avion_de_aeromexico_en_cadereyta_queretaro/909,30,6918,html
3) Cadereyta, Queretaro airport
Service by Continental and Aeromexico
http://www.aiq.com.mx/
4) Big Bunny’s final days of Aeromexico flight 2004
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/1/2/2/0658221.jpg
5) Elvis Presley on tour exiting Big Bunny
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh157/Nanners55_2008/IMG_0003_NEW-1.jpg
6) Sonny, Cher, and Chastity Bono on tour exiting Big Bunny.
Flight crew is Ozark Airlines
http://www.explayboybunnies.com/photoalbums/jetbunnysharon/jbs8.html
http://www.explayboybunnies.com/photoalbums/jetbunnysharon/jbs6.html
7) Big Bunny interview , St. Petersburg Times, Florida – Apr 17, 1973
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19730417&id=Ub0MAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CGADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5255,1252801
Big Bunny flies gorilla to Phoenix Zoo in his round sexy bed
http://sidebars.typepad.com/sidebars/2009/06/hugh-hefner-and-a-flying-apeby-bob-sanders.html
9) Big Bunny flies orphans out of Vietnam war zone in Operation Baby Lift
http://www.explayboybunnies.com/photoalbums/jetbunnysharon/jbs10.html
10) Big Bunny visits Heathrow airport, London. Bunnies greeting video and photo (1970)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6nxUtt6Cik&feature=related
http://www.airliners.net/photo/1086217/
11) Big Bunny, “Hare Force One” parked at O’hare is talk of the town
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/2/1/7/1495712.jpg
12) Big Bunny at Los Angeles LAX photo
http://images3.jetphotos.net/img/2/0/0/5/60628_1214749500.jpg
13) Big Bunny in service with new owners, Aeropostal of Venezuela (1976)
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/5/9/5/0604595.jpg
14) Big Bunny gets to visit home in disguise , Los Angeles LAX (1984)
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/4/0/9/0465904.jpg
15) Big Bunny hits UFO story (1994)
http://www.alcione.org/OVNI94_engx.html
16) On June 24, 1983 a person attempted to hijack Big Bunny to take her Cuba.
After a while during the one day crisis, Big Bunny was stormed by armed security forces, the hijacker was taken into custody. No one was hurt.
17) Big Bunny’s good old days famous rollout and flight video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNEyvJgfKfM
Messages requesting a rescue of one of the most famous aircraft in the world, Big Bunny, has been placed on the ex-Playboy bunnies internet forum…the forum shows some history of Big Bunny, and the Jet Bunnies…in one month there have been several hundred views…
Good luck Big Bunny, may you get home to America safe…
By: old shape - 20th February 2010 at 00:17
THE Aircraft- picture taken at it’s visit to heathrow
Regards
Jack
It came in several times. I saw it at least twice and I only went to LHR every month or so.
By: steve rowell - 18th February 2010 at 06:32
Reminds me of John Lennon’s Psychedelic Rolls Royce..just plain tacky if you ask me
By: JMG - 17th February 2010 at 17:30
THE Aircraft- picture taken at it’s visit to heathrow![<a href="http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=494&u=11490058" title="http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=494&u=11490058"><img src="http://i69.servimg.com/u/f69/11/49/00/58/img02410.jpg" alt="http://i69.servimg.com/u/f69/11/49/00/58/img02410.jpg" style=";" /></a>](<a href="http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=494&u=11490058" title="http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=494&u=11490058"><img src="http://i69.servimg.com/u/f69/11/49/00/58/img02410.jpg" alt="http://i69.servimg.com/u/f69/11/49/00/58/img02410.jpg" style=";" /></a>)
Regards
Jack
By: Greg Kashella - 17th February 2010 at 13:43
Big Bunny Restoration and Display
I think it should be restored and put in the Air & Space Museum of the Smithsonian.
By: Ren Frew - 26th March 2008 at 01:09
It’s a nice idea and one I hope doesn’t ‘Backfire’…:cool:
By: J Boyle - 25th March 2008 at 22:23
A “Bunny to the Sky” fundraising effort anyone?:rolleyes:
Now here’s an aviation icon that really represents the 60s…..:D
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