April 17, 1975 - Elvis Presley bought a Convair 800 jet that had been taken out of service by Delta Airlines. for $250,000. He named the plane "Lisa Marie."

Elvis Presley's Convair 800 Jet "Lisa Marie" before it become a tourist attraction

	Elvis Bed inside the Lisa Marie Jet

Elvis took great pleasure to check on progress as the interior of the plane was refurbished to his very specific design requirements. Elvis wanted a seating area, a conference room, and  private bedroom on the plane with space for an in-flight reading library. He picked fabrics, decided on color schemes, chose the on-board audio-visual system, and even selected the gold fixtures in the bathrooms.

The Lisa Marie was customized with plush sleeping quarters, a penthouse bedroom with a custom-made queen size bed, an executive bathroom with gold faucets and a gold washbasin, a videotape system linked to four TVs and a stereo system with fifty-two speakers, and a conference room finished in teak.

It could hold a maximum of 29 people, usually there would be about eight or ten that travel with Elvis.  When the final paint job was applied to the exterior, there was a prominent 'TCB' logo on the tail.sa Marie 1975
 

Elvis Helicopter  Elvis Bush Fire Fighter Helitanker
Elvis is the nickname of an Erickson S-64 Air-Crane Helitanker
(N179AC) has gained fame in Australia as a highly valuable bushfire fighting tool

The helicopter, which can hold 9,500 litres of water or foam mix, has been brought out by the Victorian Government from the USA for each fire season since 2001-2002. The aircraft obtained its nickname due to time that it spent working for the United States National Guard in Memphis, where singer Elvis Presley lived for most of his life.

As Victorians feel the temperature rising, Elvis, the king of Victoria's bushfire fighting flying squad, is back in the building