What, Precisely, Was The Lolita Express?

According to the New York Post, a Boeing 727 belonging to one of Jeffrey Epstein's companies, which has tail number N908JE, is parked in a long-term storage area at Brunswick Golden Isles Airport in southeastern Georgia. This plane, which was given the nickname Lolita Express, was just one of four helicopters and three planes Epstein owned. Other accounts say it is in derelict condition, with engines and other parts removed.

The photo above is from the UK Sun and is purportedly of this plane, but the tail number has been retouched out.

According to the Post link, "A record of its last flight shows the plane took off from West Palm Beach, then zig-zagged above Florida before touching down at the Georgia airport more than four years ago." This suggests to me that in spite of Epstein's efforts to rehabilitate his reputation via figures like Bill Gates, his prior lifestyle before his 2008 arrest had become at least in part unsustainable. Removal of the engines suggests the airport operator has seized them to cover storage fees.

Names of people who've flown on the plane with Epstein include Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, Larry Summers, Alan Dershowitz, Kevin Spacey, Ron Burkle, Bill Gates, Donald Trump, Ehud Barak, Ted Kennedy, Alec Baldwin, and Courtney Love. Prosecutors have issed subpoenas for the full flight logs.

Possibly out of delicacy, most accounts of the plane suggest it was nothing but a luxurious corporate jet. However, accounts from the underage girls forced to work on the plane, both in the media and in depositions, indicate that it was used extensively for in-flight orgies. The Post link carries this description of the interior:

James McCloskey, a 53-year-old aviation consultant, told The Post he was given a tour of the jet in March 2020 while doing work for Scroggins Aviation, a Las Vegas-based company that buys planes — and plane parts — for the film industry.

McCloskey snapped more than two dozen photos of the plane’s interior, revealing the VIP jet’s velour-upholstered reclining chairs, love seats and even the pedophile’s notorious on-board bed, where he and his guests allegedly had group sex with girls.

He said the plane felt like a “playground.”

“When you get inside the aircraft, it’s a playground. Everything lays out to be a bed. That was kind of creepy,” McCloskey said.

“It’s not like the aircraft is set up for a business meeting — because it’s not. There’s no chairs for anyone to sit in, except for the lie-flat chairs.”

He added that the interior design looked like something from the Disco Era.

“You get on Epstein’s airplane and it’s decorated from the 1970s. I mean, you would almost think that Elvis flew on this thing because it’s like velour, and bright red colors,” he said.

. . . Ghislaine Maxwell, who is awaiting trial on charges she procured underage girls for Epstein to abuse, allegedly took part in sexual romps aboard his planes, according to a newly unsealed deposition by Giuffre.

In the testimony, Giuffre detailed “constant orgies” at Epstein’s private Caribbean island. She added that she had sex with Maxwell all over the globe — and in the air.

“If we’re going to talk about other countries we’ve got to talk about international travel space or plane space or whatever you want to call it,” Giuffre told an attorney in 2016 when asked where she had sex with Maxwell.

“It happened all the time on the planes,” she said.

Other accounts indicate that the females on the trips included the underage girls forced into the work, older women who were more clearly professional prostitutes, and senior Epstein associates like Maxwell and Melanie Walker. Apparently not all flights were orgies -- Bill Clinton's spokespeople will acknowledge four flights with secret service on board, but flight logs indicate Clinton was on 26.

According to the UK Daily Mail, the plane was stocked with pink lotion, wet wipes, tissues with the plane's tail number on them, and baby powder. It's worth noting that the UK press has been much more explicit and comprehensive in covering the story than the US media.

Thus it's possible that some individuals named as passengers on Epstein's plane may not have participated in sexual activity with women either underage or adults, but the normal use of the plane was for sex parties, not business travel, and it's becoming more clear that Epstein made his money from pimping and blackmail, using philanthropic non-profits to launder the payments.

The plane was just one part of his operation.