AUTOEVOLUTION.COM / Coverstory / by Elena Gorgan / 22 Nov 2021, 07:03 UTC · One symbol of the Playboy lifestyle was Big Bunny, also known as the Mansion in the Sky, Hugh Hefner’s iconic private jet. When you’re someone with the kind of reputation and connections Hefner had, everything you did was to maintain a certain image. In the late ‘60s, he was far from the rather pathetic robe-wearing multiple-girlfriend dating old man of his later years; he was jet-setter and a trend-setter in equal measure, and a celebrity entertainer like no other. In the late ‘60s, Hefner took delivery of his Big Bunny, a black McDonnel Douglas DC-9-32 jet registered under N950PB that had cost him some $5.5 million. At the time, Hefner was doing…
Big Bunny is back and better. The modern incarnation is a Bombardier Global Express BD-700 estimated at $12 million, styled by Playboy Enterprises and International Jet Interiors.
