PHOTOGRAPHY BY: JOHN MANIGOLD
TITANIUM TEQUILA Takes Center Stage at $47 Million Jet Private Reception by Rick Clapp
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n the world of private aviation, the buzz has been on since December with the launch of Dassault’s remarkable Falcon 6X which boasts the tallest and widest cabin in the category and carries a staggering price tag of $47 million. That buzz extended to Houston recently when the French aircraft manufacturer teamed with Wing Aviation and Titanium Tequila to present a life-sized mockup of the wide-body jet. Titanium Tequila soared to New Heights as guests totally enjoyed their award-winning craft cocktails and noshed on hors d’oeuvres from the hotel kitchen. Falcon Jet’s regional sales director Byron Severson conducted tours of the mockup while Houston-based aircraft
management and charter company Wing Aviation and the Priority 1 Aviation sales team answered private aviation related questions It was a select gathering of some 150 highrollers, who were invited to a tequila-infused cocktail reception held in the drive between Tilman Fertitta’s Post Oak Hotel and his Post Oak Motor Cars. It was noted that the event was something of a posh “French Connection” as the display also included a Bugatti Chiron, a $3 million set of splashy wheels from the French car manufacturer. Cohosts for this highbrow event were Post Oak Motor Cars, Wing Aviation-Galaxy FBO and Priority 1 Aviation. Key to the event was Robert Tijerina, the owner of both Titanium Tequila and Priority 1 Aviation.
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