1000s of Elvis fans have created their own web sites featuring pictures of their tour of Graceland. You can view Presleys pink Cadillac and additional automobiles, motorcycles, and stage outfits on display at Graceland. It is the recently announced $70 million Guesthouse at Graceland, a 450-room luxury hotel to be built just north of Graceland on the same side of the street. The company said in a statement announcing the auction, While Elviss jet-setting lifestyle is apparent throughout the Lisa Marie jet which he used for his exclusive transportation and private air travel, the last flight the plane took was when it transported Priscilla Presley and Elviss good friend George Hamilton from California to his funeral. The recording artist also changed the color of the cabin seats to yellow, green, and blue. Elvis' trip made the sandwich so famous it now has its own Wikipedia page. 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Award-winning designer Catherine Martin shares how the iconic estate and other sets were brought to life for the film in Queensland, Australia. For most visitors though, it's the mansion itself that is the highlight. Even though Elvis never tried to change his addictive behaviour and womanising, he had a different image of himself in his head, a fantasy of what his life could be like. There was just something quintessentially Elvis about it, even though it was a fictionalized interior, Martin says. Presley took his first flight on it in November 1975. Tours begin at $41 for adults with discounts for seniors and children; the aircraft exhibit is an additional $5. It cost the King $250,000 at the time ($1.2 million today). In fact, his relatives even claimed in their memoirs that the singer had nicknamed the plane the Flying Graceland after his 13.8-acre (5.6-hectare) home. Photo by David Tulis. Kings Blues Club, Handy Park, and Jerry Lee Lewis Cafe & Honky Tonk are local favorites. (Martin wonders how a sofa that big ever fit through the door of the actual house!) Although it's crowded with visitors, each vying to read the inscription on his grave and pay quiet respect, its simplicity is a nice contrast to the rest of the site. Pilots Elwood David, Milo High, and Ron Strauss, with flight engineer Jim Manny, commanded the Convair 880 owned by rock and roll musician Elvis Presley. On Oct. 3, 1977, family members moved both Elvis and his mother's coffins to Graceland, forming a meditation garden. The "Lisa Marie" and "Hound Dog II" are being sold as a pair, and are expected to fetch over $10 million. The plane feature a lounge, a conference room, sitting room and a master bedroom. Elvis Presley Enterprises declined to comment on Wednesday. Named Elvis Presley's Memphis, the new exhibition is split into three linked museums covering his cars, outfits and influences. Lets obsess over them together. That plane must have been so nice back in the '70s. There are some slight differences, though, including a vintage wallpaper in Elviss mothers closet. Photo by David Tulis. 1. Photo by David Tulis. Elvis's beloved planes WILL be moved from Graceland - meaning visitors to his home will no longer be able to set foot in them. Music aficionados can visit Memphiss Beale Street for live music. months[8]="August"; Passing through a wide. One of just 204 Lockheed JetStar planes manufactured between 1957 and 1978, Presleys third private plane more than three decades on the ground unmaintained. Read more Next Next I marveled at the complicated cockpit controls that pilots Elwood David, Milo High, and Ron Strauss commanded while flying the star to and from his many live performances. On another occasion he flew some friends, in the middle of the night, from Memphis to Denver just so he could satiate a hankering for a local restaurant's Fool's Gold Loaf a giant sandwich made from an entire loaf of bread, a jar of peanut butter, jam and bacon. After the threat Vernon sought with efforts of the Major of Memphis to move Elvis Presleys coffin in the dead of night and reburied in the garden area of Graceland and ensure that Elvis Presley remains would be safer in a more protected environment. Love aviation history? For 30 years, tourists have paid money to get a look at two planes once owned by Elvis Presley at Graceland in Memphis. We were lucky enough to be taken around [Graceland] by the head archivist, Angie, and she took us into the hall closet, Martin says. The concert celebrated Elvis' Nashville Marathon Sessions at Nashville's Studio B in 1970 and 1971 with musicians James Burton, David Briggs, and Charlie McCoy, who shared the studio with Elvis. While the Lisa Marie was referred to as the pride of Elvis Presley Airways, the singer also flew another jet called Hound Dog II. Forty years after the untimely death, August 16, 1977 the secrets surrounding Elvis grave site is still to be laid to rest. The desire to know has reached a breaking point. For years, he bombarded her with calls day and night right up until his death on August 16, 1977. ELVIS' JET LISA MARIE MOVED TO GRACELAND - YouTube 0:00 / 6:30 ELVIS' JET LISA MARIE MOVED TO GRACELAND Dave E As Elvis 103 subscribers Subscribe 4 147 views 2 years ago Hey guys! There's a mad theory, discovered by Noisey, that points towards Elvis making an appearance in the 1990 film (so, 13 years after he died). However, the jet was put up for auction on several occasions and has garnered a great deal of attention. Presley harbored dreams of one day owning his own fleet of aircraft and purchased three planes before his death in 1977. Upstairs at Graceland is a puzzle and a temptation, a fascinating locked-room mystery that draws in the imagination of millions. More info. Baz wanted Elvis's kind of meteoric rise to fame and his rags to riches story to be echoed in the evolution of both the interior and the exterior, explains Martin, co-production designer as well as costume designer and producer on the film. Preserved from the time of Presley's death, Graceland offers a glimpse into the lifestyle of the entertainer. Their plan was approved Tuesday by. Michael Ochs Archives She was the only child of Elvis and Priscilla Presley. After Presleys death in 1977, the plane was grounded for several years. 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As far as unfinished business goes, Elvis had plenty of it. While the fate of the third jet remains unknown, fans of the legendary music star can only hope that the jet will be restored to its former glory. The JetStar was powered by Pratt and Whitney JT12A-8 turbojet engines and attained a cruising speed of 547 mph. When the film finished shooting, Kevin Costner and Kurt Russell disagreed about the way the film should feel. Whether you're a longtime Elvis fan or are eager to see if Australia can pass for America, the incredible film is certainly worth a watch. He owned five aircraft during his career, including a Grumman Gulfstream G1 that he originally bought for Parker, an Aero Jet Commander, and a Dassault-Falcon jet. It's the type of aircraft that, these days, might only only exist as a parody of rock-star opulence. An EIN spotlight by Peter Conrad - The Observer, England Sunday May 22, 2005. Elvis spent more than $800,000 on remodeling the plane from an ordinary plane to a rock star's private jet, complete with two half-baths, a lounge area, a conference room, sitting room (which could be turned into a guest bedroom) and a master bedroom. Chairs, a couch, and other parts of the aircraft were upholstered with blue suede fabric, a reference to one of the early Presley hits. It was purchased in 1976, a year before the singers death, and was the least flown of all his aircraft. Austin Butler as Elvis standing in front of the mansions fireplace on set. Elvis' father, Vernon, sold the plane in 1978 and it changed hands a couple of times. The Guest House at Graceland is across the street from the Graceland museum and exhibit area in Memphis, Tennessee, and offers free shuttle rides to guests. He passed away just two years after having acquired them, in 1977, at the age of just 42. I, for one, already want to see it again! See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, order back issues and use the historic Daily Express newspaper archive. An integral part of discovering more about Elvis is a visit to his birthplace in Tupelo. 'Elvis: Let Me Be There' a three CD soundboard release from Elvis' January-Feb 1974 Las Vegas season. After the death of Elvis Presley 40 years ago, his home in Memphis, Tennessee, is still a huge tourist attraction. Corkys Ribs & BBQ, Central BBQ, and the Bar-B-Q Shop were some of the standouts cited by TripAdvisor. My wife, Lisa; teenage daughter, Lauren; and Border Collie, Happy, were delighted to make a pilgrimage with me to the property that The King called home for most of his entertainment career. See guesthousegraceland.com.