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经过多年的奋斗，你终于跻身私人飞机一族。全世界的天空张开双臂拥抱你，这时候你可能忽然一下子没有了方向。下一站该去哪里？如何聘请一个可靠贴心的机组？谁帮你安排航线，办理所有的繁琐文件？地面的交通、住宿、行程又由谁来安排?这些都是甜蜜的烦恼（nice problems to have）。而世界上有一些经验丰富、行事妥当的老手，专门为你打理甜蜜的烦恼。也许彼此相隔着大洋，但似乎有一种神秘的力量，牵引着你和他们有缘千里来相会。我还不知道你的名字，但我已经见到了一个她—梦翔天下的创始人兼首席执行官麦佳宁（Jane F. McBride）。
Finally you have arrived. You have a jet no smaller than your pal’s. But suddenly it occurred to you that you were not sure where exactly you would want to go next, and what surprise gift you could prepare for your sweet wife. Who can be reliable, discreet and responsive? Who can promise you a pilot and a crew with flawless track records? Those are nice problems to have and there are safe pairs of hands who have been helping people like you for decades. Meet Jane F. McBride, an American lady who has just moved to China to meet and assist you.
21天环游世界
我和Jane约好在上海外滩的半岛酒店见面。她穿着一套挺括的短袖酒红色套装，胸前别着翱翔形状的公司标志别针，看上去就像一个刚走下包机、执行特殊任务的机组队长。后来，当Jane告诉我她大学毕业就拿到私人飞机驾驶执照时，我丝毫不觉得惊讶。
Jane到上海只有两个礼拜，但已经在帮潜在客户规划21天环游世界的行程了。
“21天？好紧张啊，为什么不是80天呢？”我开玩笑。中学读过的法国作家儒勒凡尔纳的《80天环游地球》让我印象深刻。
“有的客人希望先全世界兜一圈感受一下，看自己喜欢什么，然后再回头深度游。”Jane回答。
在这21天中，Jane为客人安排了6大洲的10个国家。从沙漠到丛林、从田野到都市，亮点是非洲文明的摇篮、亚马逊雨林、夏威夷火山和澳大利亚的大堡礁。从北京出发，站站精彩纷呈。首先是中东阿曼国的首都马斯喀特，骑骆驼，乘四轮越野车冲沙，在阿拉伯帐篷里看星星，在游艇上晚餐。然后飞往罗马，在法拉利的驾驶学校体验半天，并避开游客，以贵客身份参观古竞技场和其他古迹，并享受Via Condotti的“闭门购物”礼遇。下一站是赞比亚的利文斯通，观赏世界七大奇迹之一的维多利亚大瀑布，沿河探访纳米比亚、津巴布韦、博茨瓦纳和赞比亚四国的交汇处。到了非洲越野车追逐非洲五霸自然是必不可少的节目，晚餐时会有土著人的Boma舞蹈为你助兴。
亚欧非的行程都已经完成，私人飞机此时载你飞往南美的巴西。马瑙斯是亚马逊热带雨林的门户，你的南美之旅就从这里开始。乘独木舟探险热带雨林，并与部落酋长会面。从巴西飞往巴哈半岛，你就到了北美。巴哈是全球最大的游钓基地，这里的海滩美轮美奂，你可以畅游在海豚间，并尝试各种水上运动。然后飞往夏威夷，乘直升机看火山，与PGA冠军一起打高尔夫，晚上登上美军的密苏里号，重温日本投降的历史。
最后一站是澳大利亚，乘热气球看日出，在大堡礁中潜水，拜访乌鲁鲁圣地。21天的豪华旅行，以超大私人游艇上的告别晚宴谢幕。
梦翔天下
25年前，Jane和合伙人创办了一家叫做Flight Time Corporation的公司，是美国最早成立的包机经纪公司之一。Jane说那时候美国拥有飞机的个人和组织越来越多，另一方面，市场对包机的需求也日益扩大。一驾飞机的用途有限，因此就算你有私人飞机，也会经常需要从市场上租用别人的飞机。Jane的公司成为一个中介和桥梁，连接供应和需求，让私人飞机的市场活起来。Jane进一步解释说，通过多年的运行，她和她的团队积累了丰富的经验和数据库。他们了解市场上存量飞机的性能、特点和机况，飞行员和机组的背景和能力，尤其是安全记录。这就是为什么虽然市场上有那么多的运营公司，而在互联网的时代，搜索这些运营公司又如此容易，还是有许多客户信赖和依仗梦翔天下的知识和经验。Jane做过的项目，包括乔丹、麦当娜、迈克·杰克逊、马友友、老虎伍兹、克林顿和姚明的火箭队的包机。Jane和她的团队是幕后的“可靠老手”（safe pair of hands）。
另一方面，25年的时间，也让Jane的公司建立了一个全球网络，覆盖酒店、当地高端旅游服务商、上流社会、政商界精英、体育和娱乐明星。换句话说，她能为你打开许多大门。英国王室是一个例子，高尔夫冠军是另外一个例子，此外，有中国客人向她询问好莱坞投资的可能性，“我当然能安排他们跟好莱坞的导演和演员会面。”Jane说。
虽然梦翔天下的中国网站今年一月才开通，而Jane本人搬到上海常驻也只有2周的时间，她似乎对中国客人的需求已经有了很深的理解。“我们的每一单服务都是度身定制的，”她说，“但是客人往往不知道他们到底想要什么。我跟他们仔细聊，梳理出了几个关键的主题：医疗和健康、教育和文化、体育和休闲、投资以及购物。”
除了上述的21天环游世界，Jane正在为中国客人设计的方案还有：世界10大高尔夫胜地体验和美国寄宿中学访问。
二次创业
除了在中美之间奔波，Jane还有一个心心念念的地方就是泰国。她是泰国慈善机构—泰国女孩之友（Friends of Thai Daughters）的创办人之一，与人口贩卖做斗争，挽救陷于危险中的泰国女孩。Jane说，为富人服务，而把利润中的相当部分，用于非营利的事业，让她对工作充满了热情。
中国市场蕴藏着巨大的机会，但Jane说促使她来中国开拓市场的很大原因，是二次创业的兴奋感。“美国公司已经运作了25年，一切都井井有条，有专业团队打理，很多事都不用我自己亲力亲为。”她说，“而到了中国，一切都从头开始，我可以自己到第一线，重新干一遍，我觉得有意思极了。”沉吟半响，她笑眯眯地补充，“如同中年得子，重新品尝为人母的喜悦，而没有妊娠斑的苦恼。”
Around the world in 21 days
I was to meet Jane at Shanghai’s Peninsula on the Bund. I hadn’t met Jane before and didn’t know what she looked like. But I saw a lady in a well-cut, well-fitted, burgundy suit wearing a badge shaped like a flying jet and I immediately knew it was her. She looked like she was walking straight from a private jet with an important mission well executed. I was right. And indeed the badge is the logo of her company, Private Jet Journeys. She is the founder and CEO of this charter brokerage and exclusive travel and lifestyle provider. No surprise to me that she obtained her private pilot’s license right out of college.
It has been just two weeks since Jane moved to Shanghai, and she has already designed a package for potential clients who want to travel around the world in 20 days.
“Why 20 days? Why not 80?” Jules Verne made such an impression on me since high school.
“It is more like a sampling trip. The clients want to see the world first and then decide where they want to go back to,” replied Jane.
I was in doubt, so I started to go through the itinerary. Jane suggested 10 countries in 6 continents for her clients, from desert to jungles, cities to countryside, the highlights being Africa’s Cradle of Civilization, the Amazon jungle, the volcanoes of Hawaii and Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. “This unforgettable journey will include activities to appeal to all ages with extraordinary surprises at every turn,” said Jane. So let’s have a look. You depart from Beijing and fly to Muscat, The Sultanate of Oman, where you enjoy camel rides and 4 wheel-drive races in the desert. You are treated to Bedouin tented fantasia under the stars, VIP tours of “Arabia’s Jewel” and private dinner aboard the Sultan’s Yacht. Nice, I started to get it. You then fly to Rome, for “an exclusive tour of the Coliseum and Rome highlights private viewing and purchasing opportunity of world-class art, a half-day Ferrari driving school” and of course “closed-door shopping on Via Condotti”. The next stop is Livingstone, Zambia. Jane has lined up Victoria Falls, river expedition to where four countries meet: Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Zambia, private safari in search of Africa’s Big Five and traditional Boma dinner with native dancers” for you. Amazing, isn’t it?
With private jets, your jet lag is not supposed to be that bad. So get ready for the rain forest in Brazil. You will take the canoe and meet with chief of the local tribe. You then fly to Baja peninsula for game fishing, swimming with dolphins and golf. If you regret not having enough golf in North America, you can continue with it in Hawaii, with PGA champions this time. You also don’t want to miss USS Missouri, where the Japanese surrendered.
You need to continue to the last stop, Australia for the Great Barrier Reef and farewell dinner on a “private megayacht”.
Private Jet Journeys came to China
25 years ago, Jane and her partners spotted an opportunity in the United States. More and more people had planes. Jane has a family one. Her father used to train pilots for the WWII. But the plane was not as versatile as humans; one type of plane served one purpose nicely but might be useless for another task. In addition, many non-plane-owners wanted to charter a plane occasionally. Jane wanted to be a bridge and Flight Time Corporation was founded. After years of operations, Jane and her team have accumulated a wealth of knowledge and expertise in planes, operators, pilots and crews. They know where to source available planes, what plane suits what purpose, which operator and crew have a better track record, and how to get the documentation done. Even after the arrival of the Internet, clients continue to trust and rely on Flight Time’s expertise and network Jane’s clients include Michael Jordan, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Ma Youyou, Tiger Woods and Yaoming when he was with the Rockets. Jane’s team operates behind the scene as a safe pair of hands.
In addition, Jane and her team build up a network of contacts, including hotels, local high-end service providers and the high society. She opens the doors for you, to the British royal family, Hollywood stars, sports champions, politicians and tycoons. “How do you become so well-connected? I asked, perhaps needlessly. “It comes with age,” she answered graciously.
Private Jet Journey’s website has been up and running since January 2012 and Jane has moved to Shanghai formally for only two weeks. But she has already got a lot of inquiries and she seems to have got some insight into the local market. “Every package is exclusive and customized,” said Jane, “Strangely clients sometimes don’t really know what they want. But we talk with them and in China a few key themes have emerged, health and wellness, education and culture, sports and relaxation, business investment and shopping.”
Apart from the 21-day world trip, Jane is developing a few other ideas for her clients —a tour of top 10 golf courses, U.S. boarding school visits and meeting up with Hollywood stars and directors and even luxurious destination weddings.
A Thailand Connection
Apart from travelling between the U.S. and China, Jane often goes to Thailand. She is the Co-Founder of Friends of Thai Daughters, an organization e fighting human trafficking of girls. Jane has been working hard to funnel some of the profits from serving the rich to helping the underprivileged. She said she looks forwarding to expanding her volunteer efforts here in China too.
The China market is hugely promising based on the reception Jane has got so far. She is focusing on outbound for the moment, but there are already candidates trying to partner with her to serve the domestic market. Jane is cautious about it, wanting to take one thing at a time and get to know the market well first. Jane is thrilled with running a start up all over again. “In the U.S., there are experienced people doing a good job at the company, and I don’t have to do much. But here, I get to do everything all over again. It is like having a new baby without the stretch marks,” she added with a big smile.
Finally you have arrived. You have a jet no smaller than your pal’s. But suddenly it occurred to you that you were not sure where exactly you would want to go next, and what surprise gift you could prepare for your sweet wife. Who can be reliable, discreet and responsive? Who can promise you a pilot and a crew with flawless track records? Those are nice problems to have and there are safe pairs of hands who have been helping people like you for decades. Meet Jane F. McBride, an American lady who has just moved to China to meet and assist you.
21天环游世界
我和Jane约好在上海外滩的半岛酒店见面。她穿着一套挺括的短袖酒红色套装，胸前别着翱翔形状的公司标志别针，看上去就像一个刚走下包机、执行特殊任务的机组队长。后来，当Jane告诉我她大学毕业就拿到私人飞机驾驶执照时，我丝毫不觉得惊讶。
Jane到上海只有两个礼拜，但已经在帮潜在客户规划21天环游世界的行程了。
“21天？好紧张啊，为什么不是80天呢？”我开玩笑。中学读过的法国作家儒勒凡尔纳的《80天环游地球》让我印象深刻。
“有的客人希望先全世界兜一圈感受一下，看自己喜欢什么，然后再回头深度游。”Jane回答。
在这21天中，Jane为客人安排了6大洲的10个国家。从沙漠到丛林、从田野到都市，亮点是非洲文明的摇篮、亚马逊雨林、夏威夷火山和澳大利亚的大堡礁。从北京出发，站站精彩纷呈。首先是中东阿曼国的首都马斯喀特，骑骆驼，乘四轮越野车冲沙，在阿拉伯帐篷里看星星，在游艇上晚餐。然后飞往罗马，在法拉利的驾驶学校体验半天，并避开游客，以贵客身份参观古竞技场和其他古迹，并享受Via Condotti的“闭门购物”礼遇。下一站是赞比亚的利文斯通，观赏世界七大奇迹之一的维多利亚大瀑布，沿河探访纳米比亚、津巴布韦、博茨瓦纳和赞比亚四国的交汇处。到了非洲越野车追逐非洲五霸自然是必不可少的节目，晚餐时会有土著人的Boma舞蹈为你助兴。
亚欧非的行程都已经完成，私人飞机此时载你飞往南美的巴西。马瑙斯是亚马逊热带雨林的门户，你的南美之旅就从这里开始。乘独木舟探险热带雨林，并与部落酋长会面。从巴西飞往巴哈半岛，你就到了北美。巴哈是全球最大的游钓基地，这里的海滩美轮美奂，你可以畅游在海豚间，并尝试各种水上运动。然后飞往夏威夷，乘直升机看火山，与PGA冠军一起打高尔夫，晚上登上美军的密苏里号，重温日本投降的历史。
最后一站是澳大利亚，乘热气球看日出，在大堡礁中潜水，拜访乌鲁鲁圣地。21天的豪华旅行，以超大私人游艇上的告别晚宴谢幕。
梦翔天下
25年前，Jane和合伙人创办了一家叫做Flight Time Corporation的公司，是美国最早成立的包机经纪公司之一。Jane说那时候美国拥有飞机的个人和组织越来越多，另一方面，市场对包机的需求也日益扩大。一驾飞机的用途有限，因此就算你有私人飞机，也会经常需要从市场上租用别人的飞机。Jane的公司成为一个中介和桥梁，连接供应和需求，让私人飞机的市场活起来。Jane进一步解释说，通过多年的运行，她和她的团队积累了丰富的经验和数据库。他们了解市场上存量飞机的性能、特点和机况，飞行员和机组的背景和能力，尤其是安全记录。这就是为什么虽然市场上有那么多的运营公司，而在互联网的时代，搜索这些运营公司又如此容易，还是有许多客户信赖和依仗梦翔天下的知识和经验。Jane做过的项目，包括乔丹、麦当娜、迈克·杰克逊、马友友、老虎伍兹、克林顿和姚明的火箭队的包机。Jane和她的团队是幕后的“可靠老手”（safe pair of hands）。
另一方面，25年的时间，也让Jane的公司建立了一个全球网络，覆盖酒店、当地高端旅游服务商、上流社会、政商界精英、体育和娱乐明星。换句话说，她能为你打开许多大门。英国王室是一个例子，高尔夫冠军是另外一个例子，此外，有中国客人向她询问好莱坞投资的可能性，“我当然能安排他们跟好莱坞的导演和演员会面。”Jane说。
虽然梦翔天下的中国网站今年一月才开通，而Jane本人搬到上海常驻也只有2周的时间，她似乎对中国客人的需求已经有了很深的理解。“我们的每一单服务都是度身定制的，”她说，“但是客人往往不知道他们到底想要什么。我跟他们仔细聊，梳理出了几个关键的主题：医疗和健康、教育和文化、体育和休闲、投资以及购物。”
除了上述的21天环游世界，Jane正在为中国客人设计的方案还有：世界10大高尔夫胜地体验和美国寄宿中学访问。
二次创业
除了在中美之间奔波，Jane还有一个心心念念的地方就是泰国。她是泰国慈善机构—泰国女孩之友（Friends of Thai Daughters）的创办人之一，与人口贩卖做斗争，挽救陷于危险中的泰国女孩。Jane说，为富人服务，而把利润中的相当部分，用于非营利的事业，让她对工作充满了热情。
中国市场蕴藏着巨大的机会，但Jane说促使她来中国开拓市场的很大原因，是二次创业的兴奋感。“美国公司已经运作了25年，一切都井井有条，有专业团队打理，很多事都不用我自己亲力亲为。”她说，“而到了中国，一切都从头开始，我可以自己到第一线，重新干一遍，我觉得有意思极了。”沉吟半响，她笑眯眯地补充，“如同中年得子，重新品尝为人母的喜悦，而没有妊娠斑的苦恼。”
Around the world in 21 days
I was to meet Jane at Shanghai’s Peninsula on the Bund. I hadn’t met Jane before and didn’t know what she looked like. But I saw a lady in a well-cut, well-fitted, burgundy suit wearing a badge shaped like a flying jet and I immediately knew it was her. She looked like she was walking straight from a private jet with an important mission well executed. I was right. And indeed the badge is the logo of her company, Private Jet Journeys. She is the founder and CEO of this charter brokerage and exclusive travel and lifestyle provider. No surprise to me that she obtained her private pilot’s license right out of college.
It has been just two weeks since Jane moved to Shanghai, and she has already designed a package for potential clients who want to travel around the world in 20 days.
“Why 20 days? Why not 80?” Jules Verne made such an impression on me since high school.
“It is more like a sampling trip. The clients want to see the world first and then decide where they want to go back to,” replied Jane.
I was in doubt, so I started to go through the itinerary. Jane suggested 10 countries in 6 continents for her clients, from desert to jungles, cities to countryside, the highlights being Africa’s Cradle of Civilization, the Amazon jungle, the volcanoes of Hawaii and Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. “This unforgettable journey will include activities to appeal to all ages with extraordinary surprises at every turn,” said Jane. So let’s have a look. You depart from Beijing and fly to Muscat, The Sultanate of Oman, where you enjoy camel rides and 4 wheel-drive races in the desert. You are treated to Bedouin tented fantasia under the stars, VIP tours of “Arabia’s Jewel” and private dinner aboard the Sultan’s Yacht. Nice, I started to get it. You then fly to Rome, for “an exclusive tour of the Coliseum and Rome highlights private viewing and purchasing opportunity of world-class art, a half-day Ferrari driving school” and of course “closed-door shopping on Via Condotti”. The next stop is Livingstone, Zambia. Jane has lined up Victoria Falls, river expedition to where four countries meet: Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Zambia, private safari in search of Africa’s Big Five and traditional Boma dinner with native dancers” for you. Amazing, isn’t it?
With private jets, your jet lag is not supposed to be that bad. So get ready for the rain forest in Brazil. You will take the canoe and meet with chief of the local tribe. You then fly to Baja peninsula for game fishing, swimming with dolphins and golf. If you regret not having enough golf in North America, you can continue with it in Hawaii, with PGA champions this time. You also don’t want to miss USS Missouri, where the Japanese surrendered.
You need to continue to the last stop, Australia for the Great Barrier Reef and farewell dinner on a “private megayacht”.
Private Jet Journeys came to China
25 years ago, Jane and her partners spotted an opportunity in the United States. More and more people had planes. Jane has a family one. Her father used to train pilots for the WWII. But the plane was not as versatile as humans; one type of plane served one purpose nicely but might be useless for another task. In addition, many non-plane-owners wanted to charter a plane occasionally. Jane wanted to be a bridge and Flight Time Corporation was founded. After years of operations, Jane and her team have accumulated a wealth of knowledge and expertise in planes, operators, pilots and crews. They know where to source available planes, what plane suits what purpose, which operator and crew have a better track record, and how to get the documentation done. Even after the arrival of the Internet, clients continue to trust and rely on Flight Time’s expertise and network Jane’s clients include Michael Jordan, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Ma Youyou, Tiger Woods and Yaoming when he was with the Rockets. Jane’s team operates behind the scene as a safe pair of hands.
In addition, Jane and her team build up a network of contacts, including hotels, local high-end service providers and the high society. She opens the doors for you, to the British royal family, Hollywood stars, sports champions, politicians and tycoons. “How do you become so well-connected? I asked, perhaps needlessly. “It comes with age,” she answered graciously.
Private Jet Journey’s website has been up and running since January 2012 and Jane has moved to Shanghai formally for only two weeks. But she has already got a lot of inquiries and she seems to have got some insight into the local market. “Every package is exclusive and customized,” said Jane, “Strangely clients sometimes don’t really know what they want. But we talk with them and in China a few key themes have emerged, health and wellness, education and culture, sports and relaxation, business investment and shopping.”
Apart from the 21-day world trip, Jane is developing a few other ideas for her clients —a tour of top 10 golf courses, U.S. boarding school visits and meeting up with Hollywood stars and directors and even luxurious destination weddings.
A Thailand Connection
Apart from travelling between the U.S. and China, Jane often goes to Thailand. She is the Co-Founder of Friends of Thai Daughters, an organization e fighting human trafficking of girls. Jane has been working hard to funnel some of the profits from serving the rich to helping the underprivileged. She said she looks forwarding to expanding her volunteer efforts here in China too.
The China market is hugely promising based on the reception Jane has got so far. She is focusing on outbound for the moment, but there are already candidates trying to partner with her to serve the domestic market. Jane is cautious about it, wanting to take one thing at a time and get to know the market well first. Jane is thrilled with running a start up all over again. “In the U.S., there are experienced people doing a good job at the company, and I don’t have to do much. But here, I get to do everything all over again. It is like having a new baby without the stretch marks,” she added with a big smile.