A Pilot Spends 100 Days Living Inside a $2.5 Million Private Jet, and Gets to Keep It
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The video puts one question to a professional pilot named Armando. Can he live inside a private jet for 100 days without any part of his body touching the ground outside the plane? MrBeast (Jimmy) says he spent $2.5 million on the jet, a Hawker. If Armando lasts the full 100 days, it becomes his to fly anywhere in the world. If he steps off, the video ends and he loses it. Every ten days Jimmy also brings an offer, a trade between comfort and money, and each one tests what Armando thinks he needs to get through the challenge and to afford the jet afterward.
Day One: A Luxury Vehicle That Isn't Built for Living
The challenge starts with a flight. Jimmy wants to check whether Armando is "a real pilot," so Armando takes the jet up, and after the landing the clock is running. Armando gives a tour of his new home: the cockpit he calls his usual office, a small dining area, and the seating he describes as the bedroom where he will "apparently" sleep for three months.
He names the problems right away. There's no real kitchen, just a microwave and an airline galley cart full of canned meats. There's no shower. The narration agrees: the jet is a world-class vehicle, but it isn't designed for anyone to live in. On the first night there's no bed, so Armando decides the chair might be his best option. By day two he says the jet "is not that comfortable to sleep in."
The Jet as a Shuttle for Everyone Else
The video keeps running one joke: Jimmy and his friends get to use the jet, and Armando never gets to leave it. On day two they ask him to fly them to a hockey game in New York. They tell him they bought him a ticket and that "this is not a trick," but leaving the plane still means losing. So the group goes to the game while Armando stays on board. The next day they ask to go to Miami. Armando says he's glad they're using the jet. He also says he misses his wife and daughter badly and is unsure he can last the 96 days still ahead.
Building a Routine
Back in the hangar, Armando tries to set up a routine. He does exercises like crab walks, which turn out to be "more work than I thought." He microwaves meals, mixed vegetables for the morning among them, and since he has no shower he cleans himself with body wipes. Sleep is the biggest problem. He calls his makeshift bed "a bust" that "really messed up" his neck. He finds one spot on the plane where he can stretch out fully, but it still isn't enough.
When the walls start to bother him, he flies. On one trip he and his co-pilot (the Hawker needs two pilots) fly over Niagara Falls at 4,000 feet. Armando says jets never get to do that, calls it the coolest thing he's ever seen, and calls the cockpit "the best office in the world." The narration notes that the co-pilot can get off the plane and Armando can't. Standing at the top of the airstairs, Armando says "the end of my universe is right there."
Day 10: A Shower or $50,000
On day 10 Jimmy explains the format: every ten days he'll offer something. The first choice is between coordinates to a runway with $50,000 in cash on it and a shower attached to the jet. Because the shower room would count as an extension of the plane, entering it wouldn't disqualify him. Armando looks at it and gets excited, mostly about the space: "I can stand up." Then he takes the cash. He explains that the airplane is "meant to fly" and that he wants to take his family places. Jimmy jokes that shampoo was never going to tempt this pilot.
The cash brings its own problems. Armando has to repack it into as few cases as possible so it won't take up room in the cabin, and he jokes about sleeping on it. It also gets him thinking about whether he can actually afford to own the jet. He runs the numbers: keeping it for three months after the challenge would cost about $8,000 for a hangar, $10,000 for insurance, and $30,000 for maintenance. The narration says this is why Armando can win up to an extra million dollars in prizes and money during the video, so that if he wins he can afford to keep the jet. Armando says he keeps picturing his family and friends on board, heading somewhere together, and concludes he'll "have to win a lot more money from Jimmy."
He also connects the experience to his 22 years of military service. In his telling, a long stretch like this starts with excitement, settles into a groove, hits a phase where "you hate your life and all your life choices," and only then shows light at the end of the tunnel.
Day 20: An Inflatable Bed or a Mystery Crate
By the two-week mark Armando is tracking his chores on a board, moving each task over as he finishes it during the day. Sleep is still breaking him down. He can't find a position where nothing hurts. He says it's the first day his body "is not happy" with him: a weak workout, an upset stomach, another failed night on the couch.
Jimmy needs Armando to fly him from Philadelphia, where Jimmy was filming a video giving away a million meals, to North Carolina. He brings Armando a Philly cheesesteak as thanks. Then he makes the day-20 offer early so Armando can literally sleep on it: a custom inflatable bench built for this plane, or coordinates to a mystery crate hidden somewhere in the world. Jimmy says the crate could hold anything, a quarter of a million dollars or a Tesla, possibly something worth more than the jet. The narration later says it's worth $250,000. Armando tests the bed overnight (with the cheesesteak next to him) and says it was the first night he'd slept comfortably on the plane.
The next morning he chooses the bed. His reasoning is that he can feel the sleep problem right now, he can't fly the airplane without a good night's sleep, and he's "in it for the long run." Jimmy then reveals that the mystery gift was a Lamborghini. Armando shrugs it off: "I got a bed. This is going to be a game changer." He says that with the bed his body can make it another 80 days.
Losing the Freedom to Fly
Just as Armando settles in, the rules get tighter. When he asks to take the plane somewhere, Jimmy tells him he can't fly for the rest of the challenge unless Jimmy says so. Jimmy also tells him to keep practicing, because later in the video he'll face "the greatest challenge in your piloting career." Armando reads the jet's roughly 2,000-page manual and spends days in the cockpit rehearsing routes, takeoff speeds, emergency speeds, and performance numbers. He calls this part of professional flying.
His daydreams keep drifting to food. He lists places he wants to fly for the cuisine: Creole food and beignets in New Orleans, seafood in Charleston, New York pizza, a Cuban sandwich and empanadas in Key West, barbecue. That makes sense given his diet. He says the canned food smells like cat food.
Day 30: DoorDash and Nolan
On day 30 Jimmy brings a new galley cart of the same canned food, enough for the remaining 70 days, since Armando has only 24 hours of supplies left. The alternative is a phone with only the DoorDash app installed (no calls or texts) that he can use whenever he wants. The catch is that if he picks DoorDash, whatever is inside a mystery box has to live with him on the jet for 24 hours. Pointing again to his 22 years in the military, Armando picks DoorDash. The box contains Nolan, a member of Jimmy's crew.
Nolan presses buttons, jokes about self-destructing, and takes over the cockpit. The two get along, though. They order tacos, and because Jimmy never said what Armando could order or how much he could spend, they order a large amount of decorations from various stores. When Jimmy comes back the next day, the jet is full of them, a tree included. Jimmy needs a flight that day, so almost everything has to come off to make the plane safe to fly. Later, while Jimmy is away filming another video, Armando and Nolan fly to the Florida Keys and back. Jimmy says he only found out about it while watching the finished video.
Making the Jet a Home, and Still Being Alone
Once Nolan leaves, DoorDash changes daily life on the plane. Armando orders pasta and fresh fruit and vegetables, then moves on to cleaning supplies, a vacuum cleaner, and resistance bands. He says he has finally "nested" and feels at peace.
He also says there's one thing he can't order: company. He talks about his life so far, 70 countries, climbing Kilimanjaro, racing motorcycles, flying many kinds of aircraft, and says he wants to take his wife and daughter around the world in this jet. He says the only times he really has fun on board are when Jimmy and the team show up and they go somewhere. The narration says this matches a pattern in the channel's long-stay videos: eventually the isolation starts to wear on the contestant.
Day 40: A Vacation in the Hangar
Jimmy is away exploring jungle temples, so on day 40 he sends Karl and Chandler. They offer Armando a "vacation" with them and start the price at $50,000. Armando refuses, and they drop it to $25,000, then $10,000, and finally $1, which he accepts. The vacation is a fruit platter, matching shirts, and a projector for a movie night. Armando says the night "would have been worth 50K."
The next day is hard. Armando explains that the day after a check-in is often the worst, because he goes from activity and conversation back to being alone with his thoughts. He keeps busy by sitting on the flight deck and practicing a flight all day. But he has a small doll of his daughter on board that dances even through turbulence, and it makes him wonder whether she misses him. As day 50 approaches he talks openly about wanting to cuddle his wife, wanting just a hug, and regretting not being there for his family. He calls his family his "weak point."
Day 50: A Phone Call and a Visit
At day 50 Armando tells Jimmy he has no idea what's happening in the outside world and that this is the longest he has ever gone without seeing or talking to his family. Jimmy arranges a phone call with his wife, and Armando is in tears. Jimmy asks whether the family would meet him if he flew to their airport. They say yes, so Armando flies there, reminding himself not to run off the plane when he sees them. His daughter runs into his arms at the jet door. He tells them he hasn't showered since he left home, and they have a picnic on board.
The relief doesn't last. Back in the hangar, Armando says the visit put his family at the front of his mind for the remaining 50 days, which could make the rest of the challenge harder. The space also starts to close in. He describes the cabin as tight and claustrophobic and says "this is what prison is like."
Day 60: Buying Space With the $50,000
Armando predicts the next offer will involve either extra space or extra money, and he worries about choosing, since he estimates he'll need over $100,000 just to fly and house the jet. He's right about the space. Jimmy rolls in a platform built to match the jet: a gym, a trampoline, and an open area where he can get fresh air. Because it physically touches the jet, it counts as part of the plane. The price is $50,000, exactly the cash Armando won on day 10, which he's been saying he needs to maintain the jet. With Jimmy counting down from ten, Armando takes the space.
He calls it "the yard." He drinks coffee out there, and his workouts improve sharply: he says he'd been struggling to walk a mile a day and then walked three and a half miles in under an hour. First, though, he has to fly Jimmy and Jimmy's fiancée, Thea, to an indoor ski slope near New York and then to Florida for a private dinner with chef Gordon Ramsay.
The Missing Day-70 Check-In
Jimmy says that when he saw how much better Armando was doing, he worried they had made things too easy. So he skips day 70 without telling Armando. Armando counts the days, 71, 72, 73, 74, and starts to think Jimmy forgot him. He says he thought the challenge would be flying all over the country, and that it isn't. The real challenge, as he sees it, is the isolation of going 100 days without talking to anyone. Watching another Hawker take off, he says he wishes he were that jet. When Jimmy shows up on day 80, his explanation is that he was taking his fiancée on dates.
Day 80: A Ten-City DoorDash Scavenger Hunt
The day-80 offer is the flying challenge Jimmy promised earlier. Armando gets ten cards, each with coordinates to an airport somewhere in the country. He has to fly to each city, order an item on DoorDash there, and be back in North Carolina with all ten items by day 90. If he does, Jimmy and DoorDash will give him $50,000. Armando says this money is the difference between making everyone's dreams come true and letting everyone down. He plans to finish in eight days to leave a margin.
He starts quickly. He gets a power bank in Cleveland. In Charlotte he schedules a delivery ahead of time so it's waiting when he lands, then moves on to Providence, Rhode Island, and the next stops. Then problems start. A maintenance issue (one of the main gear struts was low) forces an overnight stay in Denver until a mechanic can fix it. After a stop in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for a board game, bad weather near Portland, Oregon, forces a diversion to Idaho, and he loses one of his ten days. After seven items he has three left and three days to get them, with "absolutely zero margin for error." His last item is a Bluetooth speaker ordered in Tampa, Florida, which arrives in 15 minutes. He gets back to the home hangar on day 90 with all ten items and wins the $50,000.
The Final Offer: Another 100 Days for $500,000
Jimmy then adds one more twist. On day 100 Armando will win the jet, but Jimmy will also offer him enough money to fly it as much as he wants: $500,000. To earn it, Armando has to compete in another 100-day video on the same jet. Armando isn't sure, and he has ten days to decide.
His thinking over those ten days goes back and forth. He has everything he needs now: decorations, a bed, DoorDash. He says he misses his family but doesn't have to worry about them because they have a good support network. He notes that if he had taken every offer, he'd have $100,000, a Lamborghini, and a jet. He could sell the jet for $2.5 million, but the extra half million would let him keep it for more than a couple of months and fly to places like Italy, Croatia, Martha's Vineyard, Mexico City, and Japan. Against that is another 100 days away from his family. On the morning of day 100 he still hasn't decided.
Day 100
With about ten minutes left, Jimmy and Armando sit in the cockpit together, and Jimmy jokes that he has never actually sat there before. Then Armando's family comes out. They haven't been told about the second offer. When they hear "$500,000," they shout at him to say no, whatever it is, and his wife says she has "been through enough." The narration lays out the stakes: if Armando steps off now, he ends the video with the largest prize the channel has ever given away, and if he stays, he enters a new video competing for another $500,000.
The transcript doesn't record Armando's spoken answer. The video moves straight to Jimmy handing over the deed: the jet is "officially in your family's name." The family celebrates owning a private jet, and when asked where they're going first, the answer is Orlando.
I just bought this luxurious private jet. And if this pilot can spend a hundred days trapped inside, he keeps it.
No joke. I spent two and a half million dollars on this private jet. And once you step inside, the 100 days will begin.
Oh my God.
And now that hour one of this 100-day challenge has started, I say we kick things off by taking it for a spin.
Let's go. Let's take it for a spin.
We're about to find out if he's a real pilot.
Woohoo! If Armando stays on this plane for the next 100 days, it will forever be his to fly anywhere he wants all around the world.
100 days living in this thing. No problem. That was a smooth ride. This thing is nice. We'll see if the landing's smooth. What a great flight. That was awesome.
You're now two hours into your 100-day challenge. But if any part of your body touches the ground outside this plane, the video ends and you lose this private jet.
Don't touch the ground.
Good luck. See you when I see you. Let's see if Armando can win this private jet.
What do I do now? This is my usual office. And here is the dining room. And allow me to show you the bedroom. This is where I will sleep apparently for the next three months.
I don't have a real kitchen. Got a microwave and an airline cart full of canned meats. I don't have a shower. That's going to be a challenging part.
And he is not wrong because even though this jet is a world-class vehicle, it's not built for a person to live in. So, over the next 100 days, it is going to get a lot more difficult.
The walls are starting to cave in. This is what prison is like. Maybe I'm hallucinating. Sunshine makes me happy. I'm missing my family. Well, that's not good. We're falling out of the sky. I am ready to be done with this.
It's night one. I don't have a bed. The best option might be the chair. Good night. This is going to be my own private jet.
It is day two. You would think this is a comfortable jet. It is not that comfortable to sleep in.
It's day two. What better way to kickstart this video than to use this private jet for our personal gain?
Yeah, me and the boys are thinking, you want to fly us to a hockey game in New York?
Let's do it. You can come, bro. We got you a ticket. This is not a trick.
If you get off the plane, you lose. But you can still go to the game.
Well, we'll see.
And take us to the hockey game he did. But once we did land, thanks for the flight.
I wish I was going to a hockey game. I just had to stay inside.
Wonder what Armando is doing right now. Playing yoga. Yeah.
Using the jet just to go to a hockey game was so fun that the next day the boys and I had another trip in mind. Do you mind taking us to Miami, Florida?
100%.
And that's the beauty of owning this private jet because we can literally fly wherever we want.
All right. Welcome to Miami.
Let's go have fun, boys.
See you later. I love the fact that they are using a jet. I wish I could talk to my wife, my daughter. I miss them so much. But I still got 96 days of this challenge to go. Hope I can make it.
This is my first day just hanging out in the hangar. I got to get in a routine.
And so over the next few days, Armando would exercise.
Crab walk. Oh, that's more work than I thought it was going to be.
Make his meals in the microwave.
Mixed vegetables for the morning.
Clean himself without a shower.
The only way I have to clean myself is with Dude Wipes. Make sure we're clean. Use the goodies.
And try to find any place to sleep.
My bed is a bust. Cot really messed up my neck. This is the only place in this airplane that I can fully stretch out.
But even that wasn't enough to make Armando comfortable.
I cannot stare at these four walls. We got to fly this airplane.
And the following morning, that's exactly what he did.
Never have I gotten the keys to a jet, go wherever I want. We're going to Niagara Falls. Going to go see them from the air. That is so awesome. Tell me that's not the coolest thing you've ever seen. We are at 4,000 feet over Niagara Falls. No jets ever get to do this.
Hawker is a two-pilot airplane. My great co-captain is here with me. The best office in the world. It is the best office.
But unlike Armando, his co-pilot can actually leave the private jet.
The end of my universe is right there.
And even though he couldn't leave those steps, come day 10, I devised a little loophole to change that.
Ah, damn it.
I screamed and you didn't even stop the door.
No. What's life been like the last 10 days?
Jimmy, there's no shower, no bed, there's no real kitchen. Overall, pretty good.
That's not where I thought he was heading with that sentence. But I may just have a solution for you. Every 10 days, I'm going to present you an offer on this private jet. And your day 10 offer is a choice. You can choose between receiving these coordinates, which will lead you to a runway with $50,000 in cash on it, or, Alpha, bring in the goods, I hook up a shower to your private jet.
And before you make your decision, I feel like I should at least let you see the shower. And because it would obviously be an extension of your jet, you will not be eliminated if you enter that room.
Ooh, looks like a real shower.
And even though you don't need it, it comes with shampoo.
Yeah. It's not only that it's a shower, this is space. I can stand up. This is amazing.
It's time to make a decision. A shower for 90 days or $50,000 in cash. Which do you want?
Showers for 90 days would be great. I'm going for the cash.
Whoa. What? Oh my gosh.
I'm meant to fly. The airplane's meant to fly. Let's take it.
I can't believe he said no to the shower. Have fun retrieving the 50 grand.
I can't wait.
And now that I think about it, with this specific pilot, I guess shampoo wasn't really an enticing offer after all.
Someone is going to meet us at these coordinates with $50,000 in cash.
Which, on top of his $2.5 million jet, could potentially make Armando the highest-paid winner in the history of the MrBeast channel.
$50,000 for not showering. No-brainer.
My biggest problem tonight is where am I going to put $50,000? So now I can actually take my family places. I can go to sleep with the sweet smell of money tonight.
My weirdest task of this challenge so far is how to reorganize all this cash into as few cases as possible so they don't take up room in my airplane. Feel like the Wolf of Wall Street. I might just sleep on money.
50 grand might have helped his bed situation, but it created a whole new problem in Armando's head.
What on earth would I do with this thing if I actually got the keys to it? Do I sell it? Would I keep it?
Owning this jet would be a dream come true for a pilot like Armando. But there's one huge problem.
I just did a little bit of math. After the challenge, if I own this airplane for three months, that's going to be $8,000 for a hangar, $10,000 in insurance, $30,000 in maintenance.
Obviously, the cost of owning a private jet can really add up. Which is why throughout this video, he has a chance to win up to an extra million on top of this $2.5 million jet in prizes and money. So, if he does end up winning, he can actually afford to keep it and make his family's dreams come true.
I can't help but picture my family and friends in this airplane having just the best time going to some destination. I can picture it. Looks like I'm going to have to win a lot more money from Jimmy.
I can't help but think that military service helped me prepare for this. Always started with being excited and being happy to be there. Then you get into your groove and then you hate your life and all your life choices, and then you start seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
It's a fortnight, two weeks into this challenge, and Armando is trying to remain optimistic.
That's a great meal. Upgrading myself to a Feastable. This is how I'm keeping track of all my chores. Here's the things that I haven't done today, and I just move them over as the day goes along.
But even with a good attitude, he still might not make it 100 days because of his horrible sleep situation.
I can't figure out how to sleep without something hurting. It goes down and up and down and up. It's the first day that my body is not happy with me. My workout was weak. My stomach feels icky. I don't know that I got a great night's sleep. Tried the couch again last night. It was a miserable failure. Ten-minute one. That's how I'm feeling today. I'm really curious what he's going to offer tomorrow, but I need a bed.
I had the perfect offer for Armando. But since I was filming a video where I was giving away a million meals, he had to come to me.
Here we go.
And to thank him for the flight, I brought Armando a special meal of his own. Since we're in Philadelphia, we got you some Philly cheesesteaks. How long is the flight to North Carolina?
48 minutes.
Oh, that's it. Our private jet is awesome. Tomorrow is day 20. Time flies.
All right, let's go. Normally, my offer would come on day 20, but in order to fully appreciate it, I'm giving Armando the opportunity to sleep on it. Your day 20 offer is this custom-made inflatable bed specifically for this plane, or I give you coordinates to a mystery crate hidden somewhere across the world. And hidden inside that crate could be anything. Could be a quarter of a million dollars, could be a Tesla. It could be worth more than the jet itself.
Oh man.
I'll see you tomorrow for your decision. And so I left Armando for the night thinking he would try out the bed, but I didn't expect him to share his bed with a cheesesteak sandwich. He must really need some sleep.
That was the first night that I've slept comfortably on this airplane.
Let's see if he chooses this inflatable bed or the mystery gift, which is actually worth $250,000.
Knock knock. Is anyone in here?
Come in. Welcome aboard. It's day 20. Yay. Please come into my living room, dining room, and bedroom.
Be honest. How was the night's sleep?
It was like sleeping on little baby clouds.
Do you think having this bed increases the probability you make it 100 days?
I know with this, my body can make it 100 days.
On the other side, though, at a random set of coordinates hidden anywhere on this planet is the mystery box.
This is something I can feel right now. I can't fly this airplane without getting a good night's sleep.
Would you prefer this inflatable bed or the magnificent ginormous mystery gift?
I'm in it for the long run. I am going to choose the bed to make 100 days.
Yeah. Really? The mystery gift was a Lamborghini.
Really?
Yeah.
Oh.
Don't dream of Lamborghinis tonight.
Yeah. I'll count them in my sleep.
Can't believe he just turned that down. Karl, he declined the Lamborghini.
Okay, his loss.
Turned down a Lamborghini. Whatever. It's cool. I got a bed. This is going to be a game changer. With this, my body can make it another 80 days.
Thanks to the bed, Armando is thriving.
Well, I feel like my eye is on the final prize, which is owning this jet. I want to learn about my airplane. It's only about 2,000 pages.
But this is still an endurance challenge, and it's about to get way more difficult.
Beautiful day to fly.
Armando, how you doing?
I would love to take the airplane somewhere.
Interesting. But what if I told you for the rest of this challenge, you can't fly unless I say so. But you'll need to keep practicing because later in this video, you'll face the greatest challenge in your piloting career. So, I'd start practicing if I were you. Good luck.
I can't wait. Let's do this. I practice in here putting in the routes, our takeoff speeds, time speeds, emergency speeds, performance numbers, just part of professional flying. This morning I woke up and I started dreaming about all my dream places that I want to go.
And while these practice flights may have been a great way to spend his time, Armando couldn't resist making it all about food.
New Orleans is one of those places that I want to go to. Creole food and some beignets. There's a lot of good cuisine. Charleston seafood. I am very much partial to New York pizza. Flying to Key West, Cuban sandwich and some empanadas. How about barbecue today?
And it's no wonder he's fantasizing about food when this is what he's been eating for almost a month now.
I will not lie, it smells like cat food.
For 100 days, no one said this challenge was going to be easy. It's been 30 days since he started living on this plane. We have a very special offer.
Hi, guys.
Come on down. Do you recognize this?
I do.
It's a galley cart full of food, the exact same food you've been eating the last 30 days. Since you only have 24 hours of food left, I brought you enough food to resupply you till the end of the video.
Okay.
But before we restock your jet with enough food for the next 70 days, I have an offer for you.
Okay.
You can turn down the canned chicken and tuna that you've been eating in exchange for a phone that has DoorDash installed that you can use whenever to order whatever you want.
Obviously, the phone only has the DoorDash app, no call or text. But the catch is if you choose DoorDash, you have to let whatever is in this mystery box live with you in the jet for 24 hours. That's an entire day sharing this tiny space with something horrible. Don't open it. Don't open it.
Things are breathing in there.
Yeah.
Well, I did do 22 years in the military. I feel like I could probably handle myself. I don't know if this is going to surprise anybody, but I'm going to pick the DoorDash.
Really?
Yeah.
When you open this, whatever is inside of here is stuck with you for the next 24 hours.
24 hours.
Here, give it a bang test. No. Harder.
Snakes get violent when you do that.
Three.
Oh my God.
Two. One. Open. You're stuck with Nolan. Have fun, Nolan. Try not to annoy him too much.
Why would I ever be annoyed? I'm super excited about this. I have not had human interaction really.
Armando hasn't had much personal connections over the last 30 days, and Nolan hasn't had any in 26 years.
What if I just started smashing things? I'm going to press buttons.
Armando, stop letting him press buttons.
Self-destruct. You do. I can't. I can't. I need to leave. No. Nolan in the cockpit. Oh my God, I'm so excited about this.
Ooh, tacos.
I guess if you're starving for attention and gourmet food...
That smells amazing.
This isn't the worst punishment.
I don't know why you've been complaining about the food.
This is way better than canned chicken. I feel like it's going to be a fun night.
Let's see who the real pilot is. Oh man, I am the pilot now. Jimmy didn't say what you could order or how much money you could spend on DoorDash.
I just wanted tacos.
Tacos, and we're going to buy a lot of things from a lot of stores.
So the next day when I returned, I was in for a pretty big surprise. Nolan, what the heck?
Come check it out.
I had no idea, but Nolan and Armando had used DoorDash to order so much insane stuff just to decorate the jet. All this was available on DoorDash?
Yeah.
This was cool and all. I kind of needed the jet to fly me today.
Are you saying we got to get rid of the tree and stuff?
I'm saying we got to get rid of everything. Armando, we got to take some stuff off. We had to clean up the plane so it would be safe to fly, but it was worth it since where I was going, we were about to make a much bigger mess while shooting another video.
While we were blowing up stuff, Nolan and Armando were still back in the jet.
Now that Jimmy's gone, we have a couple hours.
We do.
I think we fly somewhere.
Okay. It's a beautiful flight down to Florida today.
I'm down for that.
And they actually did fly down to the Florida Keys, which I just found out when I watched this video. Literally right now.
That's the end of my 24-hour period on the jet.
Shut it.
Thank you for flying me to the Florida Keys.
Get out of here.
And he did get out of here.
I'll bring souvenirs for the entire day.
And when they flew back to Georgia to pick us up, I had no idea that they had ever left.
45 minutes home. Let's go.
Now that Armando was alone in the hangar, the very first thing he did was bust out DoorDash to order more food.
I could have almost anything. Going to do some bao buns for dinner. This is
Going to be so much better than canned tuna. I'm ordering pasta. This is going to be a good one. I can eat fresh fruit and vegetables whenever I want.
But soon, Armando started using the app for more than just food.
Love it. I love it. I love it. Cleaning supplies. This is a vacuum cleaner. Oh, yes. This is amazing. You can order almost anything. I get some resistance bands. Having DoorDash has been a game changer. I finally feel like I've nested. I've made this place my home. I feel at peace.
But Armando soon realized that there's one thing you just can't DoorDash.
I would love the chance to take this airplane all the way across the world with my family. I have a lot of great adventures. I've been to 70 countries, climbed Kilimanjaro, raced motorcycles, flown all kinds of airplanes, and met some of the best people in the world. I want to take my beautiful wife and daughter with me all around the world in this private jet.
Probably the biggest thing now that I have a bed and DoorDash and I can order anything, I'm still alone. When Jimmy and the team come on board and we get to go somewhere, those are the only times that I really get to have fun in here.
It made sense that he was getting lonely. You see, every video where a contestant stays for a long time, eventually the isolation starts to eat at them. And that's why when Armando had finally made it 40 days on a private jet, I wanted him to have some company. But I was deep in the jungle exploring ancient temples. So, I sent Karl and Chandler to help cheer him up.
We have a really cool offer for you. A vacation with me and Chandler for $50,000?
Yeah, I don't think so.
Oh, $25,000?
No.
$10,000?
I don't think so.
All right. How about a dollar?
For $1?
Deal.
Deal.
Here's your shirt. Welcome.
All right. Where are we going, fellas?
Let's open up the board. Check it out.
This is anticlimactic.
Woo. You're going to have the time of your life. Don't worry. Look at this strong guy.
Yeah. A little fruit platter.
I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, "How can this vacation get better?" Let's open the door. Projector system.
I love it. Let's do a movie. This night would have been worth 50K. I had a great time.
I feel like I'm recovering from a party.
A lot of times, the day after a check-in is the hardest because on check-in days, you have a lot of activity. You get to see people. You get to talk to people. Today I'm kind of coming down from all that. Just here by myself with my thoughts.
This stretch is a test. No flying, staring at the walls. I don't think this challenge is going to get easier. The biggest thing is going to be keeping my mind busy. So I came up with a routine. I sit up on the flight deck every day and I practice a flight all day long.
Checklist complete.
But Armando found that indulging in flights of fancy only caused him to think about what he was really missing.
I have this little doll of my daughter. Everywhere I go, even if there's turbulence, she's just happy and dancing. I wonder if she misses me. This morning, I woke up just thinking about family. I miss them. I want to go see them. I just want to cuddle with my wife. My weak point is my family.
They deserve to know how I'm doing. Just want a hug. I'll take a hug. Coming up on halfway through the challenge. Almost day 50. I regret not being there for my family. I cannot believe that I have not stepped foot off this airplane.
It's day 50. Let's see how our boy's doing. Armando.
I thought you forgot about me.
Yeah. How's it going?
Oh my gosh.
How's the first 50 days of the challenge been?
I don't know what's going on in the outside world. I haven't seen anybody but you guys. I miss my family. This is the longest I've ever gone without seeing them, without talking to them.
What if we made a phone call?
I would love a phone call. Oh my gosh, I'm already tearing up.
Babe.
Babe.
Babe.
Oh my God.
Oh my God. I miss you.
Oh, I miss you so much, baby.
Your husband is now halfway done with the jet challenge. If he potentially flew into your airport, would you meet him there and hang out with him tonight?
100% yes.
I'm all like, "Let's get this airplane ready."
As soon as I see them, I need to make sure I do not run off the airplane. I cannot wait for that first hug. There better be a marching band when we pull in. This is going to be a tearjerker.
Maddie, look. I see you waving a damn.
I just can't wait for my kid to run into my arms. Oh my God. Oh my God. Baby, hi.
I knew I was going to cry. Welcome home. Welcome to my house.
Okay.
I haven't showered since the day I left the house.
Oh, this is so cute. Just having a little jet picnic.
It was clear that seeing his family gave Armando a much needed boost of energy, and he savored every moment he could.
I can't believe I'm here.
But unfortunately, these moments are always fleeting.
It's a little surreal to be back in the hangar after having a day with my family. Now, they're just forefront in my mind for the next 50 days.
That could make it harder to make it the rest of the challenge. But being away from his family wasn't the only thing weighing on Armando.
The walls are starting to cave in a little bit. It's starting to feel real tight in here. A little claustrophobic. Ow. Oh, golly. Not a whole lot of room in a private jet. This is what prison is like.
There's only four more offers before day 100. I think Jimmy's going to make me an offer between extra space or maybe some extra money. Extra space, that would be really nice, but I'd have to think about it because I need over $100,000 just to fly it and house it.
How's it going? It's always good to see you. Can I have you at the door, sir?
Absolutely.
What do you think the offer is?
I think it's going to be space related. Not space.
Like we're going to take this to space?
No. No. I think you're going to offer me more space.
That is correct. For day 60, Karl, bring it on in.
Coming.
Hello. Wow. I am offering you an entire gym, trampoline.
Oh man.
Everything you could possibly need is on this platform.
Holy moly.
Come on over. Yeah. Well, don't fall.
How does it feel to be standing outside of the jet?
It actually feels amazing.
This is designed like the jet. It is currently touching the jet. So, it is a part of the jet.
I could sleep out here.
You can open the door and get fresh air out here.
Oh my gosh.
And you can have all of this for the measly price of $50,000.
50K.
The same 50 grand you won on day 10. That same money you've been saying you need to maintain this jet.
The only thing I needed was space. But for 50K...
The only thing I need is a yes or a no.
I like that. Let's go.
50 grand coming back to me or 50 grand staying in your pocket, but you're trapped in a jet. Ten, nine, eight. Start counting. Seven. We need an answer. Five, four.
I'll take this space.
Whoa!
Really?
No takesies backsies. This space is now yours. But before you enjoy it, I kind of need a flight to New York.
Let's go to New York.
Before he can enjoy his new space, Armando had to fly me and my fiancée, Thea, to the biggest indoor ski slope in America, and then Florida for a private dinner by Chef Gordon Ramsay.
Thanks for waiting.
Absolutely.
Let's head back home.
Let's go home.
But now it was finally time for Armando to try his new space.
I'm actually getting to spend some time in what I'm calling the yard. This is amazing. Look at my kingdom. I just sit out here, have coffee.
The extra room also made his workouts much easier.
I was struggling to walk a mile per day. I just walked three and a half miles in under an hour. I'm focusing on my mind, my body, and getting to 100. It's basically like having a playground attached to this airplane.
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Armando was so happy about his new space that he was spending almost all of his time out there.
I can't wait to see what Jimmy has for tomorrow.
But what Armando didn't know was that I wasn't going to visit on day 70 because when I checked in and saw how much better Armando was doing, I worried we might have made things a little too easy.
Haven't heard from Jimmy. Haven't had a check-in. Day 71. Hours and hours going by. It's day 72. No check-in from Jimmy. 73. Haven't heard from Jimmy. It's day 74. I'm starting to think he forgot about me. When I started this challenge, I thought the challenge was going to be flying all over the country. However, it's not.
And even though the yard had improved Armando's quality of life, it couldn't give him what he needed the most, connection.
Imagine being by yourself and not talking to anybody for 100 days. That's probably the biggest challenge, is just the isolation. Goodbye, fellow Hawker jet. I wish I was you flying away. I don't know what Jimmy's going to offer me. I just hope it involves flying.
It's day 80. Sorry, missed day 70. I was taking my fiancée on dates.
Hi, guys.
In 20 days, assuming you don't touch the floor, you'll be a free man with a $2.5 million jet.
I can't wait. Dream flights with my family, with my friends.
Those dream flights probably cost money.
Fuel on a PJ is expensive.
For day 80, would you like a chance to win some money?
Are you offering?
Give me one second. You guys just talk to him.
We don't know what he's doing.
For your day 80 offer, I have 10 cards. And remember on day 30 where you got the DoorDash phone?
Yes, I do.
We're about to put it to good use because on each of these 10 cards, there are coordinates to airports scattered across the entire country. You must fly this jet to each city. And when you get there, order an item on DoorDash. No matter what obstacles you run into, you must collect all 10 items and be back in North Carolina by day 90. And if you can, me and DoorDash will give you $50,000 in cash.
Oh, airport number one's in Ohio.
Good luck.
I was worried about how am I going to fly this airplane once I win it.
So, this money is the difference between making everyone's dreams come true or letting everyone down.
If you gave me 10 days to get 10 items, we have planned eight days to get 10 items because losing this challenge is not an option. I'm in Cleveland. I got to DoorDash a power bank. First item, Cleveland power bank. Order complete.
Armando spent the night in Cleveland and decided to plan ahead for his stop in Charlotte.
I know exactly what airport I'm going to. I know what address. I know what time I'm going to be there. With DoorDash and DashPass, I can schedule a delivery and I am getting item number two in Charlotte. Pretty cool to be coming home to Charlotte.
Here you go, sir.
Thank you very much. Next stop, Providence, Rhode Island. I totally got this.
Armando is gaining confidence and he knocked out the next three deliveries.
That $50,000, good as mine.
And then this happened.
Oh, what's that? Well, that's not good. She's falling apart. All right, we're taking her down.
And due to maintenance, Armando was forced to spend the night in Denver.
These little maintenance issues are starting to come up. One of our main gear struts was low. Luckily, we found a mechanic to come out and take care of it. We are headed to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park to pick up a board game.
Armando thought that the obstacles were behind him, but the issue wasn't maintenance anymore. It was weather.
Supposed to go to Portland, Oregon. The weather's not looking great. I think we're going to divert to Idaho. I am losing one of my 10 days to weather. There's $50,000 on the line. I can't lose another day. It is what it is.
All right, we just took off from Drake, Idaho. Now we're headed to Portland, Oregon to pick up champions. I have acquired seven of the 10 items on the scavenger hunt all over the country. I've got three left with only three days to go. I have absolutely zero margin for error right now.
That is amazing. I need money to operate this thing once I win it. It looks like I'm going to get back to Jimmy on day 10. I just landed in Tampa, Florida. This is my last item, a Bluetooth speaker. I just ordered it and it's going to be here in 15 minutes.
This is my last item. This is $50,000. Thank you very much. Ten items, ten cities. Last one, Tampa, Florida. It is day 10 and we are headed back to the home hangar. Only 10 more days until this jet is mine. That's pretty awesome.
Armando, you just won $50,000. Catch, boys. All right, throw the items in here. Camping utensils. Had no idea what you meant by that.
And not only did DoorDash give him $50,000, but they're also giving the chance for 10 of you to win $10,000 for scanning this QR code and signing up for DoorDash right now. If you don't have DoorDash on your phone, you're literally living life on hard mode. It's super easy. And while you're at it, you might as well sign up for DashPass for exclusive deals and discount. Scan the QR code, download it now. Thank you, DoorDash.
Back to this challenge, though. On day 100, obviously, you'll win this $2.5 million jet, a bunch of money. It'll be great. But at the same time, I'm also going to offer you enough money so that you can fly this jet as much as you want. But in order to win it, you'll have to compete in another 100-day video on this jet.
Another 100 days on this plane for half a million dollars.
I don't know how I feel about that.
Okay, luckily, you'll have 10 days to think about it.
On day 100, will I keep going for another 100 days for a half a million dollars? I don't know. Big decision.
Armando survived the first 90 days on this jet. But the decision to possibly remain another 100 days became more difficult the more he thought about it.
I've got pretty much everything that I need. I've got decorations. I've got a bed. Getting DoorDash was a game changer. I miss my family, but I don't have to worry about them because they've got a really good support network.
If I had taken all of Jimmy's offers, I would have $100,000, a Lamborghini, and a private jet. But half a million, that pays for everything. I was almost at the end of this.
If I were to sell it, I get $2.5 million for this jet, but getting another half million for another 100 days, I could actually keep the jet for longer than a couple months and fly it to all the places I want to go. Maybe around the world, Italy, Croatia. 100 days, take the jet, go home. Martha's Vineyard. And I could stay an extra 100 days for half a million dollars. A lot of money. Do I need it? I don't know. Might be a game changer. Mexico City and Japan. Another 100 days for half a million dollars. Another 100 days from your family. Another 100 days on this plane for half a million dollars.
It is the morning of day 100. Still haven't made my decision.
It's day 100. How you feeling?
I made it.
There's still technically 10 minutes left. Don't step off. Can we spend the last few minutes in the cockpit?
Let's do it.
Yeah. I just realized I've never actually sat in the cockpit.
All right. Welcome to the business end of the private jet.
Do you remember what I asked you on day 90?
I do. I've thought about it a lot.
Good. But before you tell me your choice, bring them out, Tareq.
Come on, babe. We did this.
Oh my goodness.
Here's the thing. Your family has no idea about the second offer. The next 100 days for $500,000.
I heard $500,000 just now.
Enough money where you can fly this wherever you want, whenever you want. You can fly them around.
No.
Yo, they're sorry. They're yelling at you.
No. Say no. Oh, whatever it is, say no.
Oh, she heard us. She said whatever it is, no.
I've been through enough.
Okay. Well, that might make it a little harder on you. Armando, I need you to come to the back.
He better not stay on that jet.
Yes or no? Do you want to do another 100 days?
I...
If Armando steps off this jet right now, he'll end the video and walk away with the largest prize we've ever given away on this channel. But if he stays on, he's signing up to be in a new video.
where he'll compete for an additional $500,000.
The past 100 days have all come down to this final decision.
Daddy.
This is the deed to the private jet. It's officially in your family's name.
We own a private jet.
Where are we going? Orlando.
Orlando.
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