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and coordinating the complete refurbishment of LA-20, a 1980 Beechcraft King Air F90 he’s owned for two years.
Taking Flight
Linson began his career producing music videos in the 1990s for bands Nirvana and Guns N’ Roses and producing films including “Great Expectations” (1998), “Lords of Dogtown” (2005) and “The Runaways” (2010) before earning co-creator and executive producer credits with “Sons of Anarchy” and “Yellowstone.”
Even if you’re a fan of any of the above, you still may not have heard of him. Born in Los Angeles, he’s a self-described behind-the-scenes kind of guy who you won’t see on the red carpet or giving interviews. He made an exception for King Air magazine because he’s “obsessed with flying” and is enamored with the aviation community.
“I got into flying because I lived two hours from LA in the Santa Ynez Valley,” he said. “I was driving two hours each way between work in LA and another home in Santa Monica for about 15 years.”
He’d thought about learning to fly for several years, though what finally convinced him was a hunting trip to Texas a little over a decade ago where his hosts transported guests via helicopter.
“The utility of it was so incredible,” Linson said. “I thought, ‘I’m gonna do this.’ I called my assistant while still on that trip, and he found a flight instructor for me in Santa Ynez. The minute I got home, I started flying and flew for a straight year. I dig helicopters but if I was going to do this, I wanted to fly something that could go a little farther.”
Linson bought a 1981 Beechcraft Bonanza F33A in 2014 before he’d earned his private pilot
John Linson said the utility of flying privately became doubly important with the birth of his son, Sky, now 7 years old.
PHOTO CREDIT: AMY SMYTH
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