Hernán Briones Goich Home base
Santiago, Chile Occupation
Head and principal owner of Invesa Aircraft
A Challenger 350 jet – as both a passenger and pilot
Flight time About 300 hours a year In-flight uniform T-shirt, jeans
and sneakers.
Onboard essentials Books, mobile phone, an iPad loaded with documentaries – he travels light and generally doesn’t even need to pack a suitcase.
DREAM DESTINATION Hernán Briones Goich owns a retreat in Chilean Patagonia on the island of Tierra del Fuego. It looks out onto a lake surrounded by native forest, and features a private landing strip.
Biographical detail In his youth, he raced in two Olympic Games as a member of the Chilean ski team.
On his jet He says the Challenger 350
is a complete change from other “more limited” aircraft he’s owned. “The cabin is just wonderful, the electronic system is very good and super reliable. It’s a plane that you feel very comfortable and safe in.” When it comes to the design, the look is classic and elegant: darkhued wood finishing and carpet to contrast with light-colored leather seats. “Nothing that stands out too much.”
Office in the sky Owning a jet means
he can conduct business meetings in several countries over a short period of time. “At one point I had breakfast in Bogotá, lunch in Lima and dinner in Santiago in the same day.”
Pilot’s seat On longer f lights, he will typically f ly the jet himself for takeoffs and landings only, leaving the rest of the trip to his hired pilots. “In Latin America I pilot the plane, but when I go to Europe I take two pilots with me. It’s more relaxing because we’re five or six hours over the Atlantic, and there’s not much to do. I take advantage of a divan in the back for sleeping.”
INSIDE OUT Enjoying the Challenger 350 jet as both a passenger and a pilot.
Business vs. pleasure During the
“The Museo Colchagua in Santa Cruz, Chile, is my favorite museum and just a beautiful place.” It has a large collection of pre-Columbian artifacts like this Chavín sculpture.
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First flight As a teen, a friend took him flying in a two-seat monoplane. “It was a canvas plane, it was like flying a glider. I would say that was the first flight that made an impression that I really remember.” He has since clocked 45-plus years as a pilot.
day, he will do some in-f light work on his internet-equipped jet. On long trips when he wants to arrive feeling rested, he gets some shuteye. He also tries to combine his vacation travel with favorite pastimes like surfing on the Papagayo peninsula in Costa Rica, skiing in Vail and f ly-fishing on the Río Grande in Patagonia. At 71, this former Olympic athlete is clearly still going strong.
Giving back A family foundation
helps fund the educational needs of children in Guanaqueros, a town on the Pacific coast of Chile where the Briones family has vacationed for decades. Named after his father, the Hernán Briones Gorostiaga Educational Foundation has been active since 2008.
The best part of flying “The freedom
that I feel.”
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