From the AJC:

"Those paying attention to recruiting the last couple of months might’ve noticed that Smart and his staff were getting around quite bit via plane, jet and helicopter. Smart famously hop-scotched around metro Atlanta in mid-January in a bright, yellow helicopter.

“Looked like we were flying around in a big banana,” Smart quipped.

Indeed, Georgia’s records reflect a considerable increase from last year to this one in the use of chartered flights for the purpose of recruiting and conducting business. According to invoices provided to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution through an open records request, Georgia’s expenses for chartered aircraft services from this past December through Jan. 31 increased 219 percent over the same time period the previous year under Richt.

Smart’s staff produced 25 invoices totaling $558,741.29 during that two-month span. Several of those invoices reflected charges of $20,000 or more for private jets, with a high of $45,306 on Dec. 11.

Asked on National Signing Day about his reliance on planes and helicopters for getting around, Smart said simply, “time is money.”

Richt and his staff chartered airplanes (but no helicopters) 16 times for a total of $174,886.05 over the same time period a year earlier. The most expensive lease among those was from Georgia Jet for $21,110." - Chip Towers