His private jet, grounded for most of 2009, is back in the air

Source: Company reports. Inset: Silicon Alley Insider

From January to March, Apple's CEO racked up $127,000 in expenses on his private Gulfstream V jet, according to the Form 10-Q Apple (AAPL) filed with the SEC on Wednesday.

That's not much compared with the record $550,000 Steve Jobs burned in the fall of 2007, when Apple was busy negotiating with overseas cell phone operators to carry the iPhone.

But it's a lot more than the $4,000 reimbursement he put in for all of fiscal year 2009, much of which he spent recovering from a liver transplant.

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