 Peter Frampton was the last to charter "The Starship", in 1976.As early as Alice Cooper's 1974 tour the aircraft was beginning to show signs of engine difficulties and by the time of Led Zeppelin's 1977 US Tour it was permanently grounded at Long Beach Airport.The band was forced to find a comparable alternative, and tour manager Richard Cole eventually chartered "Caesar's Chariot", a 45-seat Boeing 707 owned by the Caesars Palace Hotel in Las Vegas.