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POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Bradley G. Garner, Donald R. Reynolds, Alexander M.
Donaldson, Amy Kinney Hallman and Holly Ann Wagner,and each of them acting
alone, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact
to: (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer, director and/or 10% or more stockholder of
flyExclusive, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms ID, 3, 4 and 5, Update Passphrase
Acknowledgement (and
any amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), Schedule 13D and/or Schedule
13G (and any amendment thereto) in accordance with the 1934 Act, and the rules
promulgated thereunder, and the authority to create an account on Edgar Next;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form ID, 3, 4
and 5, Update Passphrase Acknowledgement and Schedules 13D and/or Schedules 13G
(and any amendments thereto), and any filing requirements in connection with
Edgar Next and designating account administrators to manage the Company's
EDGAR accounts, and to file timely such form with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and (3)
take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
which in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
1934 Act.

The undersigned agrees that the use of an electronic signasture in any
authentication document that includes the undersigned signatory's typed,
conformed signature, and that is filed with or furnished to the
Securities and Exchange Commission by or on behalf of the undersigned
signatory, the Company or any of its affiliates, constitutes the legal
equivalent of theundersigned's signatory's manual signature for purposes of
authenticating the undersigned signatory's signature to any filing
or submission for which it was provided.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms ID, 3, 4 and 5, Schedules 13D
and Schedules 13G and any filings required by Edgar Next with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned, in a signed writing
delivered to each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 10 day of March 2026.

/s/ Peter B. Hopper
Name: Peter B. Hopper

State of New Jersey
County of Bergen

On this 10th day of March 2026, Peter B. Hopper personally appeared before
me, and acknowledged that he executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes
therein contained.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.

/s/ Leonard T. Miller
Official Signature of Notary

Leonard T. Miller
Printed Name, Notary Public

My commission Expires September 2028

(Official Seal)
Leonard T. Miller
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission Expires [_____]

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