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Postby dcunning30 » Tue Jun 19, 2007 1:14 pm

The first sentence of the article amuses me.  It refers to two groups of people:  Those who can afford these planes and those who pretend they can afford these planes.  LOL!!!!

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id ... _article=1
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Postby Cessna93 » Tue Jun 19, 2007 1:35 pm

That don't look like a 10-12 degree pitch. Is the pilot drunk.
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Re: World's biggest airliner to serve as private j

Postby elite marksman » Tue Jun 19, 2007 4:07 pm

Seeing as the article says that the buyer is not American or European, my money goes on a member of one of the royal families from an OPEC member.
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Re: World's biggest airliner to serve as private j

Postby dcunning30 » Tue Jun 19, 2007 4:38 pm

Seeing as the article says that the buyer is not American or European, my money goes on a member of one of the royal families from an OPEC member.



Bingo!
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Postby a1 » Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:22 pm

Whoa that would be a crazy investment for us normal people. :o
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Re: World's biggest airliner to serve as private j

Postby elite marksman » Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:23 pm

Hey, I'm just going by precedent. I remember seeing something on the history channel awhile ago about similar things, and many of the owners of said objects were princes of Arab nations. For example, a silver car, yes, elemental silver, as in Ag, not stainless steel, and not electroplated either... Or how about a palace that puts the Versailles and Schloss Sanssouci combined to shame?
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Re: World's biggest airliner to serve as private j

Postby Canuck. » Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:32 pm

It was Probably Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud(Saudi Arabia) who
bought it....have you seen his palace?
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Re: World's biggest airliner to serve as private j

Postby bok269 » Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:34 pm

He's not the first, and I certaintly dont expect him to be the last.  Highly impractical.  Id love to see someone turn a C-17 into a private jet.  Fly to virtually anywhere  with the STOL capabilities.
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Postby ATI_7500 » Wed Jun 20, 2007 7:45 am

Party at FL430... 8-)
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Postby trojan rabbit » Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:08 pm

At Least they finally sold one ;)
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Re: World's biggest airliner to serve as private j

Postby flyboy 28 » Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:41 pm

At Least they finally sold one ;)


They have sold over 150 so far.
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Re: World's biggest airliner to serve as private j

Postby an-225 » Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:04 am

Hey, wait til I get my hands on an Antonov An-225 (pictures of 124 coming as soon as I find my camera lol). I will take out the APU...and replace it with a tap...that sprays out beer, from a HUGE tank located inside the plane.
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Postby chornedsnorkack » Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:32 am

Id love to see someone turn a C-17 into a private jet.  Fly to virtually anywhere  with the STOL capabilities.

Unfortunately not for sale.
What about an An-124 private jet?
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Postby mpicco » Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:20 pm

Hey, wait til I get my hands on an Antonov An-225 (pictures of 124 coming as soon as I find my camera lol). I will take out the APU...and replace it with a tap...that sprays out beer, from a HUGE tank located inside the plane.


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Re: World's biggest airliner to serve as private j

Postby colsie123 » Thu Aug 16, 2007 4:38 pm

Its the Qatar Royal Family. It was in a Scottish newpaper months ago.
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