Posted on 06/13/2009 12:47:10 PM PDT by greatdefender
Holy crap. That is about the only response I have to this Airbus A380 being developed for Saudi prince al-Waleed bin Talal. Of course, the prince has not officially announced that this will indeed be his new home on the road, but enough news has been pieced together to link him to the purchase.
Not only is this the first Airbus A380 sold to a private owner, it is the most expensive private plane ever put together. For comparison - one of the most popular large private planes in the world is the Boeing Business Jet, which starts at "just" $42 Million.
Seriously, someone obviously sat down with some crayons, and decided to design the most insane, over-the-top plane they could. This thing has it all - starting with the special cylindrical elevator that comes out of the bottom of the plane. His Chauffeurs can then drive his Rolls Royce up the ramp on the rear, and park it in his on-board garage.
Relaxation comes from a steam room, Turkish bath, concert hall (with a baby grand piano) or in one of the five private quarters, complete with king size beds. Less fortunate guests will have to spend the night in one of the 20 "normal" first class sleeper suites.
When his Royal Highness needs to get some work done, he can take the elevator up to his boardroom and play with the touch screen TV's or the holographic projection system.
And finally in the lineup of ludicrous additions - get this - the well being room has a floor made from a giant screen, showing what the plane is flying over.
Total price? About $488 Million Dollars.
The same guy who funded Obama’s Harvard Education and the same guy who owns large, huge, bigtime shares in major networks including Fox
The article is a bit misleading. Yes, the BBJ is the biggest official private jet, however, the Arabs have purchased more than a couple of 747s for private use.
I’m surprised that he is buying something full price. He has said in the past he often buys things on bargain prices, used products, etc.
But! Its still an AIRBUUST built with French Workers, each of which works best after a Liter or two of Vino for Lunch!!:-)
even old Waleed can end up as flotsum in the South Atlantic
from flying in an Airbus .
But the sharks think ‘ not as good eating as a plane full of Brazilians ‘
He has to do something with all those U.S. dollars we send to him.
Would someone please remind me WHY we give so much of our money to people like this???
... owner of CNN, Time Warner, AOL, and much more US media.
>Relaxation comes from a steam room, Turkish bath, concert hall (with a baby grand piano) or in one of the five private quarters, complete with king size bed.<
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All that won’t be of any benefit if the plane has the same problems that AF447 from Brazil had.
Don’t ask us, ask pelosi. She’s the one whose holding the the states from pumping their own oil Look at CA, ready to fold, with oil wells sitting just off the coast, one can almost wade to them, but she will not allow them to operate. These wells including the land oil wells could get CA out of debt in a nano second...but little nancy won’t let it happen. Of course, they would need some refineries, but she and the rest of the tree huggers won’t allow that either.
We American had better wake up and offer some resistence to these people who won’t allow us to be fuel free of the arabs.
Pray to Allah!
Holographic?
Paid for by Alternative Energy wild goose chase ending in more Arab Oil.
Pray for America
Considering our current CIC he bought the USA for a song...
One can only hope...”Fly by wire ~ Die by wire”
He just better hope none of his guests onboard want to send them all to Allah (a mountain of pig crap be upon him).
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