[HAL9000]

[hinckley buzzard]

Pelosi has expressed concern about having to stop and refuel, primarily for security reasons, her office says

Well, she ought to fly the commercial airlines then. Her federal union members have done a fine job of insuring the security for all of us. Or doesn't she trust the TSA schlubs that we're supposed to trust?

[G Larry]

Ahh....couldn't we at least offer her the use of a V-22 Osprey?

[DustyMoment]

Gee, Nance, if you don't like the plane that belongs to "we the people", spend some of your own money to buy the plane you want. That takes all the pressure off of you looking like a a spoiled, whining, entitlement-oriented political elitist.

[soycd]

The witch can just move closer to DC if she wants the job.

What a typical crybaby rat.

[Eastbound]

Suprised she didn't demand the space shuttle.

[BurtSB]

who the hell is she kidding . nancy wanted this huge plane to use for 2008 election and helping the dems strategists get a jump on the rnc.

[omega4179]

Why do we have to pay to fly these filthy carpetbaggers anyway? let her take a horse and carriage back to her district like the real congress did.

[TheLion]

I heard she wanted room for 40 plus people, plus a bed. The cost would have been over $300,000 per trip!

[omega4179]

General characteristics (gulfstream III=C20D)

* Crew: Captain, Co-Pilot, Crew Chief
* Capacity: Twenty-six
* Length: 88 ft 4 in (25.35 m)
* Wingspan: 77 ft 10 in (23.72 m)
* Height: 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
* Empty weight: 38,000 lb (17,237 kg)
* Loaded weight: 69,700 lb (31,615 kg)
* Useful load: 31,000 lb (14,061 kg)
* Max takeoff weight: 69,700 lb (31,615 kg)
* Powerplant: Two× SPEY-MK511-8 Turbofan, 11,400 lbf (50.7 kN) each

Performance

* Maximum speed: knots (mph, km/h)
* Cruise speed: 459 knots (528 mph, 850 km/h)
* Stall speed: 105 knots (121 mph, 194 km/h)
* Range: 3,767 nm (4,335 mi, 6,976 km)
* Service ceiling: 45,000 ft (13,716 m)
* Rate of climb: 4,049 ft/min (20.6 m/s)

Thats pretty close to never making it to california on one hop, due to the jet stream and added weight of other 'rats and luggage.

[spokeshave]

Excellent Smithers.....let the B one TCH take a broom stick with shrillary.

[Sam Ketcham]

"Her majesty". She is impressed with herself! If the GOP wakes up and does the will of the people not the "boys", the Dems may shoot themselves in the fppt by 2008

[puppypusher]

Good!Let the witch take a commercial flight.

[oxcart]

Hey if the botox queen wants fast...have her re-activate the SR-71 Black Bird...(Which the cigar king killed, Clintoon). The still standing record holder; On September 1, 1974 Major James V. Sullivan, 37 (pilot) and Noel F. Widdifield, 33 (reconnaissance systems officer), flashed across the starting line (radar gates in New York) at approximately 80,000 feet and speed in excess of 2,000 miles per hour. Exactly 1 hour 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds later, they had set a new world speed record from New York to London England. The average speed was 1,807 statute mph over the 3,461 statute mile course, slowing to refuel one time from a specially modified KC-135 refueling tanker.

[AmeriBrit]

Give her a two wheeled bike with a lawn mower engine to power it and a little red wagon in tow for her luggage.

[BusterBear]

If she's concerned about security, why doesn't she go in a tank?

[US_MilitaryRules]

Put her the belly of a C5 Galaxy. If its good enough for the troops, its good enough for her and her minions!

[freepersup]

Madame Speaker,

We have some good news for you, and some bad news for you.

The good news: we've got a nonstop flight arranged for you.

The bad news: it's going to be a little drafty on landing.

[ryan71]

They're dragging this out. Bush will give it to her.

He's too much the gentleman.

[AlaskaErik]

Pelosi has expressed concern about having to stop and refuel, primarily for security reasons, her office says.

Since it's an Air Force plane it would most likely stop at a military base for refueling. How unsecure is that?! What a whiner!