While nice, I don’t think that load of masks specifically demonstrates the need for a new 225, it just means it was also used for general purposes. Any number of smaller flights could still have performed the task. The need would be for particularly heavy, or specifically outsized cargo.

Why would they announce this before building (and hiding) it?

On one hand, I can’t help wondering if there’s enough of a market for hauling ultra-big cargo, so investing the time and money in the airframe are not only cost-justifiable, but profitable for Ukraine—they certainly need the cash flow. But three billion bucks concentrated in one plane hopping around the globe working…

Too soon? Too soon!

Don’t start your replies with “uh”, it just makes you seem like an asshole. And yes, it is. It’s absence from the skies has not been missed, and it was only in occasional use even before. It is a vanity symbol, and if Ukraine needs one (it doesn’t) then it should at least design and manufacture a more modern aircraft.…

They’d be better off taking that money and buying military and humanitarian supplies. $800 million on a limited use vanity plane is not good value for money. If they insist on having something, they’d still be better off going back to the drawing board and designing a modern airframe from the start again.

They are idiots. They aren’t smart enough to figure out what they stand for. They have to be told what to be mad about.

Frequently posted along with one of these stickers in the picture.

It’s a reminder that trucks and SUV’s should be included in CAFE standards. These dumb things will be used as regular, on-road passenger vehicles for 90% of the time. Count them as such.

And blame their bad decisions on Joe Biden.

And I’m sure many of the owners will post pics on social media of their gas bill at the pump stating “This is bullshit...”

Grift.

What do they even stand for? What are they trying to accomplish?

If you find yourself in a situation where you must buy a car immediately, you are going to be bent over a barrel no matter what you’re buying.

And if you do have to buy, it likely makes more financial sense to buy used

This isn’t fair to Elon! He paid good money to make this go away!!!!

If your ideological position is that the free exchange of ideas will produce the best outcome, why are you paying people to not tell the world you’re a sexually harassing creep?

Found the Tesla owner

Cyber Truck is a fig newton of the imagination of Rocket Boy.

Or you could say the Cybertruck has managed not to be an actual thing for quite a while now...