I mean, I can kind of see why there hasn’t been a taker thus far.
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Not stolen just lost the title thats why it so cheep.
At this point, it wouldn’t surprise me if the cafeteria at Fremont is telling people Musk invented ranch dressing.
There’s at least three federal offenses involved here.
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I would think not, the profit margin on an F-150 has got to rival designer sneakers.
I mean, building a compact entry luxury car with an average transaction price $2,000 higher than an F-150 is something to talk about, right?
Eh, the 747 is bigger and has that ETOPS redundancy the air force wants. Plus, the -8 model is pretty heavily updated. It uses the 787's cockpit and engine technologies.
Its a relic for passenger airliner use because airlines don’t use a hub-and-spoke model anymore, in which all passengers used to be funneled to large airports in major cities on smaller planes, transferred to big, high density planes, flown to another big airport, then transferred back to smaller planes for their…
Yes, but the press always wants to be on the same plane as the President for direct access. It's part of the reason why press passes have always been so coveted and limited in quantity, the size of the corps is pretty much limited by how much you can fit in the West Wing offices. More press would mean moving some or…
I mean, we've made do with 2 planes since Bush 41, having 2 more was supposed to help reduce wear and tear on the fleet and improve readiness as they get rotated out for maintenance. It isn't the worst idea to increase the fleet size, but I can see that it isn't really a big deal to give it up, either, since we're not…
Why not? They’re basically zero hour air frames, built in 2015 and flown from the factory directly to storage. Bought by the USAF in 2017, then flown back to Boeing this year for conversion/outfitting.
Could you imagine the fit that would be pitched if it was announced that the press corps would have to be accommodated in a second aircraft that followed Air Force One, due to space limitations?
The Air Force invited Airbus to tender for 4 aircraft, but the requirement was that final assembly would have to be done in the US, and, obviously, that wasn’t going to be cost effective for such a small production run, so they didn’t bid. The initial plan to buy 4 planes instead of 2 was probably in part done to help…
Although the Secret Service and USAF were willing to entertain a twin engine plane this time around, their preference has always been for 3 or 4 engines for redundancy. Boeing did offer a 787 as a possibility to reduce costs, but the availability of the new/unused 747s in storage kind of pushed them back to that.
I mean, it isn't terrible, but it is very generic. You could paint out the presidential seal and USA lettering, and it could be from any short term aircraft leasing company.
I always liked about 75% of these, the body is mostly attractive, but the need to incorporate the traditional Rolls-Royce grille really compromised the front end.
Yes, it fit with Corniche, named after the cliff roads around Monaco.
$23,300, + transatlantic shipping, + a whole new body shell, + all the assembly/paint/restoration/drivetrain rebuild costs - the final price tag on this is going to be eye watering.