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Mar 15^th, 2007 at 4:15pm

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....why not add a flying palace to your acquisitions?

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Reply #1 - Mar 15^th, 2007 at 4:24pm

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Eh... I like Austin Powers' 747 better... yeah, baby... Grin

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Reply #2 - Mar 15^th, 2007 at 4:31pm

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Reply #3 - Mar 25^th, 2007 at 2:30am

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HOLY S@%#
whatta sweet plane
(im talking about the interior)

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Reply #4 - Mar 25^th, 2007 at 9:47am

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A little too big in my opinion.

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Reply #5 - Apr 11^th, 2007 at 10:48am

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beaky wrote on Mar 15^th, 2007 at 4:24pm:

Eh... I like Austin Powers' 747 better... yeah, baby... Grin

Because the picture is actually not from a private A380. The interior is meant for first class. Private A380 would be fancier.

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Reply #6 - Apr 12^th, 2007 at 10:21am

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Why would you want that? You can't really go to many cities or anything Roll Eyes

I'd rather have something along the lines of a BBJ or 727, there is a lot more versatility.

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Reply #7 - Apr 13^th, 2007 at 11:40am

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Jayhawk Jake wrote on Apr 12^th, 2007 at 10:21am:

Why would you want that? You can't really go to many cities or anything Roll Eyes

I'd rather have something along the lines of a BBJ or 727, there is a lot more versatility.

The width - 353 cm at widest, much less than that at head level - is restrictive.

767, A310, DC-10 and Tristar are much more versatile. And do not have the footprint of an A380.

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Reply #8 - Apr 15^th, 2007 at 11:12pm

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Id take a good old 172!

Of course, if I had to get a private airliner, you can be sure as hell its designation would start and end with 7.

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Reply #9 - Apr 16^th, 2007 at 12:23am

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Jayhawk Jake wrote on Apr 12^th, 2007 at 10:21am:

Why would you want that? You can't really go to many cities or anything Roll Eyes

I'd rather have something along the lines of a BBJ or 727, there is a lot more versatility.

But there's so much more leeeeegroom!

*flyboy stretches and criks his neck*

I'll take it.

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Reply #10 - Apr 16^th, 2007 at 10:01am

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flyboy 28 wrote on Apr 16^th, 2007 at 12:23am:

Jayhawk Jake wrote on Apr 12^th, 2007 at 10:21am:

Why would you want that? You can't really go to many cities or anything Roll Eyes

I'd rather have something along the lines of a BBJ or 727, there is a lot more versatility.

But there's so much more leeeeegroom!

*flyboy stretches and criks his neck*

I'll take it.

I'd get lonely on the A380. Call to your flight attendendent...

"Could I get some coffee?"
"Sure thing sir, I'll be right back"

2 HOURS LATER

"Here's your coffee, sorry it's a little cold"
"What took so long"
"The walk to the front of the plane is a long one..."

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Reply #11 - Apr 16^th, 2007 at 11:06am

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bok269 wrote on Apr 15^th, 2007 at 11:12pm:

Of course, if I had to get a private airliner, you can be sure as hell its designation would start and end with 7.

So, no interest in Boeing 720?

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Reply #12 - Apr 17^th, 2007 at 1:14am

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chornedsnorkack wrote on Apr 16^th, 2007 at 11:06am:

bok269 wrote on Apr 15^th, 2007 at 11:12pm:

Of course, if I had to get a private airliner, you can be sure as hell its designation would start and end with 7.

So, no interest in Boeing 720?

It was actually initially marketed as the 717.

Besides, I was raised in the two-crew cockpit age.

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Reply #13 - Apr 17^th, 2007 at 11:50am

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Jayhawk Jake wrote on Apr 16^th, 2007 at 10:01am:

flyboy 28 wrote on Apr 16^th, 2007 at 12:23am:

Jayhawk Jake wrote on Apr 12^th, 2007 at 10:21am:

Why would you want that? You can't really go to many cities or anything Roll Eyes

I'd rather have something along the lines of a BBJ or 727, there is a lot more versatility.

But there's so much more leeeeegroom!

*flyboy stretches and criks his neck*

I'll take it.

I'd get lonely on the A380. Call to your flight attendendent...

"Could I get some coffee?"
"Sure thing sir, I'll be right back"

2 HOURS LATER

"Here's your coffee, sorry it's a little cold"
"What took so long"
"The walk to the front of the plane is a long one..."

A380-800 cannot match the length, much less the legroom, of either A340-600 or B777-300.

Anyway, you would have flight attendants closer, at least some of them. Under both FAR and JAR rules, the number of flight attendants depends on the number of seats - 1 attendant per each 50 seats. An A380-800 is a 853 seat plane, so you have to have 18 flight attendants at all times. Even if there is just 1 passenger in the whole plane somewhere in the back of coach section.

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Reply #14 - Apr 19^th, 2007 at 12:09am

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chornedsnorkack wrote on Apr 17^th, 2007 at 11:50am:

Jayhawk Jake wrote on Apr 16^th, 2007 at 10:01am:

flyboy 28 wrote on Apr 16^th, 2007 at 12:23am:

Jayhawk Jake wrote on Apr 12^th, 2007 at 10:21am:

Why would you want that? You can't really go to many cities or anything Roll Eyes

I'd rather have something along the lines of a BBJ or 727, there is a lot more versatility.

But there's so much more leeeeegroom!

*flyboy stretches and criks his neck*

I'll take it.

I'd get lonely on the A380. Call to your flight attendendent...

"Could I get some coffee?"
"Sure thing sir, I'll be right back"

2 HOURS LATER

"Here's your coffee, sorry it's a little cold"
"What took so long"
"The walk to the front of the plane is a long one..."

A380-800 cannot match the length, much less the legroom, of either A340-600 or B777-300.

Anyway, you would have flight attendants closer, at least some of them. Under both FAR and JAR rules, the number of flight attendants depends on the number of seats - 1 attendant per each 50 seats. An A380-800 is a 853 seat plane, so you have to have 18 flight attendants at all times. Even if there is just 1 passenger in the whole plane somewhere in the back of coach section.

I don't think he ment it that literally. As for the legroom, it's all about pitch. A 32 inch pitch (assuming the same seat) gives you the same amount of leg room in a E190 as a 777. But in this case its irrelavant, because the customer isn't trying to squish 500 people on board.

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Reply #15 - Apr 19^th, 2007 at 12:09pm

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bok269 wrote on Apr 17^th, 2007 at 1:14am:

chornedsnorkack wrote on Apr 16^th, 2007 at 11:06am:

bok269 wrote on Apr 15^th, 2007 at 11:12pm:

Of course, if I had to get a private airliner, you can be sure as hell its designation would start and end with 7.

So, no interest in Boeing 720?

It was actually initially marketed as the 717.

And what is KC-135?

bok269 wrote on Apr 17^th, 2007 at 1:14am:

Besides, I was raised in the two-crew cockpit age.

So, this leaves the choice of 757 and 777?

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Reply #16 - Apr 19^th, 2007 at 11:38pm

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chornedsnorkack wrote on Apr 19^th, 2007 at 12:09pm:

bok269 wrote on Apr 17^th, 2007 at 1:14am:

chornedsnorkack wrote on Apr 16^th, 2007 at 11:06am:

bok269 wrote on Apr 15^th, 2007 at 11:12pm:

Of course, if I had to get a private airliner, you can be sure as hell its designation would start and end with 7.

So, no interest in Boeing 720?

It was actually initially marketed as the 717.

And what is KC-135?

bok269 wrote on Apr 17^th, 2007 at 1:14am:

Besides, I was raised in the two-crew cockpit age.

So, this leaves the choice of 757 and 777?

720 was originally called the 717 when Boeing was initially pitching it to airlines. When it came to market, it became know as the 720, leaving room for the KC-135 and the MD-95 to be named the 717.

As for the choice of planes, that would also leave me with the MD-80 series, 717 (MD-95),737, 744, or the 767.

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Reply #17 - Apr 20^th, 2007 at 10:36am

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bok269 wrote on Apr 19^th, 2007 at 11:38pm:

chornedsnorkack wrote on Apr 19^th, 2007 at 12:09pm:

bok269 wrote on Apr 17^th, 2007 at 1:14am:

chornedsnorkack wrote on Apr 16^th, 2007 at 11:06am:

bok269 wrote on Apr 15^th, 2007 at 11:12pm:

Of course, if I had to get a private airliner, you can be sure as hell its designation would start and end with 7.

So, no interest in Boeing 720?

It was actually initially marketed as the 717.

And what is KC-135?

bok269 wrote on Apr 17^th, 2007 at 1:14am:

Besides, I was raised in the two-crew cockpit age.

So, this leaves the choice of 757 and 777?

720 was originally called the 717 when Boeing was initially pitching it to airlines. When it came to market, it became know as the 720, leaving room for the KC-135 and the MD-95 to be named the 717.

As for the choice of planes, that would also leave me with the MD-80 series,

Which neither starts nor ends with 7.
bok269 wrote on Apr 19^th, 2007 at 11:38pm:

717 (MD-95),737,

737, unlike DC-9, required three crew.
bok269 wrote on Apr 19^th, 2007 at 11:38pm:

744,

Does not end in 7, either.
BTW, remember that 748 is a Hawker-Siddeley plane
bok269 wrote on Apr 19^th, 2007 at 11:38pm:

or the 767.

Which also required three crew.

Only 757 and 777 have never had flight engineers.

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Reply #18 - Apr 21^st, 2007 at 5:14am

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chornedsnorkack wrote on Apr 20^th, 2007 at 10:36am:

bok269 wrote on Apr 19^th, 2007 at 11:38pm:

744,

Does not end in 7, either.

747-400.

You really are thinking too much about this. No need to pick fault with every point he makes because of one small comment he made earlier. Roll Eyes

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Reply #19 - Apr 22^nd, 2007 at 9:28pm

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chornedsnorkack wrote on Apr 20^th, 2007 at 10:36am:

bok269 wrote on Apr 19^th, 2007 at 11:38pm:

744,

Does not end in 7, either.

747-400.

You really are thinking too much about this. No need to pick fault with every point he makes because of one small comment he made earlier. Roll Eyes

Just having a discussion....

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Reply #20 - Apr 25^th, 2007 at 5:05pm

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thats a bit pricey lol if i want to fly in luxury i think i will stick to chartering a small jet and getting a few friends to go in on it to make it more cost efficient lol

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