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May 20th, 2005, 18:48
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| Old Skool  |  Boeing Business Jets Rapidly Approaches 100 Orders GENEVA , May 17, 2005 – Boeing [NYSE] Business Jets today announced rapid progress toward achieving what no other ultra-large-cabin, long-range business jet manufacturer has accomplished – selling 100 business jets Fifty-seven customers have ordered 83 BBJs and 14 BBJ2s. About 40 percent of BBJ customers are private individuals, 38 percent are government heads of state, and the remaining customer segment is divided between corporate and charter operators http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/...r_050517g.html |
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May 21st, 2005, 08:30
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: DFW
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| Re: Boeing Business Jets Rapidly Approaches 100 Orders Dang! Who HAS that kind of bank????  |
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May 21st, 2005, 15:21
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| Old Skool  Join Date: May 2004 Location: Dallas TX
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| Re: Boeing Business Jets Rapidly Approaches 100 Orders The Donald Trumps, Bill Gates, Warren Buffets, ect of this world. AreoSky here at SAT has five 727s that they are converting to buisnes jets. |
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May 22nd, 2005, 09:13
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| Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: DFW
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| Re: Boeing Business Jets Rapidly Approaches 100 Orders [ QUOTE ] The Donald Trumps, Bill Gates, Warren Buffets, ect of this world. AreoSky here at SAT has five 727s that they are converting to buisnes jets. [/ QUOTE ] True, true. This "winter" (I live in FL), I flew right seat in a King Air with a seasonal charter company. We routinely flew over to PBI to pick up this dude in his early 20's who'd roll up in a Bently with his body-guard driving. His father (I know the name, but won't post it here) apparently owns all the electrical companies in the Bahamas and, as such, has HIS own plane as well.... A B727. It's just a tad too expensive to operate just to take his boy from PBI to SRQ.  |
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May 22nd, 2005, 10:47
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Chattanooga, TN
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 | Re: Boeing Business Jets Rapidly Approaches 100 Orders [quoteThis "winter" (I live in FL), I flew right seat in a King Air with a seasonal charter company. We routinely flew over to PBI to pick up this dude in his early 20's who'd roll up in a Bently with his body-guard driving. His father (I know the name, but won't post it here) apparently owns all the electrical companies in the Bahamas and, as such, has HIS own plane as well.... A B727. It's just a tad too expensive to operate just to take his boy from PBI to SRQ. [/ QUOTE ] Man, life must just suck having to fly in a King Air instead of the 727. Gotta love the little spoiled rich kids. |
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May 23rd, 2005, 00:45
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: lower canada
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| Re: Boeing Business Jets Rapidly Approaches 100 Orders [ QUOTE ] Man, life must just suck having to fly in a King Air instead of the 727. Gotta love the little spoiled rich kids. [/ QUOTE ] People like that probably need all the headroom they can get. |
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May 23rd, 2005, 20:02
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| Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: DFW
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| Re: Boeing Business Jets Rapidly Approaches 100 Orders [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Man, life must just suck having to fly in a King Air instead of the 727. Gotta love the little spoiled rich kids. [/ QUOTE ] People like that probably need all the headroom they can get. [/ QUOTE ] You might think that, but the guy was actually pretty cool. Not real talkative, mind you, but the few things he did say were always cordial. Never felt as though we were being looked down upon. I just cannot grasp what it must be like to have that kind of money. |
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May 23rd, 2005, 22:10
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| Old Skool Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Chattanooga, TN
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| Re: Boeing Business Jets Rapidly Approaches 100 Orders [ QUOTE ] You might think that, but the guy was actually pretty cool. Not real talkative, mind you, but the few things he did say were always cordial. Never felt as though we were being looked down upon. I just cannot grasp what it must be like to have that kind of money. [/ QUOTE ] I've met some pretty cool rich kids...I'm just jealous cuz they get all the toys I've always wanted!  |
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