Mystery buyer purchases a new Boeing 747-8, adds $100 million in interior design

[Newsjock]

Source: The Globe and Mail

... The dimensions of the 747-8 are impressive. The only bigger passenger jet is the Airbus A380, and not by much. The new Boeing is 76.4 metres longer -- 6 metres longer than its predecessor, the Boeing 747-400. It can carry 467 passengers, compared to 416 for the previous version, and, equipped with the latest General Electric motors, has a formidable range of 14,800 kms. The A380 has 525 seats.

... There is also a mystery buyer of the new Boeing, rumoured to be a fabulously wealthy Arab sheik or Russian oligarch, who ordered one as a private jet.

The list price of the 747-8 is US$317.8-million (though discounts of 30 per cent or more are often available).

The owner of the private 747 is thought to have spent US$100-million just outfitting the interior with gold faucets, “disco wave” lighting for in-flight parties, soothing mood lighting to relax you during turbulence, lavish bedrooms and other baubles and tweaks.

Read more: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-news/global-exchange/boeing-rolls-out-new-version-of-747-at-paris-air-show/article2066722/

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[Maru Kitteh]

1. George? n/t

[Newsjock]

2. I think the only 'disco wave' lighting Dubya sees

... is his technicolor rainbow after another drunken stumble.

[Maru Kitteh]

4. You're probably right! George would want an exact replica of AF1 so he could live

the fantasy forever.

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3. "Ouplence?... I has it!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkMsSIjQXxo

[NYC_SKP]

7. I want.

[hootinholler]

14. I've wanted one of those since I first saw the ad!

I so want a micro-giraffe!

-Hoot

[DJ13]

5. The buyer needs it to be that big

He needs room for his midget giraffe to run around.

[underseasurveyor]

6. My guess is that it's that Russian billionaire nt

[madrchsod]

8. yup ,the only people with that amount of money and bad taste...

[IndyPragmatist]

13. Roman was upset that he couldn't buy Neymar

So he bought a plane instead.

[progressoid]

9. See? The wealth is trickling down!

[Initech]

10. There should be like a 100% luxury goods tax on shit like this.

If someone has that much fucking money to burn - they need to be paying.

[Angleae]

12. It would be very difficult to collect.

Considering most of Boeing commercial planes are technically sold in Canada.

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[Bryn]

15. Kenneth Copeland?

One of those TV evangelists ... Kenneth has two of them parked at his house! Ugh! Yes, planes that big!