Those of you reading this while jammed into a center coach seat might want to move on to another story, one that doesn't deal with a Saudi prince's new ride, the 6,000 square foot 'Flying Palace" custom Airbus A380.
Billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is paying well over list ($320 million) for his sky limo/air estate. While Airbus would not reveal details of the customization, the possibilities are vast. The cabin is as wide as three Shaquile O'Neils laid end to end, as long as six Weinermobiles, with as much area as 24 rooms at Motel 6. That's plenty of room to pimp it up with a swimming pool, or a go-cart track, bowling alley, IMAX theater, quilt loom, foosball, lawn darts or Frisbee golf course, or sauna complete with its own live birch trees. Think on that the next time you try to prop your laptop on a tray the size of a dollar bill.
This is not the Prince's initial foray into luxury air travel. He is presently the only owner of a private Boeing (NYSE:BA)747, which will probably become his beater plane, the one the kids take to college.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-13-2007 @ 3:53PM
Daniel Mullane said...
I'M ENVIOUS ! DOES THIS GUY NEED A TRAVELING COMPANION OR TWO? MY WIFE AND I ARE FREE TO ROAM AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE !
THERE IS NO GOD!
11-14-2007 @ 7:04AM
Georges Clermont said...
This is disgusting: these oil-sheiks wouldn't think of setting up foundations, of helping their uneducated population (which they want to keep that way).
Bill Gates, Warren Buffet are the wealthiest men in the world: never would they even dream of something so foolish. But they're American and Occidental