Oh, Your Private Jet Is Just Subsonic?

zerogeewhiz writes "Found this article here at The Sydney Morning Herald . It seems that Bill and his mates need to move a bit quicker these days and for a cool US$80 million, you too can overtake the Concorde on a dash to Harrods for dinner. As described in the article, the main complaint about Concorde is that it can only fly supersonic over water and creates those nasty sonic booms that punch holes in buildings and shatter windows. They reckon they can get rid of these waves by making the plane longer. These are gonna be fast but hideous. 737-700s are suddenly passe as a corporate jet..."

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Corporate Interceptor

[Nick Number]

for a cool US$80 million, you too can overtake the Concorde on a dash to Harrods for dinner

Er, for that kind of money you might as well pick up a used F-14 Tomcat. It may not have a cushy interior and cleverly-shaped bourbon dispensers, but show me another corporate transport that mounts Phoenix missiles. You'll be envied (and feared) by all your rivals chugging around in those wimpy Learjets.

Re:Corporate Interceptor

[Nick Number]

Actually, a F-14 would be really cool for one really important reason: you can eject when nesessary.

Yep, those high-paid executives do like to bail out when the going gets tough.

What color is YOUR parachute?

Re:For this kind of money...

[Tumbleweed]

That's what I was thinking...and whenever the CEO makes a statement, he can press a button for some incidental music! Or maybe rimshots whenever someone says something stupid. Think of the possibilities for humiliation of your subordinates!

MSAirforce One

[macdaddy]

MSAirforce One 2002