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  1. 03-27-2009, 06:50 PM #1
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    Flying Hotel

    http://i.gizmodo.com/5187289/stay-at-th ... ying-hotel

    Cant wait to spot on of these. :borat:
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  2. 03-27-2009, 07:36 PM #2
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    Re: Flying Hotel

    That looks like the coolest/most un-insurable aircraft in history.
    Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
    All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
    I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9
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  3. 03-28-2009, 06:58 AM #3
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    Re: Flying Hotel

    Quote Originally Posted by GothamSpotter
    That looks like the coolest/most un-insurable aircraft in history.
    I just wonder how much it is to fuel it up.
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  4. 03-28-2009, 01:26 PM #4
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    Re: Flying Hotel

    I don't believe its ever going to be built.

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  5. 03-28-2009, 01:46 PM #5
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    Re: Flying Hotel

    Quote Originally Posted by GothamSpotter
    That looks like the coolest/most un-insurable aircraft in history.
    Is anything the Russians build insurable? LOL
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  6. 03-28-2009, 10:23 PM #6
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    Re: Flying Hotel

    Quote Originally Posted by Tom_Turner
    I don't believe its ever going to be built.

    Tom
    One of the pics (the one next to the hangar) doesn't look computer generated to me.
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  7. 03-28-2009, 11:16 PM #7
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    Re: Flying Hotel

    Quote Originally Posted by T-Bird76
    Quote Originally Posted by GothamSpotter
    That looks like the coolest/most un-insurable aircraft in history.
    Is anything the Russians build insurable? LOL
    AN-225 and possibly the Vodka?
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  8. 03-29-2009, 01:45 AM #8
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    Re: Flying Hotel

    LOL ...its coming to JFK twice this summer... :lol:

    get your credit card out and go to facebook and buy a ticket.... ...

    Hotelicopter amenities:

    “On-call flight attendants” attend to your every need, business center, concierge, fitness center, whirlpool, sauna, steam room, spa/salon offering massages and tanning, common space area with live music at select destinations, blackjack table, art gallery, wine tasting, yoga studio and hydro-garden, tea garden, Japanese garden with koi pond.
    Destination services:

    Concierge, babysitting & Kids’ Kamp, array of newspapers and local magazines provided in-cabin prior to landing in each destination, Welcome kit for each location, complimentary kids’ activity kits for use during driving in destination cities, customized souvenir from each location, commemorative gifts for inaugural riders.
    For Kids & Kids at Heart:

    Babysitting & Kids’ Kamp, playground, arcade, ping pong table, Make Your Own Pizza parlor, and Destination outings such as Hotelicopter Trapeze School!
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  9. 03-29-2009, 03:41 AM #9
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    Re: Flying Hotel

    I would not like to work on that thing.
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  10. 03-29-2009, 08:44 AM #10
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    Re: Flying Hotel

    Got to spot that, if one of those crashes imagine all the deaths?
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  11. 03-29-2009, 09:02 AM #11
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    Re: Flying Hotel

    You can't spot an April's Fools joke.....

    But here's something that crashed and, yes, people died....

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 9001888697

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  12. 03-29-2009, 09:06 AM #12
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    Re: Flying Hotel

    Thats crazy, what a shame.
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  13. 03-29-2009, 11:05 AM #13
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    Re: Flying Hotel

    Oh, the humanity?
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  14. 04-05-2009, 09:00 PM #14
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    Re: Flying Hotel

    Btw... Gizmodo, has finally caught on and added an "Update".

    The Hotelicopter is a Hoax.

    :lol:
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