Apparently Greyhound busses are not swanky enough for John Kerry. It was OK for Bill Clinton and then for Al Gore but Mr. Heinz decided he wanted to ride in style.
It's a Boeing 757-236 which can carry 200+ people but Senator Kerry has his own private cabin and some other goodies so this model can only carry about 100. He can jet from New York to Paris Los Angles in a single hop.
The only story I could find did not list a price tag but I'd guess it to be in the $65 to $75 million range depending on age, interior and avionics.
Of course I'm sure it's not his, it's the family's.
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757 thats the same plane Bu... (Below threshold)1. Posted by PilotCman | May 24, 2004 8:47 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
757 thats the same plane Bush had in 2000.
1. Posted by PilotCman | May 24, 2004 8:47 PM |
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Posted on May 24, 2004 20:47
2. Posted by luap | May 24, 2004 8:47 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Hey Paul, you haven't posted anything about W falling off his bike, is it time for training wheels? Of course we wouldn't want any ugly rumors about W being (back ?) on the blow now would we?
2. Posted by luap | May 24, 2004 8:47 PM |
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Posted on May 24, 2004 20:47
3. Posted by Jay Tea | May 24, 2004 9:20 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I guess Kerry outgrew his wife's Gulfstream V, alias "The Flying Squirrel..."
J.
3. Posted by Jay Tea | May 24, 2004 9:20 PM |
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Posted on May 24, 2004 21:20
4. Posted by Tim Macalpine | May 24, 2004 10:01 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Luap,
Pretty funny about Dubya falling off the bike. All I could think when I heard that was, "Man, didn't he do that before?!" :-)
"...W being back on the blow..." LOL
Tim
4. Posted by Tim Macalpine | May 24, 2004 10:01 PM |
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Posted on May 24, 2004 22:01
5. Posted by Spoons | May 25, 2004 8:29 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I'm guessing the plane is leased.
5. Posted by Spoons | May 25, 2004 8:29 AM |
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Posted on May 25, 2004 08:29
6. Posted by Paul | May 25, 2004 8:45 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Oh, I'm sure it is...
But what are the lease payments on a 75 million dollar aircraft compared to a Greyhound bus like most candidates use?
6. Posted by Paul | May 25, 2004 8:45 AM |
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Posted on May 25, 2004 08:45
7. Posted by Bruce Hayden | June 1, 2004 12:16 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I am not a Kerry supporter by any means - I wouldn't vote for him for dog catcher.
That said, a presidential candidate of a national party needs to be able to jet from one end of the country to the other with his press corps to be ocmpetitive.
He is running against a candidate with a tax supported (but reimbursed by his committee for campaign events) custom 747 that comes with at least a couple of other planes whenever it flys anywhere. I saw it under guard a couple of years ago in PHX, along with an Air Force transport plane and a couple of Air Force executive jets. It is impressive - recongnizable around the world.
7. Posted by Bruce Hayden | June 1, 2004 12:16 PM |
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Posted on June 1, 2004 12:16