Tuesday 19 June 2007

Swings & Roundabouts


An Airbus A380 Superjumbo has been purchased for use as a private jet by an individual "not from Europe or the US" (*Cough* Saudi Arabia *Cough*).

The idea of a flying barn like the A380 being converted into a jumped-up Gulfstream strikes me as gauche, vulgar, and stinks to high heaven of the nouveau riche. On the other hand, it's managed to send unnamed "environmental groups" (*Cough* The BBC *Cough*) into a hissy fit.

And so balance is restored.

2 comments:

jabrwok said...

Here's hoping said unnamed buyer isn't of the bin Laden clan or their ilk.

Anonymous said...

Thank you, Jason. I was hoping I wasn't the only one who got a sinking feeling from the prospect of the Saudis attaining a contemporary Spruce Goose.