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Re: LEGO® Airlines ... where do you want to go?
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:48:12 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Steven Weiser wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > In lugnet.general, Doug Eaton wrote:
> > 
> > > This looks amazingly like set 455.  Has LEGO owned this plane for the last
> > > 29 years?
> > > 
> > > <http://guide.lugnet.com/set/455_1
> > > <http://img.lugnet.com/set/200/early/lego455.jpg>>
> > 
> > Note that owning and operating a Citation is a good chunck of change, many of
> > these craft have operating costs in the 2-5K/hour range. And LEGO has 3!
> 
> Not to mention the cost of maintaining just one of these planes.
> 
> Some companies even share the costs of ownership or leasing with other companies
> in exchange for the use of the aircraft.

Many companies also lease out their planes when there is a period where
no activity is forseen.  Which brings this back to the subject again.

Is there a way to charter one of these jets :-)



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  Re: LEGO® Airlines ... where do you want to go?
 
On 10:48 07/20/2004, Doug Eaton wrote (...) Rent it for just little round-about sight seeing hope... I wonder how many AFOLs would pay for a flight around the city in the LEGO jet :-) --- wubwub aka stephen f roberts wildbrick.com - Jain's Guide : (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: LEGO® Airlines ... where do you want to go?
 
(...) Not to mention the cost of maintaining just one of these planes. The owner of the auto dealer I work at just purchased a used Citation III for 2.5 million dollars. A new one can set you back starting from 5 million, and depending on (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)

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