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Re: LEGO® Airlines ... where do you want to go?
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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 : (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)

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(...) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)

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