On Jun 19, 3:57 pm, Some Other Guy wrote:
Then there are people for whom cost isn't much of an issue:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6768237.stm

An unnamed buyer just ordered an Airbus A380 at the Paris air show today.
For "personal use for him and his entourage".

$300 million bucks.

Some oil Sheik presumably, but I wonder if he's aware that there's
not a lot of places that puppy can land.

Read the other day that someone has already put down $$$ for a private
B787 as well...

It's one thing to deal in "vapor airframes," but it's a whole
different world to be able to spend "vapor cash!"

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ