“On a typical training mission, we would take off near Sacramento, refuel over Nevada, accelerate into Montana, obtain high Mach over Colorado, turn right over New Mexico, speed across the Los Angeles Basin, run up the West Coast, turn right at Seattle, then return to Beale. Total flight time: two hours and 40 minutes.”
Have to get me one of these!
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Clearly I am not making enough money, as I still take public transportation to work. Liberty Helicopters is beginning “shuttle” service from New Jersey to Wall Street landing pads for just $200 a day.
“Liberty Helicopters Inc. is offering to fly weary commuters from New Jersey to Manhattan for about $200 a day, saving them 14 hours in traffic a week and signaling that Wall Street may have seen the worst of the recession.
Liberty has already been approached by 150 potential clients after about a month of advertising, Patrick Day, a pilot and vice president of charter marketing…”
$70 MUNI Monthly Pass vs. $400 SF FiDi Parking + Fuel vs. ~$4000 Liberty Monthly Shuttle. I think I’ll pass on the helicopter rides, even when I make my millions.
Source: Bloomberg
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