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Google founders make a sick move, can park their Boeing minutes from HQ

Posted by Staff on Sep 13, 2007 12:04 am 9 comments
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In the world of the uber-rich, it takes quite a bit to actually out-do another similarly-rich person. The founders of Google, though, have done just that, becoming the first (and only) people to be able to land, take-off, and park their Boeing 767 (or private aircraft of any kind) at a federally funded and maintained airstrip in the heart of Silicon Valley. Moffett Field, which is only about 4 miles from Googleville HQ, is run by NASA, and typically allows nothing in the way of private or commercial aircraft into its midst. But, for $1.3 million a year, Larry Page and Sergey Brin can. But that’s chump change for anyone owning a multi-billion-dollar Valley business…why are they so special? The catch is that NASA gets to put scientists, researchers, and gear on the uber-modified aircraft free of charge. This cuts down on the costs NASA typically has to spend on their own similar flights. Talk about a pimp move! We can already picture other company founders cursing their names as they sit in Frisco traffic trying to get to their office.

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9 comment(s) for this post.

  1. On Sep 13, 2007 @ 12:12 am, Cee Pee Said:

    BAAALLLLLLLIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!

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  2. On Sep 13, 2007 @ 2:23 am, damnit Said:

    I knew I should have picked “uber-rich” when i had the chance… instead i’m an elf in some stupid world craft game…

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  3. On Sep 13, 2007 @ 2:26 am, Lost In Translation Said:

    Nice move. Either way, thats an extra $1.3 Million towards NASA’s budget before all the money they save from using google’s plane.

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  4. On Sep 13, 2007 @ 3:06 am, Spencer Williams Said:

    Nice because Google will use NASA’s satellites for even scarier purposes now!

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  5. On Sep 13, 2007 @ 3:15 am, victor Said:

    They are spreading their companies territory to really mean google.

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  6. On Sep 13, 2007 @ 9:08 am, Randy Said:

    You can’t even begin to imagine what google would be capable of if they turned evil.

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  7. On Sep 13, 2007 @ 10:35 am, c53p9 Said:

    Ha ha “Frisco traffic.” Nobody says Frisco. Ha ha ha. Ha ha. LOLlerskates.

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  8. On Sep 13, 2007 @ 3:07 pm, Adam Helfman Said:

    I am soooo jealouos of these guys!

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  9. On Sep 17, 2007 @ 1:08 pm, johdaxx Said:

    “We can already picture other company founders cursing their names as they sit in Frisco traffic trying to get to their office.”

    Actually, I think most of the big guys keep their airplanes in Stockton and get picked up at SJC. Still, that’s pretty nice since I’d guess Moffett probably doesn’t have SJC’s time/sound restrictions.

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