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Google Plane Grounded on Google Earth

July 10, 2006 at 2:45 PM | 0 Comments

When we imagine our days after striking it rich (however that's going to happen), once we get past the idle fantasies of peeled grapes, palm frond fans and sedan chairs, we wonder: What would our private plane look like? There are so many options, from Hawkers and Gulfstream V's to crummy Cessna's that we'd fly ourselves. Although, upon further review, that didn't work out so well for John Kennedy Junior.

Nonetheless, at least now we know how real zillionaires pass the time; not by buying private jets, but by arguing about how to outfit them. That's been the cause of a recent kerfluffle between Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who've been refurbishing the interior of their 767 in order to make it a "party plane" for about 50 people.

A 767 is big; it's a two-aisle plane used by many airlines for popular transcontinental or transatlantic routes, like American between JFK and LAX. That means there will be plenty of space for all sorts of entertainments, though the Google boys have decided that they'd rather put in hammocks hanging from the ceiling. One argument was in part of the size of the bed--California King was not the first choice for both of them.

Gosh, just thinking about a party plane makes sitting in that middle seat even less comfortable than before, doesn't it?

[Image via Noahstone/Flickr]

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