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Boeing 787 Dreamliner VIP Edition

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wings


The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which we heard about last October, just might be the fastest selling airplane in aviation history. It seems like all the big dogs want one, the latest being Hong Kong real estate tycoon Joseph Lau with his $153 million dollar 787 Dreamliner VIP Edition order. Once completed the Boeing will have 2,400+ square feet of luxurious space filled with amenities like vaulted ceilings, spiral staircases, and video wall displays.

And on a related note, new pictures have been released of the even bigger 4,786 sq foot 747 Dreamliner, complete with Skyloft feature. Gorgeous!

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Tags: 747, 787, 787 dreamliner vip edition, 787DreamlinerVipEdition, airplane, boeing, dreamliner, fly, jet, joseph lau, JosephLau, lau, plane, private, vip, wings

Seven Cycles IMX: a Titan in Titanium

by Anne Metz (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

I am grateful to the aerospace industry for so many things: Airbus, NASA, SkyMall magazine ...

But I am especially grateful to the aerospace industry for its use of titanium, the space-age metal that used in airplane construction. Simultaneously unbreakable, indefatigable, corrosion-proof and ultralight, titanium is also totally dope.

Equally dope is Seven Cycles of Watertown, Massachusetts, which has been making bicycle frames from titanium since 1997.

With summer around the bend, I've got a jones for the IMX, Seven's flagship  titanium/carbon mountain bike. The frame alone is $3,395. Steep, yes. But think of it like the two-wheeled equivalent of a tailor-made suit.

That $3,395 includes custom sizing, yes, but it also includes dialed-in custom handling and ride characteristics (do you want Cadillac comfortable? Formula-1fast?). Decal choice is also part of the deal, as is making sure the frame is compatible with the exact components you choose.

In other words, the aerospace-quality bike frame you get is an honest-to-god one-of-a-kind.

Can you say that for a Boeing 747? I didn't think so.


Tags: 747, bikes, boeing, cadillac, custom, massachusetts, mountain bike, MountainBike, nascar, seven, seven cycles, SevenCycles, titanium, watertown

747 Home in Malibu

by Trey Evans (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates, Wings

I like planes just as much as the next guy, but I'd never want to live in one.  Not even my father, a pilot, would want to spend that much time in a plane.  Granted, the parts are being integrated into a house, it's not like this homeowner will actually live in the plane, but hey, whatever.  What appears to be an update on a story we covered back in November, AFP is reporting that a Malibu land owner purchased a 747 from an airplane graveyard and is moving it to his 55 acre plot in Cali.  The cockpit will be a meditation room, the main house will utilize the wings for what looks like an awning, and the plane's first-class upstairs lounge will be a loft.  The picture doesn't provide much detail, but it seems interesting none-the-less.


Tags: 747, airplane, home

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