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If there’s one place where absolutely no one would want anything remotely crazy to happen, it’s on board an airplane. But guess what, crazy things do happen everywhere, and airplanes are no exception.
Over the past few decades, hundreds of in-flight incidents have ended in passengers and crew getting hurt, or worse, killed in eventual crashes brought on by whatever insane thing some people on board have done. There were, however, instances where no one was actually hurt or killed, just plain annoyed, inconvenienced or scared shitless. Some are actually even funny, especially if you weren’t on that same flight. But …
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The need for speed seems to have always been somehow embedded in a man’s genetic code. Ways of fulfilling that need, however, vary from person to person. A large percentage do it the wussy way, meaning, the closest they’ll ever get to clocking 200 mph is by playing Need For Speed or Gran Turismo. Then there are the people who can afford to buy the fastest cars on the planet, and put the pedal to the metal on lonely stretches of road. Others become professional racers, going at insane speeds during F1 or Indy 500 competitions. An elite few, …
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So you’ve got a Bugatti Veyron. Big deal. OK, it IS a big deal. The Veyron, after all, is currently the fastest, most powerful, and most expensive exotic car in the world. But is owning one anywhere near the level of having a Gulfstream G550 at your beck and call parked in a hangar somewhere, ready to take off at a moment’s notice? Not a chance.
Private jets are probably some of the most expensive toys available to man. Naturally, only the very rich can even think about getting one. But even among private jets, there is a group of …
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