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Post by Gary. on Aug 14, 2012 18:24:30 GMT 12
This new book by Martin Butler is just the most interesting read, could there really be two crated up and forgotten early Boeing aircraft resting in the tunnels of north head?   |
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Post by Gary. on Aug 14, 2012 18:29:26 GMT 12
Apparantly the company Boeing would be prepared to pay the equivalent of the cost of a new 747 to have these bi- planes back. whats a new 747 worth? I'm thinking fifty million???   |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 14, 2012 18:48:37 GMT 12
No.
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Post by Gary. on Aug 14, 2012 18:58:46 GMT 12
Twenty five Million then??? I'm quessing of course, what is a brand spanking 747 worth?
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Post by McFly on Aug 14, 2012 19:28:50 GMT 12
Twenty five Million then??? I'm guessing of course, what is a brand spanking 747 worth? This is $USD...  According to the latest price data on its website, a 737 MAX 8, Boeing's newest single-aisle jet, costs $100.5 million. A 747-8 jumbo costs $351.4 million.
A mid-sized, carbon fiber 787-8 now costs $206.8 million, which includes an extra 1.5 percent mark-up on top of the 5.5 percent increase.
Aircraft list prices bear little relation to their actual selling prices, as large buyers always get substantial discounts.www.avionews.com/index.php?corpo=see_news_home.php&news_id=1144366&pagina_chiamante=index.php |
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Post by Gary. on Aug 14, 2012 19:59:04 GMT 12
Thanks McFly.....thats just insane 351.4 million for a new 747 wow i guess we better start digging at North Head and find those old Boeings, our economy could use that kind of cash..
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Post by Peter Lewis on Aug 14, 2012 20:23:58 GMT 12
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Post by Gary. on Aug 14, 2012 20:45:05 GMT 12
Thanks Peter I,m about half way through this book at the moment and its a hard book to put down. It seems from the book that one or maybe two of the engines from the early Boeings may have ended up going into boats after these aircraft were pulled apart and bits sold off...  |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Aug 15, 2012 10:04:52 GMT 12
I thought they were supposed to have been burned? I'm sure we have had big thread on this topic before, just can't find it.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Aug 15, 2012 10:11:11 GMT 12
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Post by Gary. on Aug 15, 2012 17:38:30 GMT 12
Cheers flyjoe180 Thanks for those links it seems many people remember seeing aircraft parts in the tunnels right up till the 1970s. But those people who had ventured into the tunnels were in the services and new they shouldn,t be in there, so they kept quiet about what they saw until many years after......you,ve gotta love a good mystery. |
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