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Old 08-08-2007, 12:58 PM
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Virgin Air America

http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/08/virgin-americas-inaugural-flight/


sweeet... and the plane is named after Steven Colbert... even cooler!

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Old 08-08-2007, 01:23 PM
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sweeet... and the plane is named after Steven Colbert... even cooler!
Hopefully this "Air America" doesn't face the same fate as their radio namesake
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Old 08-08-2007, 01:23 PM
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Virgin Air America i think that belongs on the Oxymoron thread...
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Old 08-08-2007, 01:24 PM
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Hopefully this "Air America" doesn't face the same fate as their radio namesake
What fate is that? The Cold War is already over.

Oh, sorry. I was thinking about the CIA front operation that flew during the Viet Nam war.
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Old 08-08-2007, 01:30 PM
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What fate is that? The Cold War is already over.

Oh, sorry. I was thinking about the CIA front operation that flew during the Viet Nam war.


Airplanes, hemhorraging money and going down in flames generally aren't a good combination.
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Old 08-08-2007, 01:47 PM
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Hey, I wonder if you'd be banned from this airline if you're a member of the Mile High Club?
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Old 08-08-2007, 02:26 PM
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Hey, I wonder if you'd be banned from this airline if you're a member of the Mile High Club?
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Old 08-08-2007, 03:01 PM
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Hey, I wonder if you'd be banned from this airline if you're a member of the Mile High Club?
If it's not self-inflicted, then yes.
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Old 08-08-2007, 03:05 PM
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If it's "self-inflicted" then you'd actually belong to the Mile-High Auto Club, wouldn't you?
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Old 08-08-2007, 07:27 PM
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Being able to play Doom/multiplayer Doom with others on the plane, would make for a more "fun" flight.
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Old 08-09-2007, 07:31 PM
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A follow up

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I sooo want to try this airline out if they ever offer service from Orlando to some other US city
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Old 08-10-2007, 08:42 AM
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A follow up

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/08/08/getting_high_with_ri.html


I sooo want to try this airline out if they ever offer service from Orlando to some other US city
Very cool! I must be getting old, that's looking more entertaining than the ill-fated Hooters Air.
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Old 08-10-2007, 08:47 AM
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If it's "self-inflicted" then you'd actually belong to the Mile-High Auto Club, wouldn't you?
At least the passengers would be more tractable if they controlled their own joysticks.....

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