Something tells me that if you got yourself a plane and then posted about it here, you'd get treated a lot more nicely than the OP.
The world has become a cynical and mean place. The guy bought a freaking working fire engine, and all people can do is whine endlessly about how impractical and wasteful it is...
But yet these same people wouldn't say the same about an aircraft, race car, or similar. Even though those are likely MORE expensive and equally as wasteful fuel wise.
Whatever, you get your plane! And you have fun with it. Ignore all these haters and cynics.
I want a jet fighter. I wonder if I could get a relatively new one. All weapons would have to be removed of course. It would be the sports car of the air. I would need to get a billion dollars first though so that I could afford top notch maintenance. This would be my expensive toy. Instead of a yacht the new "in" thing could be buying a sport jet.
In reality, I like the idea more then the reality of it. If I really had a billion dollars I would simply buy a porsche and use all my free time to do research.
"Ellison also owns at least two fighter jets: an SIAI-Marchetti S.211, used by the Italian Air Force, and a decommissioned MiG-29, for which the US Government has refused him permission to import"
A billion dollars for a fighter plane. Good lord, this actually brings into context how fucking rich Bill Gates is.
This and the fact that he can give every single person on Earth a billion dollars each and still be among the richest people on the planet.
