Now where did my jumbo jet go? There it is!
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Anyone lose a Boeing 727 lately? I just checked my hangar and all of mine are in stock. Girlfriend check one out? Nope, she's on the yacht.Well someone is missing one. Vietnamese officials at Hanoi's Noi Bai airport can't seem to figure out who left the aircraft at their airport late last year; it's currently sitting collecting dust at on the tarmac with an outdated order for "essential maintenance". Nobody has bothered to claim it.
Looking at the aircraft, there is a Cambodian flag on the skin with the name "Air Dream", but the Vietnamese don't seem to have any information on the airline -- whether that's a testament to a defunct, outdated airline and aircraft or the failures of the communist bureaucracy, I'm not sure.
Meantime, I have half a nerve to send one of my Vietnamese cousins up with a briefcase full of parking fees and say that the 727 belongs to my family. I've been meaning to bedazzle one of my aircraft and park it out on my front lawn in The Hamptons. Maybe Gridskipper will pick up the story.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Jun 11th 2008 @ 4:49PM
mr. Obsession said...
Just giving quick props for the Gridskipper dig.
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Jun 12th 2008 @ 7:55PM
JackDog2x said...
dig it skipper
Jun 11th 2008 @ 7:08PM
mikey said...
Amazingly, though, there has only been ONE single post on Gridskipper about the Hamptons in the past 7 days. I think they got the point.
Unfortunately, it may have been too late; there have only been a handful of comments on all the other articles during that same time period, so maybe too many people ran away before they got things closer to back-on-track.
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Jun 12th 2008 @ 6:19PM
Bill said...
Has anyone inspected the inside of this plane and the storage compartments?
Someone should also consult those quirky plane spotter fanatics. They record tail numbers and arrivals and departures all over the world.
This apparent mystery should be readily solvable.
Jun 11th 2008 @ 10:05PM
TravelBot said...
Sounds familiar.
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Jun 12th 2008 @ 2:08PM
Ray Kiddy said...
Sounds like a dumping place for magicians who dissapear air craft! Or, maby its a Burmuda Triangle loss! Or....whats behind door three prize?
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Jun 12th 2008 @ 2:18PM
Kalahari-chi said...
About three years ago exactly the same aircraft went missing in Luanda, Angola. It has been linked to coup attempts in one or the other African country.
The plane mysteriously left South-Africa and went missing in Angola.
Not sure whether it's connected with the coup attempt against the Central African Republic.
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Jun 12th 2008 @ 2:39PM
wendy said...
'Scuse me if I'm sounding like a nitpicker, but a "727" is not a "jumbo." Planes didn't get "jumbo" until the 747.
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Jun 12th 2008 @ 4:25PM
j candlish said...
Way to go, Wendy. Good eye. Makes me wonder if he knows what the hell he's talking about on any other topic.
Jun 12th 2008 @ 3:05PM
dale said...
Its mine please bring it back.
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Jun 12th 2008 @ 3:08PM
royalebus said...
My buddy, Billy Joe Tom Bob Spraggins, told me that he only learned that his neighbor won the Florida lottery after a Lear Jet soon appeared "up on blocks" in back of his double-wide trailer. Maybe, somewhere there is a lottery winner that just can no longer afford fuel and maintenance for his 727....
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Jun 12th 2008 @ 6:37PM
BART FARKLE said...
This ROYALEBUS guy is nuts. You can send him an email and in two minutes he sends it back as if he found it and is sending it to you. The plane is probably his personal jet when he woked for the TVA.
Jun 12th 2008 @ 3:11PM
eddie said...
hey wendy.. your soooo right. thanks for knowing YOUR aircrafts.. glad im not the only one
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Jun 12th 2008 @ 3:28PM
ed said...
if you look at the markings "LAB" that is for lloyd aereo boliviano airlines out of bolivia. as of 2004 it has 10 registrations all starting with "CP" and also looking at it closer, it has winglets which seems that the aircraft was just fitted for since all airlines are now going with them to save fuel. it also looks like there is a reg number. but why hanoi?
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Jun 12th 2008 @ 3:37PM
Jay said...
This photo is from the Wikipedia site for LAB.
Jun 12th 2008 @ 3:43PM
jerryG said...
a B727 IS NOT a wide body jumbo jet. -where did this guy come from??
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Jun 12th 2008 @ 3:43PM
jerryG said...
a B727 IS NOT A wide body jumbo jet- where did this guiy come from? it will take more than money to get this plane. -did the officials think to check the registration paperwork?? that should tell them something. every aircraft MUST be registered some where- otherwise -no certificate airworthiness- no AW - no fly .period
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Jun 12th 2008 @ 3:50PM
scott said...
Air Dream hmm, Air America, hmm, tell me who just leave a 35 million aircraft? A big company is who,DUH!
and anyway, this is not jumbo, the author needs to read up on the different types of aircraft---dummy!!!
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Jun 12th 2008 @ 3:53PM
Tony said...
727's not a Jumbo
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Jun 12th 2008 @ 4:07PM
Sol said...
Nice...very nice
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