This is cool – the Google Plane. This airplane is not actually owned by Google, but solely by the 2 cofounders Larry Page and Sergy Brin. The airplane is owned through a Delaware holding company and The FAA Registry states Blue City Holdings LLC. Oklahoma City as owner.
The Google aircraft originally had seating capacity for 180, but was modified to seat 50. Now the plane features hammocks hung from the ceiling and possibly a California king size bed for Mr. Brin.
Hotshot designer Leslie Jennings, who has done work for Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen was hired to retrofit the airplane for the Google Guys, but this ended in a huge dispute and a lengthy lawsuit. The plane has now been retrofitted, and is jetting Google executives all around the world.
This widebody Boeing aircraft is capable of transoceanic flights and can carry 6 full sized cargo containers.
More recently, Sergy and Larry have been flying into the military base in the silicon valley, Moffett Field. This airport is restricted to military and government use only, and strictly prohibits private and even commercial air traffic. But the google plane has been seen coming and going from this off limits airport. Not even Larry Ellison has this much pull with the air traffic control board of the San Francisco Bay Area to get his private jet onto its own runway.
Checkout the Billionaire’s aircraft:
See more photos of the google plane. Thanks to Bill Shull, Joel Vogt valleywag, gizmodo and airliners.net for some photos.
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March 31st, 2009 at 2:54 pm
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April 3rd, 2009 at 10:12 pm
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April 12th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
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April 15th, 2009 at 9:15 am
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June 20th, 2009 at 10:27 am
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August 24th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
No one can complain about the feeling of getting rich:)
Google is a great company, and has also create lots of job opportunities for many marketers.
Nevertheless, the Plane PIC really make me jeolous..even Airforce One is not as big as this one.
Jay
September 10th, 2010 at 11:03 am
thanks for showing us the Google plane – I hope to get my own one day!
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September 11th, 2010 at 2:51 am
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September 11th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
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October 20th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
it will be sad when he gets hit for selling private data and he has to pay back 18000000000 dollars worth of government credits to online users
November 4th, 2010 at 5:17 am
thank you very nice online post about the Google plane.
November 30th, 2010 at 8:33 pm
I’ve flown in the google plane (I wish!)
December 15th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
I think Google feels entitled to whatever they want.
January 3rd, 2011 at 4:46 am
I was searching for the google plane, I can’t believe it is so huge.
January 22nd, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Folks it is a modified Boeing 767, AF One is MUCH bigger a 747. They have a 757 parked with the one pictured, the Google Air Force.
January 26th, 2011 at 4:49 pm
That looks like a Boeing 767 as fogman tagged it. Omg! An aircraft designed to carry 180 persons modified for 50. I can’t imagine how it would look inside of it.
For instance I thought it was a 737 but no it is far more bigger. Imagine this, each engine cost up to 30 millions.
February 17th, 2011 at 8:20 am
The Google plane is more impressive than the Apple plane.