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   Hello Ward!   
      
   ** On Tuesday 27.05.25 - 21:00, Ward Dossche wrote to August Abolins:   
      
    WD> ... Remember, the Qataris want to get rid of it because it   
    WD> is too expensive to fly,   
      
   I was not aware of that take on it.   
      
      
    WD> ..and the orange-one may be rich but not compared to that   
    WD> Qatari-league.   
      
   ..but he's bound to profit from the new buildings and golf     
   courses he's planting in Qatar, no?   
      
      
    WD> ..It is not fit to be converted into a cargo-aircraft or a   
    WD> passenger plane (which is why the Qataris can't fnd a   
    WD> buyer)   
      
   I did not hear that that there were no actual buyers for it.   
      
      
    WD> ..plus it has not got enough power generating capacity to   
    WD> run the electroniscs that will be brought on board. I'm   
    WD> not talking the anti-terrorism stuff, just the basic   
    WD> things like communications and other electronics to run   
    WD> the country.   
      
   If the plane is just a false appeasement of some kind (most     
   have used the term "bribe" - for something) then those     
   technical issues will surely be a let down for Trump.   
      
      
    WD> The aircraft, before beings able to be used by the   
    WD> President, will need to be seriously stripped-down and   
    WD> then rebuilt. Chances are the 2 other 747-8s will be   
    WD> finished first anyway.   
      
   Right.. the other two are well ahead of the conversions and     
   fittings.  Dunno how Trump thinks this new one will get ahead     
   of the line and finished before his term is over.   
      
      
      
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