Patriots are 1st NFL team to have their own airplanes

Mack Herron said:

Only weapon was Mach 3+. Shot at, never shot down.

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my favorite fun fact about the sr-71 is that because the titanium skin of the plane heated up so much during flight, they had to design the fuel tanks with loose fitting joints that would expand and seal when the plane was in flight. so when the plane was sitting on the ground, it would constantly be leaking fuel.
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Cool. How many extra wins does having pretty airplanes get us?

Minitron said:

Bad thing is they have to repaint it after this year and it seems they dont't have space for that sixth Lombardi on that back wing

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Which is why they had to buy TWO planes...

Joker said:

the Jete are so stupid they think joining the mile high club involves a parachute....

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Eight miles high
And when you touch down
You'll find that it's
Stranger than known

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Either that or visiting a "coffee shop" in Amsterdam...

Observer said:

Old news- the patriots have owned the Jets for a long time.

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Exactly. They have the Bills to pay for it.

n6249c said:

SR71 seems appropriate for a team that likes to dictate the pace with a fast tempo offense.

Here's an off-topic but truly great story of speed, told by a former Blackbird pilot, in his own words.
The Most Hilarious Story You'll Ever Hear About The SR-71 Blackbird, America's Mach 3+ Spy Plane

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That is truly awesome. Thanks for sharing.

This clearly gives the team a competitive advantage. "Flygate". Bring it jealous, inferior, haters.

supafly said:

Cool. How many extra wins does having pretty airplanes get us?

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Two.

TB_Helmet said:

If you do find it, please post. Would love details. It would just be another way that the Patriots are maximizing their chances of winning.

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Late but here you go.

Patriots Become 1st NFL Franchise to Buy a Team Plane

ctpatsfan77 said:

Two.

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What, were the commercial airlines making them layover in Phoenix for 6 hrs at a time or something? Cross connecting from BOS to BAL through Vegas?

So, when Jerruh almost certainly follows suit, the CBoys will automatically jump in the wins column?

n6249c said:

How much of the "crappy owner" is ExecJet and how much is Kraft? I'd expect that if he contracted out to them it's likely to be an arms-length deal and he's not hands on in that area. Maybe you know better than I do, but I figured the 767s would be owned by a separate corporate shell with leasebacks and tax angles fully leveraged. Outsourcing staffing and flight ops would seem likely to make sense to me, unless you think otherwise?

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100% of crappy owner is on Kraft. EJM as a management company will make recommendations. They will employ the flight crew/mechanics, perform H.R services and payroll. Schedule maintence and any compliance or correspondence with taxes or FAA, but the nuts and bolts of how the flight department is run comes down to the owner.

At least a couple years ago he was only employing three pilots per airplane, which for a global operation with high flight time is woefully understaffed. I know for a fact that pay was nothing more then average which also lead to a revolving door. Who wants to work for average pay when your flying more then average, on weekends on holidays etc. Too many other jobs out there flying the same jet that pay "average" or more yet have a ridicously better quality of life.

When you hear a pilot "only" works two weeks a month, especially a corporate pilot, you have to remember it's more likely then not that person is away from home half the year. If you fly internationally, not only are you always away from home but your potentially 12 time zones away from everything and everyone you love. Don't get me wrong, being a pilot can be the greatest job in the world, but even Paris gets old for the 100th time while you are missing Christmas for the second year in a row or your kids birthday because you have an inconsiderate "owner".

supafly said:

Cool. How many extra wins does having pretty airplanes get us?

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How many extra wins are available to get?

I was thinking if they could add some team infrastructure and technology that they wouldn't have on a normal charter, like maybe a treatment room for the players for example...

Some other teams have purchased their own transportation in response to Pats buying airplanes...


New York Jets



Indianapolis Colts



Dallas Cowboys

AtomicDawg said:

These are freaking sweet. I can only imagine this plane landing in enemy cities and it pissing people off. Only problem is they'll have to change the tail next year.

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After seeing the plane I started to day dream about Patriot dominance actually increasing rather than fading away, and the rock star nature of the Patriots takes things over. That plane just flying around and landing like you say, people in awe as it taxis, when flyers in the air spot it as traffic it is like they have seen a UFO.

This may be a little off topic... but does anybody know what the aircraft's call sign and (charter) flight number will be?

RIguy54 said:

This may be a little off topic... but does anybody know what the aircraft's call sign and (charter) flight number will be?

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No word on that yet, although 2803 would be fitting.

Koma said:

An SR-71 painted in Patriots colors would look pretty sweet.

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Pats need their own M.O.A.B.

"AirKraft One" and "AirKraft Two"

supafly said:

What, were the commercial airlines making them layover in Phoenix for 6 hrs at a time or something? Cross connecting from BOS to BAL through Vegas?

So, when Jerruh almost certainly follows suit, the CBoys will automatically jump in the wins column?

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well it pissed in your Cheerios....so win-win

King Air Pilot said:

100% of crappy owner is on Kraft. EJM as a management company will make recommendations. They will employ the flight crew/mechanics, perform H.R services and payroll. Schedule maintence and any compliance or correspondence with taxes or FAA, but the nuts and bolts of how the flight department is run comes down to the owner.

At least a couple years ago he was only employing three pilots per airplane, which for a global operation with high flight time is woefully understaffed. I know for a fact that pay was nothing more then average which also lead to a revolving door. Who wants to work for average pay when your flying more then average, on weekends on holidays etc. Too many other jobs out there flying the same jet that pay "average" or more yet have a ridicously better quality of life.

When you hear a pilot "only" works two weeks a month, especially a corporate pilot, you have to remember it's more likely then not that person is away from home half the year. If you fly internationally, not only are you always away from home but your potentially 12 time zones away from everything and everyone you love. Don't get me wrong, being a pilot can be the greatest job in the world, but even Paris gets old for the 100th time while you are missing Christmas for the second year in a row or your kids birthday because you have an inconsiderate "owner".

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I'm not sure what pilots would expect, but one would always be away from home on the job unless you happen to live everywhere. Otherwise you're just a bus driver.