Pats being the first team to have a team plane gives you a good indication of how cheap owners really are.
And while it won't be a determining factor it certainly won't hurt in free agency.
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No one I think. The guys I'd look to stash are Moore, Lucien, Carr, Butler, Langi are all having a good camp. Maybe they keep Carr but the other ones they need to either have on the 53 or they are gone.
I read somewhere that they are setting up seats in a way to help with recovery and treatment. Not sure if true. I'll post the link if I find it.
Edit :: It would be good to have injuries looked at on the flight back home. I wonder why they bought two though. The only need it for 11 trips a year (8 road games + 2 preseason road games + SB )
Pats being the first team to have a team plane gives you a good indication of how cheap owners really are.
If you're going to go to that amount of expense, a simple repainting of the tail is nothing.
God. How long until they're flying over practices and doing surveillance on other teams in that thing?
It keeps having engine trouble. They've been rebuilding it since the 60s, but it still has yet to actually go anywhere.
I'd make a joke about complimentary cupcakes in the snack cart, but that'd just be piling on.
Krafty going into the NFL charter business leasing out plane #2 to other NFL teams?
Bills need to be paid.
Maybe the NFL is a joint partner with best buddy Bob?
Do the Sox lease or own? Bruins? C's?
An SR-71 painted in Patriots colors would look pretty sweet.
The Seahawks never owned that plane. It is a freighter, not a passenger plane, so the Seahawks had no use for it. The original purchaser rejected it because it was late, burned more fuel than planned, and weight more than planned, so it was kicking around Boeing's factory doing nothing. Boeing painted it in Seahawks colors as a publicity stunt. It has been unsold for quite a while, but I think they finally found someone to buy it this year.View attachment 17685Not the first...(2005)
that's not the seahawks' team plane. it's a boeing 747-8 freighter painted in seahawks livery. boeing has a huge factory in everett and another one in renton, so it's natural for them to support the seahawks.View attachment 17685Not the first...(2005)
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Oh they'll claim it. But a 50 pound drone with a gopro would be immeasurably more effective.
All that said... please GOD set up a good flight operations department. We know how to do football, but aviation's a whole 'nother operation. The Patriots, in effect, just set up a very small charter airline.
I hope they're smart enough to focus every week on how they land and depart from the airports in question. "Roger, on to Cincinnati."
A good charter airline has to be meticulous about a whole 'nother business. Kraft doesn't seem the type to underestimate risk. Let's hope this is set up right.
Shhh! Don't let everyone know that Cameragate was just a diversion for this!