Celebrity spotting
Oct 15, 2010, 8:02 pm
#151
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I saw Lagerfeld on the A380 a few months ago. Flying first, he forbid that anyone use the forward stairs because the noise was disturbing. And they complied. I would have suffocated him with the socks from the amenity kit.
Oct 19, 2010, 7:40 am
#152
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Oct 19, 2010, 11:45 am
#153
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Two years ago, I was stuck at a toll booth queue on the A10 coming back from a nice week-end. Then on the line on my left, there was a nice sedan driven by... Michele Alliot-Marie !
I was very surprised as she was driving, her boyfriend/husband on the passenger's seat and her two bodyguards in the back of the car.
It feels quite good to see politicians acting like that and not bling-bling...
I was very surprised as she was driving, her boyfriend/husband on the passenger's seat and her two bodyguards in the back of the car.
It feels quite good to see politicians acting like that and not bling-bling...
Nov 22, 2010, 12:22 pm
#154
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Today on KL1576 ATH-AMS my biggest celeb yet: Vice president Al Gore!
While waiting for the bus to Board we were asked to stand back, and he passed with two of his baboons (Secret service?). I was the first to enter the plane (737-700) and he was seated in 2A, the bodyguards in the rows next and behind him. The whole flight he stayed in this cocoon, not really letting people near him.
Upon landing at AMS he was escorted to a waiting BMW, skipping all layers of security at the gate (passport control).
Must be quite a downgrade.. From flying your private B747 (Airforce one!) to KLM Europe Select on the B737 :-P
While waiting for the bus to Board we were asked to stand back, and he passed with two of his baboons (Secret service?). I was the first to enter the plane (737-700) and he was seated in 2A, the bodyguards in the rows next and behind him. The whole flight he stayed in this cocoon, not really letting people near him.
Upon landing at AMS he was escorted to a waiting BMW, skipping all layers of security at the gate (passport control).
Must be quite a downgrade.. From flying your private B747 (Airforce one!) to KLM Europe Select on the B737 :-P
Last edited by Xandrios; Nov 22, 2010 at 1:56 pm
Nov 22, 2010, 1:36 pm
#155
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Still, pretty big fish for a commercial flight!
Nov 22, 2010, 2:02 pm
#156
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You are probably right, what use does a 'backup president' have if they fly on the same plane and something were to happen to that plane..
Guess it would be Airforce two then. Physically though they are probably the same kind of plane I assume
Guess it would be Airforce two then. Physically though they are probably the same kind of plane I assume
Nov 22, 2010, 2:19 pm
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I always thought they have 2 Jumbo's and a 757 for short hops?
Nov 22, 2010, 11:24 pm
#158
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Nov 22, 2010, 11:50 pm
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They can use any plane as AF X is just the callsign. VP has a 737 and a 757 at his disposal, 757 can travel l/h. But sometimes the pres. makes use of the 757 domestically if the runway is too short for the 747. VP sometimes travels with the 747.
Nov 23, 2010, 12:01 am
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In the above case he was most likely on a personal holiday?
Nov 23, 2010, 2:02 am
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He was giving a speech in Athens on global warming and alternative energy sources. One of those $250-a-minute kind of deals i assume. This guy has pretty much become billionaire with the alternative energy market.
I don't think this would have been any kind of holiday for him. During the whole trip he was seated by himself, not shared a word with anybody...not even his bodyguards. He didnt look very...happy, lol.
I don't think this would have been any kind of holiday for him. During the whole trip he was seated by himself, not shared a word with anybody...not even his bodyguards. He didnt look very...happy, lol.
Nov 23, 2010, 2:47 am
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He was giving a speech in Athens on global warming and alternative energy sources. One of those $250-a-minute kind of deals i assume. This guy has pretty much become billionaire with the alternative energy market.
I don't think this would have been any kind of holiday for him. During the whole trip he was seated by himself, not shared a word with anybody...not even his bodyguards. He didnt look very...happy, lol.
I don't think this would have been any kind of holiday for him. During the whole trip he was seated by himself, not shared a word with anybody...not even his bodyguards. He didnt look very...happy, lol.
Nov 23, 2010, 5:34 am
#163
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I can't stand the double moral and "hot air" he keeps extruding... He's a swindler but it's accepted as he's talking about the climate. He has no clue what he's talking about, but money talks so he's golden...