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SengaB
2006-12-10, 05:17 PM
Photographed this aircraft at EWR. Thanks Bill for the headsup.
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/saudi01.jpg
Senga
njgtr82
2006-12-10, 05:51 PM
no problem, too bad Kalita had to be running engines huh
nwafan20
2006-12-10, 05:54 PM
Ha ha, it has a Budget rental van backed up to the cargo door, priceless! :D
SengaB
2006-12-10, 05:56 PM
Don't remind me!!!!
Although I'm not 100 percent sure the APU was the cause of the distortion. I did miss a better angle because the CKS 747 was in the way though grrrrr. I hope the CKS will be gone tomorrow.
Senga
markg
2006-12-10, 06:08 PM
Where did you take that shot from Senga? I presume from VS Cargo

I couldn't find anywhere to get a decent angle on it :-(
Matt Molnar
2006-12-10, 08:58 PM
Ha ha, it has a Budget rental van backed up to the cargo door, priceless! :D
A bit disconcerting when you think about what Budget vans have been used for by Saudis in the past. :?
hiss srq
2006-12-10, 09:30 PM
Ha ha, it has a Budget rental van backed up to the cargo door, priceless! :D
A bit disconcerting when you think about what Budget vans have been used for by Saudis in the past. :?

OUCH!!!!!!
SengaB
2006-12-10, 09:55 PM
Budget? They probably own the company!
Hell they probably own signatrure AND the RAMP the plane is on!

Mark, All, Since EWR is such an evil airport, please PM any questions you you have about spotting there to me. I'll be more than happy to answer them there.

Senga
nwafan20
2006-12-10, 10:18 PM
Ha ha, it has a Budget rental van backed up to the cargo door, priceless! :D
A bit disconcerting when you think about what Budget vans have been used for by Saudis in the past. :?

Ohh, forgot about that. :shock:
hiss srq
2006-12-10, 10:26 PM
I would say that it was to unload there transportation (the four legged kind) so they can travel in there relative comforts of home... :shock:
SengaB
2006-12-10, 10:29 PM
Yea too bad they did't paint "SAUDI etc etc etc) above the cargo door where the BUDGET was unloading!.

Senga
njgtr82
2006-12-10, 10:31 PM
any Idea who this was? some big oil tycoon just coming to do some shopping?
Mateo
2006-12-12, 12:32 AM
It was a Ryder truck, and I think most of them were Egyptian, but the point is valid :< Ryder was bought by Budget in 1998, so it's all one company now.

Budget is owned by Avis which was part of Cendant, but is now stand-alone after the Cendant fraud case, but it still remains a public company. Signature is owned by BBA Aviation, a British company. Signature's main rival, Landmark, is owned by the Carlyle Group, which has all sorts of sordid entanglements with Saudi interests. As far as I know, the ramp itself should be owned by the Port, which is a joint agency created and run by New Jersey and New York.
SengaB
2006-12-12, 02:08 AM
Is the Saudi 727 still there?

Senga
njgtr82
2006-12-12, 08:41 AM
same spot as on Sunday
Nonstop2AUH
2006-12-12, 05:39 PM
To further elaborate on Mateo's comment, the Carlyle Group is a highly successful investment company that is not only very involved with the Saudis but also run by alot of bigwigs with ties to the US government, specifically the Bush 41 administration. They quietly facilitate alot of global business deals that would otherwise be potentially perceived as distasteful by the American public. I'd guess that a desk is being set up there for Mr. Rumsfeld as I type this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlyle_Group