Monday, November 20, 2006

Great X-mas gift idea


Tired of spending all your time blogging; need a new hobby? How about flying remote control aircraft. Here's an idea, and a great buy at just $80 million.



The Global Hawk unmanned aircraft.

Here's what Newsmax has to say about this great gift idea:

Global Hawk to Fly 1st Mission Over U.S.

The aircraft, which can cost more than $80 million each, can reach an altitude of 65,000 feet and send back high-resolution imagery.
Beale-based pilots are flying the drones daily on combat missions in the Middle East, Andrews said. The planes are operated by four-person crews from virtual cockpits the size of shipping containers.
The Hawks are among a growing fleet of unmanned aircraft that also includes the missile-carrying Predators and five-pound Ravens that are small enough to be carried in soldiers' backpacks.

Not only would it be fun to fly, you can fly reconnaissance flights over your neighborhood; as well as getting visual imagery, you could also shoot Predators at those neighbors who let their dogs poop in your yard and not pick it up. Fun for the whole family.

3 comments:

Mercy Now said...

You may want to send John Travolta an email as I'm sure he'd buy it since he already owns and flies several 757s.

Faith said...

I want one! Do they come in pink?

kingdavid said...

I don't know that you'd want to get one in pink, that would take away from it's stealth capabilities. How about a nice pastel blue, that might still keep it camouflaged flying over the neighborhood.