Aviation Enthusiasts: Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy! 747SP Damaged/totalled owned by...

[A HERETIC I AM]

Big time Trumpy donor and owner of The Las Vegas Sands, Sheldon Adelson.

Adelson owns two of the 7 remaining airworthy 747SP's and one of them was recently damaged, and likely totaled in an accident inside a hangar at an Arizona repair facility.

Seems they were moving airplanes around and the wing of one sliced open the front of the fuselage, forward of the nose landing gear.

Link to tweet

That'll ruin your day!

They are cool aircraft though. Stubby little suckers!


Of course, I shed no tears for Adelson, who basically owns his own small airline to move high rollers to his casinos. It is also reported he is looking to unload The Sands, probably because business has flat-lined due to the pandemic.

Here's both of the SP's and an Airbus A340 behind, at McCarran in Vegas.



More here;

https://simpleflying.com/boeing-747sp-major-hangar-damage/

[Sherman A1]

1. WOW

[Rollo]

2. Now it just sort of resembles Trump's hairline...

[MissB]

3. Well that's a tragedy

for the aircrew that’s probably out of a job.

[vapor2]

4. Maybe the cost of repairs

will mean less donations to the trump campaign HA

[ret5hd]

5. I bet it's insured...prick won't be out a cent.

[Thekaspervote]

6. Oh too f..king bad!

[RainCaster]

7. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy...

Now where did I leave my little violin?
Oh yeah.

[MyOwnPeace]

8. Wait!!!!! What??????????

Can't he just call AAA like the rest of us shmucks would do if we had our "ride" breaks down?

[Brother Buzz]

9. So, like, the high rollers will have to ride Bingo busses now?

Asking for a friend.

[ProfessorGAC]

17. The Dirty Old Man Will Just Buy Another One

Insurance settlement plus his pocket change will replace it.
Unfortunately, it's that simple.

[safeinOhio]

10. Small business loan

from us tax payers?

[2naSalit]

11. Gutted!

[ZZenith]

12. Insurance scam?

Hard to believe anyone capable of moving a large plane could be so incompetent. What are the odds of it making the plane a total loss? Like they knew exactly where to gouge it for the maximum possible damage.

[Renew Deal]

13. Any body shop can fix that.

Cheap!

[KY_EnviroGuy]

14. Well, that's at least one of tRump's escape planes down.

Come on boys, now do the other one......

[zackymilly]

15. Insured I'm sure. It may have even been done on purpose for a payout. n/t

[MerryBlooms]

16. That should buff right out.

[beaglelover]

18. They are facsinating aircrafts. I had the opportunity to fly on a United 747SP from Newark to LAX!

[marked50]

19. Too Bad Sheldon wasn't on board at the time

[ornotna]

20. It's not that bad

A little bondo and spray foam will fix it right up.

[cagefreesoylentgreen]

21. No tears for Sheldon

But those were nice planes. When Terminal 2 still existed at LAS, I had a fantastic view of those planes right across the tarmac. I loved watching those things take off.

Now, he can probably sell them to Allegiant. Allegiance fakes its maintenance logs enough that no one will notice the gaping hole in the fuselage.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

22. The maintenance company that did this is going to be on the hook

for damages.

Sort of like if your car were in the shop and they did something stupid. You wouldn't be paying, they would be.