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Boeing Reportedly Sells Yacht as Part of Cost-Cutting Campaign
Boeing (NYSE:BA) has reportedly sold a corporate yacht it once used to entertain corporate customers, a fresh sign of the belt tightening going on at the struggling aerospace giant. The Daedalus, a 130-foot yacht usually moored on Seattle's Lake Union, was sold for $13 million to a California developer, according to a report in the Puget Sound Business Journal. In years past, the Daedalus often spent its summers in and around Vancouver Island, used by Boeing sales teams to host airline… (www.fool.com) More...
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13 Million will last about 13 seconds, they will rent a replacement and continue this activity no doubt
Wonder if it would have been sold if all the big guys that moved to Killer City still lived in Seattle.
From a friend in London:
"I suppose they gave up trying to persuade the FAA that it was airworthy ..."
"I suppose they gave up trying to persuade the FAA that it was airworthy ..."
Did the yacht have MCAS installed?
Wow....
Talk about perk of being a Boeing sales person, when they had this yacht....
"Hey, let me sell you an airplane, while we sail around on the yacht."
Talk about perk of being a Boeing sales person, when they had this yacht....
"Hey, let me sell you an airplane, while we sail around on the yacht."
Well thats part of selling things make the person feel good about there buy. Its been going on for years knew a fellow who would via C185 on floats go out and pick up people take them into an area to either hunt or fish. Seems the boat was not in lake Union at the time more like off the coast of BC or WA state. The aircraft was baised at Renton and owned by a fellow who owned a chain of ski stores.
This was back in the 60s fellows name, dont know exact spelling was Buzz Fiornie.
