euro millions

[tomtytom]

If you won the euromillions say 100million+ what would be the first things on you list?

Aircraft, airfields, equipment? I don't have a proper appreciation for decent aircraft so would end up buying a brand new Cessna and be boring :)
I would have a airfield tho with free landings and instrument approaches for all!

I also think i would run out of money after a few weeks but it still makes for a nice day dream.

[mcgoo]

Buy the airfield, fill it with warbirds H24 and then offer the nimbys less than market value for their houses and then use them for student housing for the flight school!

[Sir George Cayley]

First thing I'd do is change my name to Hector Riva :)

Then I'd by some land north of London. Rutland :ooh:

It's neva gunner 'appen.

SGC

[thing]

Buy a twin turboprop for going places and something like a Jabiru for the fun stuff.

[tomtytom]

Could we buy EASA?

[thing]

Doubt whether 100 mill would even buy a pension at EASA.

[Halfbaked_Boy]

thing,

I think you've got it about right!

But not a twin turboprop right? Something like a Pilatus, accepting and enjoying the fact that to get to places thousands of miles away you are forced to land and re-fuel, thus meaning to get to see even more places!

That would seem sensible to me - stay on the right side of the drag curve with your 100 million plus and you could do all these things for the rest of your life without another worry or having to wake up to the damn alarm clock ever again... And take your pick of the Aston, F40 or SLS when you walk to the underground garage...

Sigh... :(

[jxk]

Tom
Was it you that won the Euro millions the other day and are you just trying to tease us?

[what next]

Was it you that won the Euro millions the other day and are you just trying to tease us?

In that case I will happily offer professional advice regarding that question for a very reasonable fee in the lower seven-digits range :)

[piperboy84]

Buy the airfield, fill it with warbirds H24 and then offer the nimbys less than market value for their houses and then use them for student housing for the flight school!

Nah, build new really flash student housing and put the warbirds to good use on the nimby's houses.

[Pilot.Lyons]

Buy everyone in my family a house up to 200k max each.
Open a bank account for a charity (which one to be confirmed) and put 1 million in it... All interest earn would provide a nice trickle of income for them.

I would also open a youth center for the troubled little ****es who rob people and steel things to give them something to do with their time

Then i would pay mortgage and debts buy myself a decent ppl play around and fly every damn day i can without having the weathers perfect but i have work problem!

A nice farm strip to leave from wouldnt be a bad idea either..........

But we can all dream

[cats_five]

Hand in my notice would be #1, followed almost immediatly by taking advice on where to put it to ensure the rest of my life would be very comfortable, and making a new will.

[obgraham]

wimmin and booze.

what the heck, I'm already old!

[AN2 Driver]

Hand in my notice would be #1, followed almost immediatly by taking advice on where to put it to ensure the rest of my life would be very comfortable, and making a new will.

Would be my choice as well most probable, even if in reverse order. Before it's safe and soundly put away, anything can happen.

Mind, that bit, where to put it so it stays safe would be a MAJOR headache today. No banks and no other investments are really safe nowadays that the taxation whichhunt is on the way. You'd probably have to move a long way and invest very wisely indeed. Out of Europe and the US anyhow.

[Above The Clouds]

Mind, that bit, where to put it so it stays safe would be a MAJOR headache
today. No banks and no other investments are really safe nowadays that the
taxation whichhunt is on the way.


With a 100 million win

1. Resign quitely giving another reason.

2. Tell no-one.

3. Have money deposited in a none interest bearing account so no reason for the tax man to want his cut, a 100 mil should see me out.

4. Move away to somewhere quite if anyone asks you sold a successful business.

5. Buys toys gradually.

Would buy a small airport as a loss making business :E definately a P51, Spitfire, Corsair, Chipmunk.

[PompeyPaul]

I wouldn't let it change me. I'd still go to work, carry on with my old routine, and attempt to keep myself grounded.

OR

I'd go absolutely nuts, buying Portsmouth FC and becoming chairman. I'd travel everywhere in a Chinook, sprayed blue with a pompey logo on one side and "we hate scummers" on the other.

I'd smoke massive cigars, drink the finest shant and go out of my way to be "gauche" moneyed.

[Pilot.Lyons]

Above the clouds seems sensible

People will only hate you if they knew

[FullWings]

I think a reasonably modest house but with lots of land, including an airstrip. A hangar covered in solar panels charging up electric/hybrid aircraft.

Inside the hangar would be one of these (http://www.panthera-aircraft.com/), one of these (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_Model_17_Staggerwing) and one of these (http://www.binder-flugmotorenbau.de/eb29.html?&L=1). Hangar *two* might contain stuff like this (http://www.extraaircraft.com/aerobatic/ex330lt.php), this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_PA-18) and this (http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/planes/cricri/cricri-jet.jpg).

If I wanted to go a long way, I think it would be by First Class or chartered Gulfstream.

For me, warbirds are great to watch and listen to but the list of ace pilots I knew who are no longer with us after problems with old and complex airframes is getting longer every year. So no Spitfires, Messerschmitts or their ilk.

[piperboy84]

A cautionary tale about falling into a heap of money then bragging about it.

Many moons ago I had a business partner in a then small business, trading was tough but he had the once in a lifetime good fortune of inheriting $11 million from an aunty! He said to me “f**k you and f**k this sh*t business” and went off and bought a large house on a ski resort in Utah along with a few Porsche's, snow mobiles and a tricked out Seneca, then sent me a note with an infantile drawing of me with a big long unhappy face and him with a smiley face and “$11 mil” written above his character. Fast forward 3 years and a deadly combination of starting and running a flight school while day trading the market coked out of his brain, coupled with his wife running off with the plastic surgeon who done her numerous boob jobs ended it all in tears, bankruptcy, foreclosure, plane and Porsche repo and living in a caravan.

I still have the letter !!!

[Alex757]

:D

Says it all!

[dont overfil]

Unfortunately the opportunity to f**k it up that badly hasn't come along yet.

Meanwhile I'll dream about the PC12.

D.O.

[Captivep]

PC12 for stooging around Europe, L-39 for fun, First Class Airline travel for long distance and, when I needed a holiday, my holiday home...

http://aboardtheworld.com/reside/gallery/249

[tb10er]

Buy a litre of avgas at Liverpool airport!

Thats how bad things are getting there:ugh:

[PompeyPaul]

But let's not lose sight of the important fact he WAS shagging a bird with plastic tits coked out of his head, for a couple of years!

I still think the blue Pompey chinook is a better idea though.

[Pilot.Lyons]

Haha love it piperboy god pays debts without money.

I will always remember that i was dragged up... Mental scarring never leaves and winning or earning a lot of money would never change that... I dont have a lot but i always help those less fortunate than me even if it means leaving myself short..... Got me the p1ss taken out of me a lot but somehow still havnt learnt!

[Phororhacos]

Richard Digance I've Won the Lottery Somborne Sessions 2012 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aa8bB5EI6ZE)

[WishesToFly]

Mine would be to finish off my Microlight lessons and buy a brand spanking new Thruster Sprint and a Flight Design CT with Dynon Avionics. Also I would buy my own farm strip and hangar and a nice house...That's all!

[FlyingOfficerKite]

A Learjet complete with VVIP stewardess (like the ones on LinkedIn).

FOK :}

PS: Also I would buy my own farm strip and hangar and a nice house - I know that man!

[Beech_Boy]

Kingair 200, Blackhawk Conversion, G1000 avionics mod, Winglets, Fresh Paint & New Interior :-)

[tomtytom]

Some interesting responses, i think a brand new cessna fully speced out hangered at local airfield will 100,000 pounds of avgas on tab wouldnt even dent 100million :) then you could go round all the local groups and pay for new engines new annual and a full overhaul with out noticing. A small fleet of 3-4 aircraft, one for friends to borrow one for friends to learn in and then your own. I recently abused my ppl and took 3 very glamorous girls for sunday roast at kirkbride and the trip went down a right treat! There would defo be more sunday lunches and pic nics out in a plane but maybe more exotic and where its sunny/warm. But a brand new private airfield slap bang in middle of england will all the instrument approaches and night lighting you can get, GA only free landings and page 3 girls trained up aircraft marshaling ops refueling and washing aircraft. Happy days..... Il keep buying my lottery tickets! :)

[gemma10]

As a Saints supporter and season ticket holder I would buy a Typhoon, arm it with all the missiles I could and blast Pompey Paul out of the skies. Damn there`s that P word again!

[PompeyPaul]

Like your team, it'd probably fail :ok:

[rkgpilot]

I would spend 80% of it on Aviation - buy a private airport, buy a Spitfire or two, a Citation, a fleet of other aircraft all for private use (and friends obviously :)) a Eurocopter, buy/found an aviation museum, start a flying school with well-paid salaried instructors and awarding free lessons up to ATPL on scholarship , etc etc.


I would then probably waste the rest. :hmm:

[FullWings]

How about starting a company that employs people at high wages, makes more money, and does something useful?
Yes! You could even employ yourself, pay 10x the going rate and still make(?) money!