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Old 10th Feb 2004, 16:48
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DHL are the ones commanding the vast majority of the European market using 727s (from ACL and EAT) and, very soon, (EAT) 75s. The A300s have also seen a few of the smelly bugggers. Mainly race horses, but also did a lot of flying last year for the horse-jumping whatever world championships in Spain; put us in a nice position to bid for the Olympics this year.

Doing a lot of flying for the Makhtoum's Godolphin stable, both race and endurance horses. Took a single horse Cambridge-Baden Baden last year for the German Grand Prix. They had to pay 4 sectors, as we positioned from/to BRU. Dunno what that'll cost them, but the first price at the race was a respectable 500K Euro. "Our" horse won
While I'm not at all interested in horses, the static Bugatti display was rather impressive. Not so impressive as seeing (and hearing!) the new 1001HP Bugatti Veyron race up and down the runway at Baden-Baden. At an estimated 1 Million Euro, you could buy roughly 10 Veyron's for the price of the horse that won the Grand Prix. Expensive critters .....
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