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I wonder if the Liberals were planning to order any should they win the next election?
Hotelicopter Hoax Flies Over Bloggers’ Heads
There’s a sucker born every minute, and they’re all buying the "hotelicopter" story, ahem, flying around the blogosphere.
Several websites, including some that should know better, are reporting that a guy named Alvin Farley has spent five years converting the world’s largest helicopter into the world’s first flying hotel. The modified Soviet Mil V-12 helicopter is 137 feet long and features 16 cabins and two suites decked out with queen-size beds, heated toilets and whirlpools. The flying five-star hotel makes its inaugural flight June 26.
Thing is, the story has a few holes big enough to fly the Hotelicopter through.
First, the Mil V-12 is a real helicopter, but there’s no way Farley bought one. The Soviets only built two. One currently sits in a museum in Moscow. We have the pictures to prove it. Second, the interior shots of the Hotelicopter were lifted straight from Yotel, the chain of hotels that offers tiny accommodations at European airports.
We tried to track Farley down, but couldn’t reach him by phone or e-mail. That only strengthens our case — you’d think someone drumming up publicity for a venture like this would make it easy for journalists to get ahold of him. We suspect the only "updates" the site will send those who sign up for the e-mail alerts will be an "April Fool’s" message on Wednesday.
The only thing funnier than the 38-second video of the "test flight" is the fact so many people fell for the joke.
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/03/the-hotelicopte/
Hotelicopter Hoax Flies Over Bloggers’ Heads
There’s a sucker born every minute, and they’re all buying the "hotelicopter" story, ahem, flying around the blogosphere.
Several websites, including some that should know better, are reporting that a guy named Alvin Farley has spent five years converting the world’s largest helicopter into the world’s first flying hotel. The modified Soviet Mil V-12 helicopter is 137 feet long and features 16 cabins and two suites decked out with queen-size beds, heated toilets and whirlpools. The flying five-star hotel makes its inaugural flight June 26.
Thing is, the story has a few holes big enough to fly the Hotelicopter through.
First, the Mil V-12 is a real helicopter, but there’s no way Farley bought one. The Soviets only built two. One currently sits in a museum in Moscow. We have the pictures to prove it. Second, the interior shots of the Hotelicopter were lifted straight from Yotel, the chain of hotels that offers tiny accommodations at European airports.
We tried to track Farley down, but couldn’t reach him by phone or e-mail. That only strengthens our case — you’d think someone drumming up publicity for a venture like this would make it easy for journalists to get ahold of him. We suspect the only "updates" the site will send those who sign up for the e-mail alerts will be an "April Fool’s" message on Wednesday.
The only thing funnier than the 38-second video of the "test flight" is the fact so many people fell for the joke.
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/03/the-hotelicopte/
