On the Tarmac: Kim Jong-Un's plane is greeted by officers from the North Korean military as he arrives for the 2014 combat flight contest. The Russian plane has been converted to a private jet for the use of the dictator.
It’s Air Force Un! North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-un Gets His Own Private Jet – And Officials Say Leader ‘Likes Steering Aircraft’ Despite Not Being A Qualified Pilot -- Daily Mail
* Kim Jong-un seen stepping off his private luxury Russian IL-62 jet
* North Korean dictator 'likes steering' aircraft, government source claims
* Jet is his own version of US President Barack Obama's 'Air Force One'
* Tony Blair said to rent a £7,000-an-hour private Bombardier jet for travel
For a man who is said to despise the US President, North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un appears to be showing a touch of hypocrisy as he steps onto a red carpet from his own version of 'Air Force One'.
A photo, published in the official North Korean daily newspaper Rodong Sinmun, shows for the first time the luxury Russian IL-62 jetliner that carries Kim and his wife Ri Sol-ju on official engagements around the secretive country.
At first glance, the aircraft bears some similarity to the US President's personal jet, bearing as it does North Korea's official name and flag and a star symbolising Kim on its tail, South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported today, quoting the North's paper.
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Update: Flying high: Is North Korea revamping its one-star airline and air force? -- The Guardian
My Comment: I would love to look at the interior of this plane. I suspect that it would make first class a pauper in comparison.
5 comments:
Wait.......he tried to steer a plane without being qualified!?
Bro.......R U MAD?
I know Salim .... when I heard that he steered the plane I just broke out laughing.
Nice dirt parking lot all those limos are in.
I'll bet the interior would
make Jim Bakker envious.
The kitsch of all the
world.
ofs
ofs,
Oddly enough I sometimes miss Jimmy and Tammy Faye.
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