Phil Kriley Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 At least Neiman-Marcus seems to think so... According to Neiman-Marcus... ICON A5 Sports Aircraft and Pilot Training for Two Price: $250,000 Forget the his and hers towel set. Instead, how about a luxury aircraft built for two? The Icon A5, designed by the same team who created the X-Prize winning SpaceShipOne, is made of lightweight carbon fiber and features several James Bond-like touches including "spy-movie wings" that fold up, as well as the ability to touch down on land or water. But even 007 needed a license to kill -- so included is a FAA-certified Sport Pilot License training for two. Quote Phil Kriley Cozy #1460 Chapter 13 - nose Right wing done - working on right winglet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Zeitlin Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 At least Neiman-Marcus seems to think so... Not really. It's how you interpret it. ...designed by the same team who created the X-Prize winning SpaceShipOne...So, what that means is that the some of the engineers who worked on the SS1 program left Scaled and became the core of ICON. There is no claim anywhere that Burt had anything to do with ICON, and he didn't. The statement SHOULD say "...designed by folks associated with the SS1 program..." Quote Marc J. Zeitlin Burnside Aerospace marc_zeitlin@alum.mit.edu www.cozybuilders.org copyright © 2024 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjon77 Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 $250,000!! For an LSA?! It looks nice, but not $250,000 nice. For less than half that, you can probably get a Searey SLSA. The wings don't fold, but I am pretty sure that with the extra $125,000 you save that you can afford to rent a hangar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macleodm3 Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 ICON lists the price at $139,000. I wonder where the $250,000 number has originated? Quote Andrew Anunson I work underground and I play in the sky... no problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Kriley Posted November 23, 2009 Author Share Posted November 23, 2009 That was Neiman-Marcus' price, and included training for two. Pretty pricey training! LOL! I guess N-M needs to make a hefty profit! Can't imagine many takers... Quote Phil Kriley Cozy #1460 Chapter 13 - nose Right wing done - working on right winglet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argoldman Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 That was Neiman-Marcus' price, and included training for two. Pretty pricey training! LOL! I guess N-M needs to make a hefty profit! Can't imagine many takers... NM has one of these things in every X-mas catalog. The question is do they sell any at all or is it just a gimmick to get people looking. One year it was a his-n-her set of mini submarines. Of course there are those to whom a mere 1/4 mil is insignificant and a gift like this is a novelty (not exactly your x-box). The question that I have is does this gift come in a NM gift box? Quote I Canardly contain myself! Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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