The Hotelicopter is allegedly
real, although I have some serious doubts (especially if you go
to THIS PAGE and see how
they're hocking some renderings as real "test flight" pictures).
That, and we're two days to April 1st. Still, it
might be (but it's totally not).
Experience the adrenaline rush of taking off and flying high in
the largest helicopter ever produced. The Hotelicopter features 18
luxuriously-appointed rooms for adrenaline junkies seeking a truly
unique and memorable travel experience.
The Hotelicopter is modeled on the Soviet-made Mil V-12, of which
there were only two prototypes ever made. The Mil V-12 took its
first flight in Russia in 1968 and was awarded numerous world
records, which it still holds today. The vehicle also earned the
prestigious Sikorsky Prize awarded by the American Helicopter
Society for outstanding achievements in helicopter technology.
The Hotelicopter Company purchased one of these prototypes from
the Mikhail Leontyevich Mil helicopter plant in Panki-Tomilino,
Russia in 2004 and have been engineering the world's first flying
hotel ever since.
Eh. Even if it is real I can't say I'm that excited. And not
just because I could never afford a flight. No, I'm afraid of
heights. Which is why I sleep on a mattress on the floor. Now,
which one of you lovely ladies wanna join the ten-inch high club?
Memory-foam topper, just sayin'.
