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Title: Raiders - Commitment to Xcellence Post by: dystopia on July 02, 2009, 03:09:00 PM Raiders' new airplane: Xcellence http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/scavenger/detail?entry_id=42915&tsp=1 Quote Now, the team has picked up a new sponsor, Malaysian discount carrier AirAsia, inking a deal that includes a Raiders-branded jet. (http://www.asianweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/xcellence.jpg)Dubbed Xcellence, the Airbus A340 is a site to behold. The nose and tail don an eye patch and the Raiders shield. Three Raiders and a trio of Raiderettes are painted on the silver and black fuselage. And just in case you can't figure out the team, "Raiders" screams in ginormous white letters. AirAsia doesn't fly in the U.S. but AirAsia officials suggest the new deal may help it crack this market. For now, the only American action Xcellence will be seeing is in Oakland, where it lands on Sept. 14 for the Raiders' Monday Night Football opener against the Chargers. ... (more...) Title: Re: Raiders - Commitment to Xcellence Post by: stroh on July 03, 2009, 07:46:02 AM I find it hard to believe that every team doesn't have one of those instead of chartering commercial planes. Hell, even Bon Jovi had their own plane.
Title: Re: Raiders - Commitment to Xcellence Post by: Aske on July 03, 2009, 09:08:57 AM LMAO. Fail incarnate
Title: Re: Raiders - Commitment to Xcellence Post by: dystopia on July 03, 2009, 10:24:59 AM I have an urge to click on the red X on that one engine. :-\
Title: Re: Raiders - Commitment to Xcellence Post by: stroh on July 03, 2009, 10:30:15 AM I have an urge to click on the red X on that one engine. :-\ That red x reminds of most of Jules' posts. ;D |