Texas Rangers 757 at CYVR!

Whenever we travel by commercial airlines, most of us sit in cramped coach seats (possibly with a small, whiny child kicking the seat behind us), are subject to the whims of airport delays, and are usually lucky to get anything to eat beyond a tiny bag of pretzels or peanuts.  Not so for us GA pilots, and certainly not so for the Dallas Rangers who were in Vancouver last week to play the Vancouver Canucks.  Their B-575 was parked on the ramp at our FBO, Landmark Aviation.

Style certainly describes the Rangers' mode of transportation. The Boeing 757 has a completely reconfigured interior that can accommodate 71 total passengers in their own leather seats.  There are 24 fully-reclining sleeper seats that swivel 360 degrees and 47 other first-class seats in three sections of the plane, plus two club-seating arrangements for the players and a four-passenger couch.  The upgraded Video Entertainment System includes an iPod Docking Station that allows passengers to play movies from laptop, iPod, or DVD in each section of the plane. 

Oops, did I say the Texas Rangers were in town?  I meant the Dallas Stars! ;-)  (And, the Canucks won!)

Check out this youtube vid for a tour of the inside:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOGBfQatjtU