BU Needs One Of These

[tornado]

Kentucky Board of Directors has just approaved funding for a private jet just for the purpose of recruiting.
I think this is a great idea, and I hope someone will suggest it to Coach Les!

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/basketball/ncaa/05/04/kentucky.jet.ap/index.html?eref=si_ncaab

[mike radigan]

I know in the past that ISU used a private jet for recruiting. I don't know what they do now, and I do not know if ISU even paid for the plane before. The jet was not owned by ISU, and was based in Peoria. For whatever reason ISU stopped using the plane. I don't know the connection between the owner and ISU, but I did know the pilot. He was my next door neighbor and I always knew who the Chirps (sorry Vet) were flying in.

[ph]

I do recall hearing Coack K flew in on his (probably not "his" but the one always made available for him) private jet when recruiting SL.

[mike radigan]

Here's the plane made available to ISU:

Cessna Citation II

I went with the pilot once to Milwaukee to have the plane serviced. What a gas to fly in a small jet. And you would not believe just how clean the Cessna hanger is. If a DROP of oil is spilled it is cleaned immediately.

[SFP]

There are those micro-jets for around $3 million that could do the job. the Cesna's go for around $8-10 million.