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He may be only the world's 13th-richest man, but Prince Walid bin Talal of Saudi Arabia will soon be able to claim bragging rights to the world's largest private jet. The Saudi billionaire has ordered an A380 superjumbo jet that sells for more than $300 million. The double-decker plane is manufactured by Airbus, a European company based in France. It weighs 560 tons, dwarfing the rides of the world's most powerful leaders. Air Force One, the U.S. presidential jet, is a relatively modest American-made Boeing 747-200, weighing just 333 tons.

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