Virgin mogul Richard Branson recently introduced his latest luxury addition to his collection . A deep-sea submarine called "Necker Nymph" is "an underwater plane that can dive up to 40 meters below the surface." His collection famously includes a private island, a super-yacht, and a spaceship. Riding Necker Nymph will feel like "flying underwater" and it can perform "dolphin-like flips" with a cost of US"$25,000 for a week's charter and another US$88,000 for the sub's super-yacht launch vessel, "Necker Belle.""
"The US$$631,000 flying sub, the first of its kind, uses fighter jet technology and was designed by Hawkes Ocean Technologies. It is transparent enough to allow divers a 360-degree view of marine life and Virgin is marketing it as a way to view dolphins and whales close up.
The new sub also appears to be environmentally friendly. It is buoyant, which stops it from mistakenly landing on reefs, and it is relatively quiet -- allowing it to pass through fragile ecosystems without causing too much upheaval," Virgin says.
Last December, he also promised to take civilians into orbit by 2011 with a spacecraft "SpaceShipTwo."
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