Is it the Boeing 767 that Larry and co-founder Sergey share, which was recently getting refitted? Did Larry get to land while lying on the sofa, or did he have to make do with those hammocks he reportedly requested for the plane? Most importantly, why the hell didn't anyone publish a photo of the jet?

Google expertise for Aravind Hospital [The Hindu]

"They were wanting to know if you could move a sofa across the room during flight," he explained. "Could they sleep in the bed and take off and land while in the bed."

And it gets even better. For a September 2005 meeting at Google HQ, Jennings [the designer] was asked to deliver a "a full-size sofa mockup" for Brin and Page to test. They wanted to "sit on it, lay on it, then have comments about it. We had meetings that would last a minute, two minutes, 10 minutes, five minutes."

Why is this so embarrassing to Sergey and Larry? Because unlike other moguls who admit to a little indulgence, these two were proud of their reputation as "just two regular joes."

New from Google Labs: Google Sofa [Good Morning Silicon Valley]
Earlier: Sergey's an officer in the mile-high club [Valleywag]

The Google jet being custom-fitted for founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin is a monumental achievement in the size wars of Silicon Valley billionaires. Larry and Sergey's Boeing 767 outclasses all other corporate jets in length. As shown above, its impressive girth also dwarfs those of lesser moguls.

Those with a penetrating gaze will notice that the cockpit has been removed from the drawing of the 767, so any missing optical inches are due to the excised tip.

Earlier: Sergey and Larry's Google jet, mapped