Larry Page and Sergey Brin's Private Boeing 767-200 Granted to Land at Moffett Federal Airfield by NASA

It definitely brings conveniences to the two Google co-founders, but may make noises for the residents living near this formal former naval airfield.

Google Inc.'s founders will carry scientific equipment for NASA on their private Boeing 767 as part of a deal that grants them landing rights at Moffett Federal Airfield, near Mountain View, NASA and local officials said.

The agreement gives Larry Page and Sergey Brin use of the former naval air station, from which civilian aircraft are normally barred, in exchange for allowing the space agency to place instruments on board their planes for research into the Earth's atmosphere and beyond.

The two-year deal between NASA and H211 LLC, a California limited liability company that is controlled by Google's founders, went into effect Aug. 1 and calls for the duo to pay NASA $1.3 million annually, plus extra fees for utilities, fuel and parking.

The use of Moffett Field by private aircraft has long been a source of conflict with neighboring cities. Residents helped torpedo a plan to open the airstrip to commercial cargo planes in the mid-1990s because of concerns about noise.

Source: Google founders pay NASA $1.3 million to land at Moffett Airfield @ SFGate via Gseeker