Texas brothers buy abandoned Boeing 727 for $10k
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Re: Texas brothers buy abandoned Boeing 727 for $10k
#2Probably bought it at a crash sale.
Re: Texas brothers buy abandoned Boeing 727 for $10k
#3Probably bought it at a crash sale.
The article does mention why the plane is for sale.
Re: Texas brothers buy abandoned Boeing 727 for $10k
#4In the UK, a plane was turned into a restaurant. Called Steaks on a Plane.
Re: Texas brothers buy abandoned Boeing 727 for $10k
#5> he hopes the plane can serve as an educational tool and visual attraction to bring more excitement to his hometown. And he already has a name in mind: “Hangar Hangout.”
> back-of-the-envelope math and estimated they could probably complete the entire project for around $250,000—maybe less if they did most of the work themselves
This sounds pretty cool and I wish them luck, but I suspect their estimate is pretty far off.
Everything about old jets like this is highly specialized and "refurbishing" anything with real parts, or even just matching "period" parts, is likely to be an absolute money sink.
But good luck! Sounds fun
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#6Sounds like their plans are to make it like an exhibit and/or field trip for kids to learn about aviation.
It would be neat if they refurbished the cockpit to make it operational and changed the windscreens to computer monitors, basically make it a low-feature simulator that people could experience.
Re: Texas brothers buy abandoned Boeing 727 for $10k
#7In the UK, a plane was turned into a restaurant. Called Steaks on a Plane.
Brilliant.
Re: Texas brothers buy abandoned Boeing 727 for $10k
#8> he hopes the plane can serve as an educational tool and visual attraction to bring more excitement to his hometown. And he already has a name in mind: “Hangar Hangout.” > back-of-the-envelope math and estimated they could probably complete the entire project for around $250,000—maybe less if they did most of the work themselves This sounds pretty cool and I wish them luck, but I suspect their estimate is pretty far…
The vast majority of the cost of aviation parts is paperwork. This won’t ever fly again, so there’s no need to get parts that are certified.
If they need a part and can find one that is used up, they’ll be able to get it dirt cheap - it’s literally trash when it’s reached its service life limits.
Not to mention, they can buy hardware (e.g. bolts) from Home Depot at 1% the cost of certified stuff.
Wouldn’t surprise me if they can hit the 250k budget and have something that looks serviceable (but will never fly again; that bridge was crossed long ago anyway).
Re: Texas brothers buy abandoned Boeing 727 for $10k
#9Re: Texas brothers buy abandoned Boeing 727 for $10k
#10> he hopes the plane can serve as an educational tool and visual attraction to bring more excitement to his hometown. And he already has a name in mind: “Hangar Hangout.” > back-of-the-envelope math and estimated they could probably complete the entire project for around $250,000—maybe less if they did most of the work themselves This sounds pretty cool and I wish them luck, but I suspect their estimate is pretty far…
The vast majority of the cost of aviation parts is paperwork. This won’t ever fly again, so there’s no need to get parts that are certified. If they need a part and can find one that is used up, they’ll be able to get it dirt cheap - it’s literally trash when it’s reached its service life limits. Not to mention, they can buy hardware (e.g. bolts) from Home Depot at 1% the cost of certified stuff. Wouldn’t surprise me…
That paperwork for a permanently grounded plane cost them an unexpected $25k just to remove the fuel.