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In the UK, a plane was turned into a restaurant. Called Steaks on a Plane.
Brilliant.
Great food, really cool place to eat in Manuel Antonio.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g309274-d15099...
I smiled at that one. It was like when, probably 1980 or so, the Austin American-Statesman newspaper ran a photo of a "robot" parading in front of the White House. The caption explained that the robot's name was FUBAR: Futuristic Uranium-powered Bio-Atomic Robot. Evidently the Statesman's photo editor had never served in the military — or had served, and intentionally ran the photo and caption ....
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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.
It was less than 3k gallons of fuel - they probably could have dealt with it themselves (I bet someone out there would have loved to heat their house with that; it’s just really nice kerosene), had their initial reaction not been to call the authorities. After that point their hands were tied.
In the UK, a plane was turned into a restaurant. Called Steaks on a Plane.
In the UK, a plane was turned into a restaurant. Called Steaks on a Plane.
Planes include crap tons of specialized toxic materials. Converting it to any use other than flying is a major, expensive hassle. Such an old plane might as well be free or paid $$ to be taken away.