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the guy that owns it is a retired airline pilot. he bought that plane used, put it in that forested area and it's his house.
he lives somewhere in oregon.
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This is his website:
http://www.airplanehome.com/
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Another notable airplane conversion was a de Havilland converted into a cafeteria by Mexico City's airport, which eventually spawned the Wings restaurant chain. The only picture I could find is under "Historia" at their (over-flashed, slow-loading, misspelled) site at http://www.wings.com.mx
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Living in an old airliner up on blocks in your yard isn't all that much different from living in a beat up trailer, but I'd do it, especially if I could get ahold of a 747.
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The airplane house is visible from google maps.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=hillsboro+oregon&z=19&ll=45.4079,-123.007758&t=h
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I was in Coca, Ecuador last summer and saw, of all things, a jet airplane turned into a floating nightclub-
https://webspace.utexas.edu/faigley/www/ecuador/pages/IMG_1027_JPG.htm
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Boeing 307 Stratoliner. IMHO one of the most elegant propdriven aircraft ever produced, certainly the rarest.
I actually worked on this same plane when this picture was taken. I was one of the electricians that restored the plane after it ran out of fuel over Elliot Bay in 2002. A once in a lifetime experience that was.
That football shaped antenna is for the ADF radio, all of the original radio's work on this plane, restored by an old timer who devoted many hours to restoring the radio system, among other retirees from Boeing that helped to restore this wonderfull aircraft.
The Boeing S307 PAA flying cloud in this picture is the only surviving aircraft of ten that were built in the late 30's before WW2. It was designed at the same time as the B17 bomber so it has very similar wings and engines as the old bomber.
A perfectly restored flying craft, the plane now resides in it's final resting spot in the center of the Smithsonian air museum Steven Udvar Hazey Center near the Dulles Airport in Washington DC.
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amazing when people do so incredible things..
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A small roadside restaurant in Romania made from a DC-3:
http://www.corgifan.com/blogger/dc3.JPG
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Gotta love those eccentric types! At least the old school black and white images add a touch of class with that bygone age type look about them - swilling down cocktails on one of those ricketty old planes!
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As always a fantastically thought provoking post. The work you put into this site shines through.
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it's so wonderful to discover your blog!~!~!! (found out about it thru GROWABRAIN)...your blog is so amazing and inspiring and entertaining...I'd like to spend hours looking at the pics and reading what-not...
thanks again~~~
Greetings from the Philippines~
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thank you for your good words. They mean very much to me.
cheers
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these are actually very powerful images that more people need to see. i'm glad you posted this. : )
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Hmm, some interesting juxtapositions... my favorite is the map of "war deaths"
next to the "military spending" map. Quite telling, indeed.
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I hope the dragons and commies don't work together. I can't afford to pay more than $2 a gallon to fill up my SUV. :( :( :(
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its a pitiful state of affairs when a sociologist (scientist) from any University has a country in a map that doesn't exist for 15 years - namely Yugoslavia....
pitiful indeed
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Rather pointless without a key.
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Thank you for this. I found some other interesting maps at mapanything.net. You may have to dig a bit as it requires you to search your own terms
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Wow, I didn't realize that Yugoslavia still exists. I must be in delusion when I think I'm living in Croatia.Real experts...
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That isopod looks like a giant dust mite... but with more legs. It reminds me of an anime movie I saw where giant insects and fungi were taking over the world.
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posted by Chris Bassoo
Congrats on being blogger of note, great blog and great information....warmest of regards from Christopher Bassoo
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The russians catch an alien, and eat him. Nice xD.
And that isopod looks so cool :P
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You first picture is "Go Fish"
by Monica Langlois. It is featured artwork from World of Warcraft on the Blizzard site. http://www.blizzard.com/us/inblizz/fanart/images/screens/ss449.jpg
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Thank you, credit added, original was unknown for some time
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other than the candle motor and the domino balancing, have anyone actually tried any of the stuff in there?
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Other then the photo'd stuff, I'd be surprised if many of those actually were accomplished... still, it would be really cool!
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I got two forks to balance on on the edge of a glass with a toothpick (I couldn't keep the forks together with a quarter).
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I must have tha book at home. Tom Tit, is it ?
Big Mick
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You will find these experiments and woodcut pictures in a book called "Columbus' Egg" by Edi Lanners. I have a copy from a late '70's edition. The book is a compilation / re-publication of late 1800's scientific parlor tricks. Fantastic reading, and the experiments seem to work!
I looks like the book is now available under the title "Secrets of 123 Classic Science Tricks and Experiments" (still listing Lanners as the editor).
http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Classic-Science-Tricks-Experiments/dp/0830628215/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product/102-0018437-3658563
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oh they're very hard to do. you should use frictional force very well to make balanced. if you have videos, please post.
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Ahmet, there are some videos in part 2 of this post...
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Just when you think you've seen 'em all...
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The tank with the glass cab on top is a German driver-training tank for the Leopard series. The instructor sits up there with a very good view, and doesn't have to worry about the weather.
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Video about Goliath tank
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIL34mpLi4o
Fantastic blog ¡
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Some other cool nazi tanks:
Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte Landkreuzer P. 1500 Monster
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wow- the mountains are so surreal. Beautiful post.
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Unreal Landscapes... any one of them seems more at home in some imagined sf/f world than the other side of the planet from where I'm sitting.
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The post very much on time for me so I am glad I checked the net. I just finished watching The Last Emperor. Photography in the movie is ok but very limited - to the Forbidden City, the prison and some other grey stuff. Very nice pictures and show a different face of China.
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Wonderful images. I'd be inclined to visit your site again or on a more regular basis if you would please cite your sources. Some, you have. Great! Clicking on a link that takes me to a static flickr page does not allow me to investigate. Informational-wise, it's like clicking on a thumbnail of a picture and not getting a larger picture. Frustrating experience. Finding more citation information, like a good newspaper, would make for a more rewarding experience and something that I turn to places like reddit and flickr for.
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thank you for this comment. Most of the sources are listed in the body of the post, or at the end of it. I also duplicate the source info on the flickr pages. Some photos lead to the larger versions, if such are available. I would like to find out more about the locations photographed here; if you have such info, please send it in.
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first photo:
A place for the eye and mind. Stunning. Please track down the exact location. It's a must visit. Thanks for finding.
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I wonder how much of the area shown in the pics, especially the river scenes with the old volcanic cones, will be under water after the DAM is complete.
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To say thats China is a bit too generalized. All of the photos are just from one area!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilin
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I really liked the picture you found. It looks so relaxing. I couldn’t figure out what it was in the water but when I looked closer I made it out to be a person floating in the water looking up at the sky. I wish I could trade places with that person. Instead I’m stuck here with all this snow. I loved your descriptions about the picture too.
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Great photos to say the least. They give a very false reality of where the majority of the population lies today. Over 40% of its 1.3+ billion people live in urban settings. Those in rural locales are facing soil erosion, desertification, and lack of potable water in significant numbers.
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Wow. Those are amazing.
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I want go to travel china and see this place with my eyes it's wonderful land
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These score are wonderfully strange. I've linked to this blog from mine, which is called http://smpl.se
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Odd ... trackback.
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Thank you! I've been looking for these weird musical notations for a long time - thank you! I've linked to your site. Great site, it is, too. jmd
www.winewomansong.com
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Does anyone know where that sheet music nonsense comes from? I'd love to get hold of a full version.
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yeah that is some crazy music.. i want a full version as well
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For the full versions (and more) -
see
this post
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Nuns with guns? You have to protect your old, atrophied virginity somehow I guess.
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