drb
logo



"QUANTUM SHOT" #616
Link - by Avi Abrams

      A good way to retire - together with your private jet

      Our coverage of recycling airplanes into houses, restaurants, hotels, etc.
      has proved quite popular (see our Mystery Plane in Your Backyard). 
      Here is a small collection of further findings of cool converted jets
      around the world.
      
      We'll start with a cool Boeing 727 House, located in
      Costa Rica. Suzanne Pope sends us some images:

      
      
      (images credit:
        Mr. Vincent Costello,
        via)

      You can check into this house, too - this is part of the spectacular
      Costa Verde Resort

      

      Nice interior design, cozy and warm:

      
      
      

      The view is outstanding (almost as good as being "up in the air") -

      
      (images credit:
        Mr. Vincent Costello,
        via)

      Another Boeing 727 fuselage turned into a cost-effective and
      energy-efficient house: Jo Ann Ussery's estate at Benoit, Lake
      Whittington, Mississippi, USA -

      
      (image
        via)

      An old Bristol freighter plane converted to "bed and breakfast" - in
      Otorohanga, New Zealand:

      
      
      (images
        via)

      Red Lane's DC-8 home (originally built for Eastern Airlines in 1960) - now
      resides in Ashland City, Tenn.

      
      (photo By Bob Shane,
        via)

      Using wings and other parts of an airplane as very structurally-sound and
      efficient components of a house (more
      info) -

      
      (images
        via)

      Need a guest room? Add an airplane to your house! Aviation artist Richard
      Broome adds a full cockpit of Boeing 727-222A to his studio, more
      info:

      
      
      (photos by James Broome
        via, and Jerilee Bennett via
        1,
        2)

      Vliegtuigsuite, Teuge Airport Hotel, Netherlands

      This one-of-a-kind luxury hotel suite has sauna, jaccuzzi... and a Cold
      War-era cockpit - inside a beautifully converted 120-seat 1960 East German
      plane (the former plane of Erich Honecker?). This is a real thing,
      courtesy Dutch company
      HotelSuites, not
      some viral concept like the infamous
      Hotelicopter... You can get your morning cup of coffee sitting in a pilot chair,
      gazing on a runway and planes taking off for blue skies:

      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      (images
        via)

      Runway Dreams in Stockholm

      Another Jumbo turned into a hostel, this time it's a retrofitted 747-200
      at the Stockholm-Arlanda airport: rated "Best Hotel Novelty of the Year" -
      JumboHostel

      
      
      
      
      (images credit:
        JumboHostel)

      Recycled Airplane Library

      BLDGBLOG
      writes
      about this impressive concept of stacking a bunch of discarded jet
      fuselages to create a huge library building - complete with cozy reading
      rooms book collections inside the fuselages.

      
      
      (images via
        1,
        2)

      More bits, wings, and pieces

      An old Soviet plane, transformed into a bar in Olomouc, Czech Republic -
      Latka Bar:

      
      (image
        via)

      Another plane cafe in Russia: this is actually a roadside eatery, serving
      drivers on the “Don” highway -

      
      
      (images via)

      An old C-97 plane converted into a disco (in Barcelona, Spain):

      
      (image
        via)

      McDonald's in Taupo, New Zealand, uses an old DC3 to attract visitors:

      
      (image
        via)

      Flannery's Restaurant in Penndel, Pennsylvania, features a Lockheed Super
      Constellation:

      
      (photo by J. Roger Bentley,
        via)

      Air Restaurant Tupolev TU-104 in Petrovice, Czech Republic:

      
      (image credit:
        Philip Heymann, drs-spotter.de)

      Lufthansa Vickers Viscount 814 Restaurant in Langenhagen, Germany:

      
      (image credit:
        Tim Corduan)

      Need to transport an old airplane to your lot for recycling? Apparently
      you can do it with a simple pickup truck (just make sure you put the
      "Oversize Load" warnings):

      
      (transporting DC-6 in Fairbanks, Alaska - photos by
        Stephen Cysewski, more
        here)

      CONTINUE TO "ABANDONED BOEING 747 RESTAURANT" ->

      ALSO READ: "MYSTERY JET HOUSE" ->




RECENT ARTICLES:

Visual Caffeine #8
Visual Caffeine, Issue 8

A thrilling blend of art, myths and technology

Visual Caffeine #7
Visual Caffeine, Issue 7

A thrilling blend of art, myths and technology

Art Deco
Imperial Dreams: Art Deco Update

Wings, Gears, & Glamorous Ladies

1970s SciFi
DRB Pics-of-the-Day

Grand Space Adventure 1970s Art



"Dark Roasted Blend" - All Kinds of Weird and Wonderful Things, Discovered Daily!"

DRB is a top-ranked and respected source for the best in art, travel and fascinating technology, with a highly eclectic presentation. Our in-depth articles in many categories make DRB a valued online magazine, bringing you quality info and entertainment every time you visit the site - About DRB

Connect with us and become part of DRB on Facebook and Twitter.



YOUR COMMENTS::

7 Comments:

Anonymous Moose Gueydan said...

a C10-based hot dog and sandwich stand: killer philly steaks and cheezewiz dogs

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/12981

___  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow, I've actually visited three of these. (the 1 in Costa Rica,then the 2 in the Czech rep.)
nice post. :)

___  
Blogger Phoenix Van De Graaff said...

its like..........wwwWWWOOOWWWwww........

___  
Blogger flyin4alivin said...

Too Cool!!!! As an airline Captain I spend 200+ hours in a plane each month. Why not live in one? That would be completely awesome.

___  
Anonymous AdamSok said...

Great collection! I've actually seen a few in the Penndel area of Pa. Very cool stuff!

___  
Blogger Pozo said...

hungarian one (second image):http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il%E2%80%9318

___  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Not a restaurant but a museum: Interflug Il-62 "Lady Agnes" at Gollenberg. Was flown to location and landed on an 900 m grass strip normally used for gliders only - this aircraft type normally is supposed to have 2500+ m. Pilot was Heinz-Dieter Kallbach.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gollenberg#Aviation

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Of55qSsnC8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EP2fgosJ0A

___  

Post a Comment

<< Home


SF ART & BOOK REVIEWS:
Don't miss: The Ultimate Guide to NEW SF&F Writers!
Fiction Reviews: Classic Cyberpunk: Extreme Fiction
Short Fiction Reviews: Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness" (with pics)
New Fiction Reviews: The Surreal Office



READ OTHER RECENT ARTICLES:


Abandoned, Dieselpunk
DRB Pic-of-the-Day

Abandoned: Streamlined Three-wheeler

Visual Caffeine #6
Visual Caffeine, Issue 6

A thrilling blend of art, myths and technology

Visual Caffeine #5
Visual Caffeine, Issue 5

A thrilling blend of art, myths and technology

Hellish Weather on Other Planets

Wild, Untamed, and Uncut

Medieval Suits of Armor

Metal Body Suits vs. Weapons of Medieval Destruction

World's Strangest Theme Parks

Amusement to the (twisted) extremes!

Enchanting Victorian Fairy Tale Art

"Then world behind and home ahead..."

Adorable Pedal Cars

Collectable Pedal Vehicles Showcase


Japanese Arcades: Gundam Pods & Other Guilty Pleasures

These machines have gone up to the next level


Modernist Tallinn Architecture

Delicious blend of old and new!


Early Supercomputers: A Visual Overview

"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons"


Futuristic Concept Cars of the 1970-80s

French, Italian & Japanese rare beauties


Epic 1970s French Space Comic Art

DRB Time-Slice: Valérian and Laureline


The Trees Are Escaping! The Abandoned Prison in French Guiana

"Great Escape" from the Devil's Island



FULL ARCHIVES
(with previews, fast loading):

2022/16
2015/14
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006

Link Lattes

Feel-Good & Biscotti Issues





CATEGORIES:
Feel-Good! | airplanes | animals | architecture | art | auto | boats | books | cool ads | famous | futurism | food
gadgets | health | japan | internet | link latte | military | music | nature | photo | russia | steampunk
sci-fi & fantasy | signs | space | technology | trains | travel | vintage | weird | abandoned