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major

March 03, 2016, 04:07:41 AM

This put a smile on my face this morning.

Radio interview with David McGowan, an undertaker, who is setting up a Glamping Village in Sligo.

The man is hilarious!

http://www.todayfm.com/player/podcasts/The_Anton_Savage_Show/The_Anton_Savage_Show/50272/2/How_do_you_get_a_Boeing_767_from_Shannon_to_Sligo

PR19_Kit

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March 03, 2016, 04:41:38 AM
 ;D ;D ;D

Only in Ireland!  :lol:
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Gondor

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March 03, 2016, 06:53:14 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on March 03, 2016, 04:41:38 AM
;D ;D ;D

Only in Ireland!  :lol:

Oh I don't know. This kind of thing happens in the US too, daft sounding ideas that people come up with and make happen.

Gondor
My Ability to Imagine is only exceeded by my Imagined Abilities

Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

Nick

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March 03, 2016, 07:34:58 AM
I would love to see this happen! I'd even stay there when it gets done.  :thumbsup:

Some good images here of the former TransAero Boeing 767 and his plans.
http://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/funeral-director-buys-boeing-767-to-create-glamping-village-in-sligo-but-how-will-he-move-it-from-shannon-airport-34501264.html

Rheged

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March 03, 2016, 08:55:14 AM
Quote from: Nick on March 03, 2016, 07:34:58 AM
I would love to see this happen! I'd even stay there when it gets done.  :thumbsup:

Some good images here of the former TransAero Boeing 767 and his plans.
http://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/funeral-director-buys-boeing-767-to-create-glamping-village-in-sligo-but-how-will-he-move-it-from-shannon-airport-34501264.html

We had the body and stub wings  of a 747 pass through Hereford not that long ago. Not sure where it was coming from, but it was going to the SAS Adventure Playground at Ewyas Harold. I think that the Google Earth pic below is out of date.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.9728256,-2.8687756,1500m/data=!3m1!1e3



It was apparently a tight squeeze in several locations
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you....."
It  means that you read  the instruction sheet

PR19_Kit

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March 03, 2016, 09:32:55 AM
Quote from: Rheged on March 03, 2016, 08:55:14 AM

We had the body and stub wings  of a 747 pass through Hereford not that long ago. Not sure where it was coming from, but it was going to the SAS Adventure Playground at Ewyas Harold. I think that the Google Earth pic below is out of date.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.9728256,-2.8687756,1500m/data=!3m1!1e3



It was apparently a tight squeeze in several locations

If you zoom in on that 'aeroplane' on Google maps it looks more like one of those fire training mockups they have at various airfields. It's only got two 'engine's as well.
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

kerick

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May 06, 2016, 07:43:13 PM
OK what in the world is a "glamping village"? Harry Potter?
" Somewhere, between half true, and completely crazy, is a rainbow of nice colours "
Tophe the Wise

PR19_Kit

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May 06, 2016, 07:59:28 PM
Quote from: kerick on May 06, 2016, 07:43:13 PM
OK what in the world is a "glamping village"? Harry Potter?

Glam camping. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glamping
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit
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