Jumbo 747
Well I could talk about my failed marriage, but nobody wants to hear about that. Instead, how about airplanes? Specifically N747PA, the Clipper Juan T Trippe.

The 747 went into production in the '60s and entered into commercial service in 1970. The second ever built, and first to fly commercially (according to some sources at least) was Clipper Juan T Trippe.

It was in service between LA and Tokyo for over 20 years, and was scrapped in 1999 in San Bernardino, California. At which point it was cut up into smaller pieces and shipped to Namyangju, a small suburb of Seoul in South Korea, where it was reassembled and used as a roadside attraction/restaurant.

All of this I discovered after visiting the resting place of this historic jumbo jet and searching online for the registration number.

I got word of this and asked on a message board if it was still there. One person living in Namyangju said it was, but not to bother because it's abandoned.

Abandoned? Only urban explorers are attracted to things that are abandoned. Oh wait, I'm an urban explorer.

So I got a bunch of friends together and we took a very crowded train for 30 minutes up to Namyangju, where the plane was sitting abandoned at the side of the road.

Have a look here to see what we found inside:
www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/04/abandoned-boeing-747-restaurant.html
(racetraitor has an alibi for, Sat 5 Dec 2009, 8:17, 8 replies)

I dont get anything on that page
apart from the banner ad at the top
(tjn whizzing on the electric fence of life, Sat 5 Dec 2009, 9:01, closed)

Great site
I'm on Mozilla firefox got into the site then spent the next hour crusing areound all the eccentric abnormalitys, Great site.
(Gru being trolled since 1998, Sat 5 Dec 2009, 9:23, closed)

Pedantic whinge
It's Juan T Trippe.
/anorak
(Ethelbert Q Humpington Ho, ha, guard, turn, parry, dart, spin, ha, thrust, Sat 5 Dec 2009, 9:35, closed)

Oops
I've kind of forgotten my cursive over the years. I thought I remembered it being a J from the nose. Thanks, and fixed.
(racetraitor has an alibi for, Sat 5 Dec 2009, 10:02, closed)

That
is fucking awesome.
(Rsoles, Sat 5 Dec 2009, 19:53, closed)

Similarly, and close to me...
...Is poor old "Lacy Lady", a B17 ignominiously mounted in front of a restaurant and gas station here in Portland. Although it's claimed that it's being restored, it's just rusting away. The nose and cockpit have gone to the "restorers", and the rear turret was knocked off by a careless lorry driver. It's a sad sight,especially when compared with older pictures when she was in better shape...

www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/02/26/sometimes-a-cheap-meal-is-expensive/

www.danknopp.com/Cars/Happy-Days-at-the-Bomber-2009/8362667_XdRY8

www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2968
(Mousy Tongue ...Generally bemused by life..., Sat 5 Dec 2009, 21:46, closed)