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Old 9th May 2011, 12:49
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Chef transforms grounded transatlantic airliner into an a la carte restaurant

More here...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...estaurant.html

Done a nice job of it too...would be worth the trip over there sometime.


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Old 9th May 2011, 15:09
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Not the first time that this has been done, though it might be a UK first.

I know of two railway carriages that have been converted into restaurants:-




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Old 9th May 2011, 15:42
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The Super Connie at Luqa Airport is featured in this article. She was impounded in 1968 after gunrunners used her for smuggling. She was converted to being a restaurant in 1974 and was destroyed in an arson attack in 1997...

http://www.conniesurvivors.com/5T-TAF.htm

I saw her a few times in the late 70's & early 80's when on Malta for holidays etc.

Really sad that she was set alight, at least some of her was rescued though for the museum, just a pity that she has gone.
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