747 Wing House

Posted by Alex in Home & Garden, Pictures on October 18, 2011 at 9:37 am

Los Angeles architect David Hertz built a house so stylish that it almost looks like it could fly. Almost, but not for the lack of wings.

You see, he built the house using parts from an old 747 airplane:

The 4,000-square-foot Wing House, as it has become known, is made from an old plane that was 230 feet long, 195 feet wide and 63 feet tall, but cost David barely nothing. The plane had enough raw materials — 4.5 million of them — to help build most of the entire home. And it seems as though Hertz knew exactly which parts of the plane to keep intact as architectural features. The main residence uses the wings and tail section as roofing elements. There’s also an art studio, guest house, and animal barn all made from the fuselage. A meditation pavilion was also created from the cockpit.

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Pilot Lands Plane With One Wing

Posted by Queuebot in Video Clips on April 12, 2009 at 2:32 pm


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To the horror of spectators, this stunt plane begins to tailspin toward the ground when it loses its right wing in midair.  Amazingly, at the last second the pilot is able to land safely.

– via holeinthedonut

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