Man Recreates Pan Am Jetliner Cabin in His Garage

Since he was a young boy, Anthony Toth has seen the first class cabin of an old Pan Am 747 as the very quintessence of luxury. So he has spent the past twenty years building a simulation of that environment in his garage. In addition to spending $50,000 on the project, he's traveled widely just to find vintage equipment. Candace Jackson writes in The Wall Street Journal:

To find artifacts from the airline, which ceased operation in 1991, Mr. Toth spends his vacations trekking out to an area in the Mojave Desert known as the airplane boneyard, where retired aircraft are stripped for parts. When he can't buy an original Pan Am item in good condition, like seat covers, he recruits professionals to create suitable stand-ins.

Julie Fisher, a friend of Mr. Toth's, says one time she got a call from Mr. Toth saying he'd heard about a source for headsets in Bangkok. A few days later, the two of them hopped a plane to Thailand for the weekend to track them down. (As an airline employee, Mr. Toth can usually fly himself and a friend for free if space is available.)


There's a slideshow of Toth's work at the link.

Link via Gizmodo | Photo: Brian L. Frank for the WSJ

Ooooook. Well... guess this is about as strange as people who create replicas of the star trek deck etc. And at least he gets to fly for free wherever he goes.. I'm sure that helps a bunch.
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