Boeing 767 to Sligo

KERSPLAT!

http://www.thejournal.ie/boeing-767-almost-at-glamping-site-2756025-May2016/

What the flip is this all about!? Did he just buy an airplane and wing it? Could this glamping idea really take off!? Can you come up better puns, I'm flying pretty high after those two...

OK I'm done.

AndyBoBandy

Its all here (including live video feed of the event)

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057567460

Noccy_Mondy

Live action here

http://smashteck.tv/

PARlance

This is the first I've heard of it, said nobody in the West... half hoping the thing sinks at this stage.

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PARlance wrote: »

This is the first I've heard of it, said nobody in the West... half hoping the thing sinks at this stage.

There may be an emergency landing

Niemoj

Jaysus.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Been done. They had one at Burning Man last year. Next.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

No, the glamping thing will never take off. They had to cut the wings off!

Sonderkommando

Listened to the interview on today fm a few weeks back with the chap who's putting in on. Genuinely eccentric, hope it works out for him.

OldMrBrennan83

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maudgonner

I was there earlier, Left around 6 when the cold got the better of me and every inch of me was soaked

They had lights lined up by the entrance at that stage, ready to deploy them. The steward of the carpark where I was said that the latest they heard was that it could be 11 tonight before it's in, and apparently they've had a few hitches in the meantime.

Good craic though and it's drawing big crowds, despite the weather.

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LexieOnRale wrote: »

No, the glamping thing will never take off. They had to cut the wings off!

I wonder what the food is like, I hear it can be a little plane at times

Spanish Eyes

Deep pockets there.

Of turbulence.....

Bonzo Delaney

Fair play to him yes it's a mad idea but the best ideas are mad ones
It looks like one of those mad Irish filums were there's a mad lad with a mad idea and they all live happily ever after
Good luck to him I say .... Mad Hoor

CFlat

All the work seems to be done and its nearly reached its arrival point so it's plain sailing from here.

Spanish Eyes

An aside.

The eccentricity of the man, and his committment are wonderful. Not to mention the money sunk into the project. I really hope he succeeds.

Needs to get to European feeds/markets now. A lot of them love camping.

in an airplane surely!

corsav6

maudgonner wrote: »

I was there earlier, Left around 6 when the cold got the better of me and every inch of me was soaked

They had lights lined up by the entrance at that stage, ready to deploy them. The steward of the carpark where I was said that the latest they heard was that it could be 11 tonight before it's in, and apparently they've had a few hitches in the meantime.

Good craic though and it's drawing big crowds, despite the weather.

What was it like down there? A few people advised me not to go to Enniscrone as the traffic was mental and no chance of getting near the plane.
We went to Kilalla instead and then to a mates house overlooking Kilalla Bay and got some hazy pics, we were about 5-6 miles away.

Fox_In_Socks

My new airline to the Wesht is working out well. You just get on the plane, which is placed on the barge and within a week, you can go from Shannon to Sligo, no problem.

HeidiHeidi

Bonzo Delaney wrote: »

Fair play to him yes it's a mad idea but the best ideas are mad ones
It looks like one of those mad Irish filums were there's a mad lad with a mad idea and they all live happily ever after
Good luck to him I say .... Mad Hoor

Eat The Peach, 21st century style

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

I wonder what the food is like, I hear it can be a little plane at times

All these puns are flying right over me

Bonzo Delaney

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Eat The Peach, 21st century style

That's exactly what I tought when I heard about it on the Anton Savage show nearly a moth ago or the one wher they built a runway for a pilot to fly back to Portugal can't recall the title of that one

CFlat

This is a big undertaking for the owner.

delly

It's a fairly historic time, for a period of about 48 hours, Ireland had it's own aircraft carrier.

maudgonner

corsav6 wrote: »

What was it like down there? A few people advised me not to go to Enniscrone as the traffic was mental and no chance of getting near the plane.
We went to Kilalla instead and then to a mates house overlooking Kilalla Bay and got some hazy pics, we were about 5-6 miles away.

It was grand. I got there about half four and it was pretty quiet, not more than 200 people there I'd say (although I'm woeful at estimating things like that ) No problem at all getting onto the beach and a perfect view. We could walk right out to the waters edge if we wanted, there were barriers around the channel it's coming into alright though.

As time went on the crowd built up a good bit. Strangely enough there were loads of people gathered around the entrance to the beach, with really poor views. They obviously thought there was no chance of getting any close but in fact there was much more room inside with perfect views, poor sods. (I told a few on my way out )

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LexieOnRale wrote: »

All these puns are flying right over me

You're going on like some kind of Maverick here. Calm the jets!

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

(That one really did fly over my head)

I wondering if it's bed and boarding

maudgonner

LexieOnRale wrote: »

(That one really did fly over my head)

I wondering if it's bed and boarding

Yes, but breakfast consists of a jumbo breakfast roll.

(I tried to resist the punning for once, really I did )

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

There could be a lot of domestics in it, couples flying off the handle, not enough leg room makes a person crazy

Fox_In_Socks

Ahm...air today, boeing tomorrow???

Carson10

Fair play, great story. Things really seem to be 'taking off' for him.

Just watched the coverage on the news tonight, i think it's brilliant. i'll be booking a suite there when it's up and running, that's for sure.

dirtyden

Brilliantly eccentric idea. Hope it takes off and he makes a flying success out of it.

SEPT 23 1989

It would be a very boring world without men like this

SEPT 23 1989

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

It would be a very boring world without men like this

I'd go further to say the world would stop revolving without them