Matt Molnar
2008-09-02, 10:12 AM
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Gizmodo:
Jumbo Airplane Hotel Allows Mile High Club Experience on the Ground (http://gizmodo.com/5043984/jumbo-airplane-hotel-allows-mile-high-club-experience-on-the-ground)
Back in 2006, Oscar Diös heard there was a dead Boeing 747-200 built in 1976 on one of the runways at Arlanda Airport, the largest international airport in Sweden, north of Stockholm. It was once owned by a Swedish company called Transjet, who used it to fly muslim pilgrims to Mecca, as well as doing charter flights around the world until it was grounded for "organizational problems" in 2002. The noble Jumbo was in a bad state, but Oscar saw the possibilities right away. Probably after way too many glasses of akvavit that day, Diös thought he had the perfect idea: to buy the 747 and convert it into a low-cost hotel. [Full Article and More Photos (http://gizmodo.com/5043984/jumbo-airplane-hotel-allows-mile-high-club-experience-on-the-ground)]
Gizmodo:
Jumbo Airplane Hotel Allows Mile High Club Experience on the Ground (http://gizmodo.com/5043984/jumbo-airplane-hotel-allows-mile-high-club-experience-on-the-ground)
Back in 2006, Oscar Diös heard there was a dead Boeing 747-200 built in 1976 on one of the runways at Arlanda Airport, the largest international airport in Sweden, north of Stockholm. It was once owned by a Swedish company called Transjet, who used it to fly muslim pilgrims to Mecca, as well as doing charter flights around the world until it was grounded for "organizational problems" in 2002. The noble Jumbo was in a bad state, but Oscar saw the possibilities right away. Probably after way too many glasses of akvavit that day, Diös thought he had the perfect idea: to buy the 747 and convert it into a low-cost hotel. [Full Article and More Photos (http://gizmodo.com/5043984/jumbo-airplane-hotel-allows-mile-high-club-experience-on-the-ground)]