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767 on a hover barge

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    Buffman
    Registered Users Posts: 2,754 ✭✭✭Buffman


    I'm guessing that's former EI-CZD he's after buying.

    After reading the article I was wondering how birds would be nesting in it until I saw a photo.

    It probably would be far easier/cheaper for him to cut it up into transportable sizes for road transport and reassemble it on site.

    Or he could have done a deal with the dismantlers based at Knock and got one closer to home.

    Not sure it would qualify as 'glamping' if he pulls it off, just be a big caravan if he leaves the gear down!:D

    FYI, if you move to a 'smart' meter electricity plan, you CAN'T move back to a non-smart plan.



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    Bazzy
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    He was on the Anton savage show earlier he'd take years off you he's so funny.


    I could imagine being in Shannon the day they got that call.

    Its a different idea if nothing, He was saying that 5,000 bolts approx hold it together and if they try to get it back in one piece it could be a nightmare

    he plans on leaving the cockpit intact in his words "for kids" I suspect more grown ups than kids will be in it

    Some sight to see if it ever takes off (pardon the pun)


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    Shannon757
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    How will they get it from the airport to the barge?
    Would be great to see them try move it and apparently they're making a TV series.


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    AlekSmart
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    Bazzy wrote: »
    He was on the Anton savage show earlier he'd take years off you he's so funny.

    I could imagine being in Shannon the day they got that call.

    Its a different idea if nothing, He was saying that 5,000 bolts approx hold it together and if they try to get it back in one piece it could be a nightmare

    he plans on leaving the cockpit intact in his words "for kids" I suspect more grown ups than kids will be in it

    Some sight to see if it ever takes off (pardon the pun)

    This lad should be getting as much support as possible...He's prepared to front-up his own money and is also pushing the boundaries of Irish Tourism....mind you I'd say he frightened the livin daylights out of the Irish Local Authorities with all them requests.....

    He had hoped to put cranes on the bridges and hoist the plane over them but the local authorities refused him permission to use cranes on the bridges.

    Oh my God......"Just say NO !" :eek:


    Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.

    Charles Mackay (1812-1889)



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    Shannon757
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    AlekSmart wrote: »
    This lad should be getting as much support as possible...He's prepared to front-up his own money and is also pushing the boundaries of Irish Tourism....mind you I'd say he frightened the livin daylights out of the Irish Local Authorities with all them requests.....




    Oh my God......"Just say NO !" :eek:

    Some man for one man as they say...:)


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    Buffman
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    Another article with some more detail and pics. I wish him all the best.

    FYI, if you move to a 'smart' meter electricity plan, you CAN'T move back to a non-smart plan.



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    Shannon757
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    Buffman wrote: »
    Another article with some more detail and pics. I wish him all the best.

    Wow, a correct file image.:pac:


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    homerjay2005
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    another article on it also -

    http://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/funeral-director-buys-boeing-767-to-create-glamping-village-in-sligo-but-how-will-he-move-it-from-shannon-airport-34501264.html

    incredible story, how on earth did he get this for €20k?

    i want one :) wonder if theres any more of them around like that price!?


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    Tenger
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    I love this idea. I doubt I will ever visit this glamping site, however fair play to him. What an entrepreneur with vision and gumption!!


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    smurfjed
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    What an awesome idea..... I have to admire his enthusiasm :):)

    I also got to learn a new word "glamping" :)


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    homerjay2005
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    Tenger wrote: »
    I love this idea. I doubt I will ever visit this glamping site, however fair play to him. What an entrepreneur with vision and gumption!!

    i would definitely visit it....and i will.


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    sligolad1
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    Best of luck to him, will definitely visit if it good ahead!


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    Bazzy
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    Shannon757 wrote: »
    How will they get it from the airport to the barge?
    Would be great to see them try move it and apparently they're making a TV series.

    Apparently the Hover Barge will drive out of the shannon and theres an access road that they will tow the pane down and put it on the barge there.

    If he pulls this off it will be a good example of what makes this country beautiful.

    He's an undertaker buy a 757 to bring on a hover barge to enniscrone from Shannon words i'd never though i'd type


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    beer enigma
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    Bazzy wrote: »
    Apparently the Hover Barge will drive out of the shannon and theres an access road that they will tow the pane down and put it on the barge there.

    If he pulls this off it will be a good example of what makes this country beautiful.

    He's an undertaker buy a 757 to bring on a hover barge to enniscrone from Shannon words i'd never though i'd type

    Seems to be a huge undertaking ;)


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    homerjay2005
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    any more of these planes hanging around for sale?


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    AndyBoBandy
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    Fantastic idea, and I certainly would be up for spending a night there should the project be completed.


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    Shannon757
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    homerjay2005 wrote: »
    any more of these planes hanging around for sale?
    homerjay2005 wrote: »
    another article on it also -

    http://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/funeral-director-buys-boeing-767-to-create-glamping-village-in-sligo-but-how-will-he-move-it-from-shannon-airport-34501264.html

    incredible story, how on earth did he get this for €20k?

    i want one :) wonder if theres any more of them around like that price!?

    Crowdfunding idea guys?


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    AndyBoBandy
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    Shannon757 wrote: »
    Crowdfunding idea guys?


    I'm in,

    all I ask in return is a few hours per week, alone with her, with my captains hat on.


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    Shannon757
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    Bazzy wrote: »
    Apparently the Hover Barge will drive out of the shannon and theres an access road that they will tow the pane down and put it on the barge there.

    If he pulls this off it will be a good example of what makes this country beautiful.

    He's an undertaker buy a 757 767to bring on a hover barge to enniscrone from Shannon words i'd never though i'd type

    FYP:D I'd love to be there to see that.


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    Nforce
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    A crowd in the UK has a similar idea albeit on a somewhat smaller scale

    http://www.reamhills.co.uk/lynx-helicopter.html


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    Stinicker
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    Could some brave pilots not fly it into either Knock or Sligo Airport? Is it airworthy?


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    notharrypotter
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    Is it airworthy?
    I doubt it but I am not qualified to say for certain.
    See photo link from post 2.


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    For Forks Sake
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    Stinicker wrote: »
    Could some brave pilots not fly it into either Knock or Sligo Airport? Is it airworthy?

    Absence of engines could be somewhat of a hindrance. Not a hope of landing a 767 in Sligo either.


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    Mike1961
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    Stinicker wrote:
    Could some brave pilots not fly it into either Knock or Sligo Airport? Is it airworthy?

    The engine was removed. That fella is a helluva character. You'd want to hear him... gas man


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    Tenger
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    Stinicker wrote: »
    ..... Is it airworthy?

    Not a chance, considering it was used be nesting birds.


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    Stinicker
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    I didn't see the pictures and I thought maybe it was one of the TransAero planes which recently went to Shannon for storage after they went bankrupt.

    How long is Sligo? I remember seeing a Qantas 747 permanently flown into some tiny airstrip in Australia where it was going to be an exhibit. The 747 could never again take off even if they wanted to.


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    For Forks Sake
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    Stinicker wrote: »
    I didn't see the pictures and I thought maybe it was one of the TransAero planes which recently went to Shannon for storage after they went bankrupt.

    How long is Sligo? I remember seeing a Qantas 747 permanently flown into some tiny airstrip in Australia where it was going to be an exhibit. The 747 could never again take off even if they wanted to.

    I think (from they way he told it) that the plane was in Shannon when Transaero went bust, and they were stuck with it, and a heap of unpaid bills and were just glad to get shot of it, hence why he picked it up for 20k.

    From Wiki:

    Runways
    Direction Length n ft Surface

    11/29 1,199 3,933 Asphalt


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    Cookiemunster
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    For Forks Sake wrote: »
    I think (from they way he told it) that the plane was in Shannon when Transaero went bust, and they were stuck with it, and a heap of unpaid bills and were just glad to get shot of it, hence why he picked it up for 20k.

    That 767 has been sitting in the same spot stripped of everything that's missing in the picture for nearly two years (well before Transaero ceased operations last October). Both starboard doors have been open the entire time.


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    Arkady
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    As "funny" as the project is for comedy value . . .
    Who'd really want to spend the night in some scrap smelly 767 in a Sligo field ?


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    AndyBoBandy
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    Arkady wrote: »
    Who'd really want to spend the night in some scrap smelly 767 in a Sligo field ?


    I would if it looked like any of these;

    KLM-Airbnb-aircraft-2.jpg

    Airplane-Hotel-Suites-4.jpg

    repurposed-airplane-hotel7.jpg

    img_airplane_hotel_3.jpg

    24.jpg

    1a1add4bf4900122751749967f6a2ebb.jpg


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