Recycling Boeing airplanes

REPORT: Recycling airplanes has become a real promising business. Châteauroux is Europe's first plane deconstruction center where aircrafts are being demolished and replaced into something usefull. (Gérard Jouany)

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[applesweeter]

Dear All,

Does anyone like to turn an old and retired aeroplane into their home? If yes, what will be your design for your home-sweet-home?

Thnak You in Advance for your creative ideas and brainstorms :)

[MrRockoutLoud]

it stinks that these great birds of the sky have to be destroyed :-(

[MrRockoutLoud]

@razor71927 i meant to have them become museum pieces or homes or scuba diving areas like what happens to the lucky few aircraft

[razor71927]

@happyfa An aircraft is different, they suffer from metal fatigue from the pressurisation and de-compression badly; especially after thirty years - and its a long drop remember if something goes wrong up there!, unlike land or sea vehicles.

[razor71927]

@MrRockoutLoud Better than lives getting destroyed!, by aircrafts too old for the job.

[jimmymejia63]

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[happyfa]

You can scrap cars, coaches, buses, taxis, ships, boats, trains, tants...but NEVER aircrafts! They are awesome and must have to be saved

[averredude101]

@Brad1711 oh yeahh. And also the RR engines on the 747-400 were upgraded with features from the trent 700 engine (which is really efficent)

[Brad1711]

@averredude101 If you look at legacy aircraft (e.g. KC-135, 727, etc.), many now have a completely different engine than they were originally designed and built with. Many of these airplane are 30-50 years old, so you can imagine how engine technology has changed in that time. Operators make the changes either to improve performance, reduce operating costs, or meet noise/environmental regulations.

[averredude101]

@Brad1711 what kind? Like change the engine from its original plan or put it back to the way it was from the factory?

[Brad1711]

@ignaciojork Actually, no. I took four years of Spanish in high school and four semesters of Spanish while at university. I think you just like to stereotype people. Yes, there are many Americans that like to live with their heads in the sand and ignore the scary world outside of our borders, but there are also many of us that aren't retarded and that don't stereotype others based solely on their nationality, race, etc.

[ignaciojork]

@Brad1711 google translate...