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Old Boeing 747 chopped into bits and turned into swank house
June 17, 2011We’ve seen airplanes being overhauled and recycled into a bunch of architectural marvels before. Picking up on the lines of these wonders of recycling, designers David Hertz Architects have come up with an astoundingly beautiful home, made from the wings … Continue reading3
Posted in Architecture | Tagged Boeing, Boeing_747 | Leave a commentAlcoa develops light-weight aluminum to boost aircraft fuel efficiency
June 13, 2011Airplanes are in for a serious loss of weight up ahead, with aluminum producer Alcoa’s newest development, a light-weight aluminum alloy that can help aircrafts cut short on about 10% of their body weight. Alcoa claims the new aluminum to … Continue reading3
Posted in Transport | Tagged Aircraft, Aluminum, Boeing_747, Fuel_efficiency | Leave a commentA solar powered 747 might not just be so much of a fairytale in the future!
April 18, 2011Simply covering the wings of an airplane with solar panels sure isn’t going to make it fly, not with the current conversion efficiencies solar cells today have. To power up a fully loaded 747-400 jet today, about 200 football fields’ … Continue reading3
Posted in Transport | Tagged Boeing_747, Solar_Power | Leave a commentOld Boeing 747 recycled in to a luxury hotel or a modular home
June 15, 2010Now an old Boeing 747 is just too huge to end up in a scrap yard and folded into scrap metal. And then again, why crush this fallen angel when you could simply use its insides for a luxury hotel! … Continue reading3
Posted in Recycle | Tagged Boeing_747 | Leave a commentBoeing 747 recycled into a hotel at Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport
June 3, 2010Recycling is the best way to put old scrapped out products to use again, breathing new life into them. And that applies to Boeing 747s too. So, converting an old Boeing 747 into a full fledged hotel seems to be … Continue reading3
Posted in Recycle | Tagged Boeing_747, Hotel | Leave a comment