By Anonymous CowardPosted Monday 4th February 2008 12:12 GMT
Some cool stuff but given that you can get pieces of the ultimate iconic aircraft Concorde at aviation collectors fairs and places like concordecollectables.com for 20 quid or so and upwards the pricing does look rather ambitious for bits of common aircraft which are (as the article points out) fairly easily available. Just talk to some scrap metal merchants near London Heathrow, various military bases, etc if in doubt.
By Anonymous CowardPosted Monday 4th February 2008 12:17 GMT
Somebody has done good market research. As many people have observed USA telco execs tend to be ex-bomber people so we are bound to see this in quite a few offices of various Ma Bell clones.
By Keith GlassPosted Monday 4th February 2008 13:16 GMT
. . .looks more like a fighter ejection seat F-4 Phantom or similar. But it is most definitely NOT from a B-52: I know, I've got 6 year of flying them under my belt. . .
The BOFH Would Get One for the Head of Beancounting... #
By Anonymous CowardPosted Monday 4th February 2008 13:24 GMT
...who sits directly under a load-bearing I-beam...
By Anonymous CowardPosted Monday 4th February 2008 14:07 GMT
That such unsafe stuff is being sold. I mean - look at the number of legs...... You had better hope that health and safety dont spot that its one short of a jobsworth.....
By Steven CoxPosted Monday 4th February 2008 14:17 GMT
I am sure i watched a series about this company on the Discovery channel a few years ago... could be wrong (but very rarely am, apart from when it comes to spelling)
ok after about 10secs of searching i proved myself right, the program was called wingnuts, looks like its been cancelled though.
Well, I found it under a rock in the Mojave Desert #
By Vulpes VulpesPosted Monday 4th February 2008 14:29 GMT
and dragged it home in the pickup.
But I'm afraid I saw you coming, so that'll be 5,000.
By Chris GPosted Monday 4th February 2008 20:58 GMT
Over twenty years ago my best mate Jim got married and I was his best man. I had to give him something special as a wedding present so I looked and asked around, one of my other mates just happened to mention that the military research establishment where he worked had thrown out a Martin-Baker Mk1 ejector seat( these were propelled by a cut down twenty five pounder howitzer shell) and that he had purloined it. Well, I leaned on him a lot and he finally sold it to me for seventy quid, the best damn present I ever gave anyone, though the new missus wasn't too keen on it even though I gave her some boring china plates. The consensus amongst us lads was that if the wife didn't work out she could always test the seat for Jim.Strangely, some years later she ran away with an IT manager!
Comments on: Old aircraft artefacts become office accessories
Its on my little list... #
By Michael Jolly Posted Monday 4th February 2008 11:46 GMT
The BOFH #
By Les Matthew Posted Monday 4th February 2008 11:49 GMT
A lower cost option ... #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Monday 4th February 2008 12:12 GMT
Telco execs can feel home #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Monday 4th February 2008 12:17 GMT
@les matthew #
By Graham Dawson Posted Monday 4th February 2008 12:22 GMT
@Graham Dawson #
By Mark Posted Monday 4th February 2008 13:01 GMT
Minor problem: that's NOT a B-52 Ejector seat #
By Keith Glass Posted Monday 4th February 2008 13:16 GMT
The BOFH Would Get One for the Head of Beancounting... #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Monday 4th February 2008 13:24 GMT
But is it an ejoctor seat? #
By Dave Bell Posted Monday 4th February 2008 13:36 GMT
@Graham Dawson #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Monday 4th February 2008 13:42 GMT
Shocking really #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Monday 4th February 2008 14:07 GMT
Discovery??? #
By Steven Cox Posted Monday 4th February 2008 14:17 GMT
Well, I found it under a rock in the Mojave Desert #
By Vulpes Vulpes Posted Monday 4th February 2008 14:29 GMT
Been there , done that #
By Chris G Posted Monday 4th February 2008 20:58 GMT