KC-97G Stratofreighter Diner

[MWalsh]

Hopefully this will work out for them.

 

 

 

[The Meatcan]

I'd eat there! Awesome to see a new life for that old bird. Thanks for sharing the story, MWalsh.

Terry

[mikie]

This is great! Using a refueling tanker as a restaurant seems fitting. I always get sick seeing videos of those old planes getting chopped into scrap. I hope it's a success so that others will do the same thing.

Mikie

[Dogsbody]

That's a great idea. Also nice that they plan to keep the plane as original as possible. I'd eat there too and it should be easily the best 'air plane' food around..........

 

Rene

[viking73]

Well that's cool, but it's already been done in Denver:

 

http://www.theairplanerestaurant.com/

 

This KC-97L was here in Texas for many years, parked outside Carswell AFB at the now long closed Southwest Aerospace Museum. I have some photos somewhere but they aren't digital. I was sad to see 283 leave (along with the B-36) but at least they weren't scrapped like the B-52D when the museum closed. A buddy who worked for Lockheed at the time watched them destroy the B-52 on his lunch break...

 

-Derek

[Patchcollector]

That's a neat way to repurpose that old bird.I would like to eat in the cockpit area for the great view

[mohawkALSE]

Was reading some info on this ship, it served with the USAF at first and then went over to the TX ANG before it was retired to the boneyard.

KC-97G-24-BO S/N 52-2604

 

Ill def have to head up to CLE to try that when it opens.