Passenger plane converted into restaurant near Katowice, Poland

spiritus 69 | 643

2 Feb 2009 / #1

Is there a link to this "restaurant" ?

SeanBM 34 | 5781

2 Feb 2009 / #2

Rest in plane

Not in Katowice, I am trying to find more info

Svenski 1 | 159

2 Feb 2009 / #3

May be some here.. sanko.wroclaw.pl/galeria/zestaw05/galeria17/Poland_Airplane_register_v1-8.pdf

Czarne Oczy 13 | 63

2 Feb 2009 / #4

Ive been to this restaurant!!!! Its in a picture in my thread "lots of vacation pictures from Poland." Watch your step when your going across the little bridge, I tripped:P

JohnP - | 210

2 Feb 2009 / #5

That is very cool.
I've seen a railroad caboose converted into a diner before (when I was young and fascinated with the railroad, as possibly all boys are...always tried getting my parents to stop there) but never an airplane.

What sort of airplane is it, you've seen the outside?

John P.

time means 5 | 1309

2 Feb 2009 / #6

on the plane theme they have just converted an old 747 into a hostel at arlanda airport (nr stockholm)

SeanBM 34 | 5781

2 Feb 2009 / #7

is it realistic though?

do you have the child behind you kicking your seat??? :)

JohnP - | 210

2 Feb 2009 / #8

Doesn't look like the tables fold up, either....pretty neat at any rate.
John P.

time means 5 | 1309

2 Feb 2009 / #9

do you have the child behind you kicking your seat??? :)

apparently so you get the small child kicking the chair/playing with meal tray. the babe in arms screaming and a pissed up stag doo as well. and also especially for me the lone pyscho who i always attract wherever i go :-)

szarlotka 8 | 2205

2 Feb 2009 / #10

for me the lone pyscho who i always attract wherever i go :-)

Ah the old old nutter on the bus sketch from Jasper Carrott comes to mind. I seem to get them all the time too. Either I'm an attractant for them or there just lots of them about.

SeanBM 34 | 5781

2 Feb 2009 / #11

apparently so you get the small child kicking the chair/playing with meal tray. the babe in arms screaming and a pissed up stag doo as well. and also especially for me the single pyscho who i always attract wherever i go

Sounds wonderful!
It could be for people who are scared of heights or driving.
Do the staff say silly things like,
Put your seat back in an upright position?.
And test you on your "putting on a buckle" skills?.
I do hope they use the word "terminal", which Einstein called something in an Airport, Terminal?.

the lone pyscho

I seem to get them all the time too.

Ah so you have met in real life, I see...

time means 5 | 1309

2 Feb 2009 / #12

[quote=szarlotka]
I'm an attractant for them or there just lots of them about.

i had one in the supermarket checkout the other day (he was checking out my alcohol purchases) funnily enough, and this is true he introduced himself as sean :-)

OP spiritus 69 | 643

2 Feb 2009 / #13

Not in Katowice, I am trying to find more info

That restaurant/plane looks a lot more upmarket than the one near Katowice !

It was a bit dingy inside but the novelty of walking up the stair ladders to enter the plane was worth it for that alone !

How on earth did they got the plane there mystifies me !

Svenski 1 | 159

2 Feb 2009 / #14

There's a full size wooden replica of a Concorde in a small town (Hermeskeil) in Germany. It is used a cafe..seats 150 people.

concordesst.com/model4.html

Full Size Concorde Replica

wildrover 98 | 4430

2 Feb 2009 / #15

I want to fly in a resteraunt thats been converted into an airliner...now that would be something....!

sobieski 106 | 2111

30 Jul 2010 / #16

This plane you can find i Kościelec, on the A1 express road from Warsaw Katowice, just before Częstochowa

Coming south route DK1 worth zawitać Kościelec (several miles before Częstochowa ) . If we want to eat , that's where we can enjoy a meal on board a real ... aircraft . This off already with air traffic ship was converted to a restaurant. The plane is a few hundred meters from the highway , on a small square , surrounded by fountains .

It is worth to watch old farm exposed in the nearby small open-air museum . Even a short stay in this place will leave a pleasant experience for the eyes and palate. Note ! The restaurant is seasonal and is open from spring to autumn.

skysoulmate 13 | 1250

30 Jul 2010 / #17

is it realistic though? do you have the child behind you kicking your seat??? :)

Well, no screaming kids that we could see but it's pretty realistic ...and I should know as I'm very familar with the airplane. It's a 747-jumbo classic meaning an older version with analogue gauges as opposed to the digital 747-400 version.

A while back shortly after the hotel opened up my ex-wife and I stayed in the cockpit suit, wanted to give her a taste of my daily life. The service was good although we didn't need anything, we were pretty much to ourselves while there (3-day stay).

I think it was a neat experience for us both and it was certainly the first time ever I got to sleep while in the cockpit lol. Well, those few moments when we actually slept... ;) wonderful memories...

pawian 219 | 24766

30 Jul 2010 / #18

This plane you can find i Kościelec, on the A1 express road from Warsaw Katowice, just before Częstochowa

Driving from the seaside to Warsaw, we saw a plane restaurant at the road E77, but I don`t remember the location. Some village starting with B.

Robert A 1 | 102

30 Jul 2010 / #19

What sort of airplane is it, you've seen the outside?

It's an Il-18. The Russkies rendering of the Bristol Britannia or Canadian CL-44

sobieski 106 | 2111

30 Jul 2010 / #20

The seaside one would have to be this one:
wladek.pl/index.php?o=galeria4&k=inne_miejscowosci&k2=chlapowo&k3=samolot_restauracja

Looks like the onboard service is not so bad. Bad thing is, you are not going anywhere :)

poland_

30 Jul 2010 / #21

This plane you can find i Kościelec, on the A1 express road from Warsaw Katowice, just before Częstochowa

There is also a second restaurant plane on the way to Gdansk from Warsaw.