Download this page in PDF formatThe deserts of America are studded with aircraft boneyards, those places where old planes go to wither and die. Once soaring majestically over the earth, now reduced to decaying piles of metal, row upon row of once useful creations sit idle and forgotten.
It seems some bright sparks at MotoArt have decided to perform the ultimate in recycling, and offers items made from cannibalized parts of various aircraft.
Executive chairs, done out in red leather – with the original ejector seat frame and handles from B-52 bombers … Tables made from tailplanes (the horizontal stabilizer wings) of old world war two torpedo bombers … A computer desk curving around made from the engine cowling from an old DC-6 …
I have to admit, as big a geek as I am, I’m not going to go out and buy one of these things … I doubt the prices are all that moderate for one thing, even if the pieces are otherwise scrap.
There’s also the minor issue that their web site is entirely flash based and doesn’t really meet any basic level of accessibility, which is unfortunate 
But it’s still interesting to see how someone has taken what’s now junk and breathed new life into it.
Now if you really want retro stuff, take a look at “Porkshanks” work over on deviantArt. That’s what I call kewl 
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