Somewhere in Nevada, in a airplane hangar...

zulu · Jul 29, 2014

A guy lives in the Eagles' Hotel California tour bus:

Westerly Wood · Jul 29, 2014

that airplane hanger must be expensive rent. unless he owns it of course.

zulu · Jul 29, 2014

I don't believe he owns the hangar, but he is a resident caretaker of sorts. Probably gets to park his bus in there for free to keep an eye on all the airplanes, keep the facilities clean, etc.

Scratch · Jul 29, 2014

Now that is cool!! Sure would like to see the interior...

chazmo · Jul 29, 2014

Looks to be in pretty awesome shape. Yeah, I bet the inside is really trippy.

davismanLV · Jul 29, 2014

Holy crap, Zac!! That's pretty fun, if a bit bizarre. Kinda ties in to Toni's thread about paring down and downsizing. No yard work for that guy.....

adorshki · Jul 29, 2014

Scratch said:
Now that is cool!! Sure would like to see the interior...

"Welcome to the Desert Airplane Hangar....It's a lovely place..."
:excitement:

dapmdave · Jul 29, 2014

Does it have mirrors on the ceiling?

adorshki · Jul 29, 2014

Bugs check in but they don't check out.
Oh waitaminnit, that's a different hotel.

Wonder where the shower is?
oops, wrong motel again...

SFIV1967 · Jul 30, 2014

That hangar is at the Reno Stead Airport where the famous Reno Air Races happens annually.
Ralf

zulu · Jul 30, 2014

He did say that when he acquired it he had it gutted and an entire new interior installed.

Ralf, how did you know that? Your Search-Fu is impressive!

rampside · Jul 30, 2014

RALF! for cryin' out loud, you could make a nice living at this OR maybe you do already?:smile-new:

SFIV1967 · Jul 30, 2014

rampside said:
RALF! for cryin' out loud, you could make a nice living at this OR maybe you do already?

I wish I would! I just saw a picture of somebody standing next to it and she said where it was:

Ralf

chazmo · Jul 30, 2014

Gotta' gets me to Reno!

adorshki · Jul 31, 2014

chazmo said:
Gotta' gets me to Reno!

Fer the bus, you mean, right? :biggrin-new:
It's actually only about a 3 or 4 hour drive this time of year. :wink:
If you DO go, make sure to allow about a whole day to see the Harrah Collection at the "National Automobile Museum":
http://www.automuseum.org/
and
http://harrahsautomobilecollection.com/
A lot of the cars are displayed in life-sized dioramas of their "period" and you can get real "up close and personal".
I was able to walk right up to an original Cobra Daytona coupe as if it was just parked on the street in '65, was actually able to see how crude the fiberglass work was. It was, after all, only meant to race.
They also have (had?) a Thomas Flyer (Tony Curtis' car in "The Great Race"), sucker's wheels were almost as tall as I am. Thing was HUGE.
There were only a couple of areas that were roped off, the ultra-high buck stuff like historic Formula One Ferraris

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