A KC-97 trucked from Texas to Colorado was reassembled as a restaurant.
At a silent auction my son had won a gift certificate for four to Solo's, a restaurant built around and in this airplane. The main floor restaurant features dining below the left wing with historic photos on every conceivable wall space. Those who wish can dine inside the fuselage and take side trips to sit in the cockpit of this propeller-driven aerial refueling tanker which was retired around 1965 and replaced by the jet-powered KC-135 which is still in operation today--until the McCain vs Defense Department controversy over the KC-767 is resolved
As my husband spent his air force career flying the KC-135 and had some familiarity with the KC-97, my son wanted him to see this restaurant. Yesterday the four of us drove to Colorado Springs for lunch in a plane. The cockpit had seats not only for the two pilots and the boom operator but a "desk" for a navigator who plotted the course using celestial and radar navigation. (Fact checking courtesy of husband)
It was an interesting trip back in aviation history--and the food was great!
My son and daughter-in-law in the fuselage of Solo's.
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