Motoart, the company behind retro aeroplane furniture like the C-130 Hercules wing conference table, the Boeing 727 engine cowling valet desk and the MK-84 bomb casing ten-gallon fish tank, are proud to present the B-52 Stratofortress ejection seat office chair.
Originally from Southern California, the artists/sculptors/metal- …
Some cool stuff but given that you can get pieces of the ultimate iconic aircraft Concorde at aviation collectors fairs and places like concordecollectables.com for 20 quid or so and upwards the pricing does look rather ambitious for bits of common aircraft which are (as the article points out) fairly easily available. Just talk to some scrap metal merchants near London Heathrow, various military bases, etc if in doubt.
Somebody has done good market research. As many people have observed USA telco execs tend to be ex-bomber people so we are bound to see this in quite a few offices of various Ma Bell clones.
. . .looks more like a fighter ejection seat F-4 Phantom or similar. But it is most definitely NOT from a B-52: I know, I've got 6 year of flying them under my belt. . .
Posted Monday 4th February 2008 13:47 GMT
Anonymous Coward
The BOFH Would Get One for the Head of Beancounting...
#
...who sits directly under a load-bearing I-beam...
That such unsafe stuff is being sold. I mean - look at the number of legs...... You had better hope that health and safety dont spot that its one short of a jobsworth.....
I am sure i watched a series about this company on the Discovery channel a few years ago... could be wrong (but very rarely am, apart from when it comes to spelling)
ok after about 10secs of searching i proved myself right, the program was called wingnuts, looks like its been cancelled though.
Over twenty years ago my best mate Jim got married and I was his best man. I had to give him something special as a wedding present so I looked and asked around, one of my other mates just happened to mention that the military research establishment where he worked had thrown out a Martin-Baker Mk1 ejector seat( these were propelled by a cut down twenty five pounder howitzer shell) and that he had purloined it. Well, I leaned on him a lot and he finally sold it to me for seventy quid, the best damn present I ever gave anyone, though the new missus wasn't too keen on it even though I gave her some boring china plates. The consensus amongst us lads was that if the wife didn't work out she could always test the seat for Jim.Strangely, some years later she ran away with an IT manager!
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Motoart, the company behind retro aeroplane furniture like the C-130 Hercules wing conference table, the Boeing 727 engine cowling valet desk and the MK-84 bomb casing ten-gallon fish tank, are proud to present the B-52 Stratofortress ejection seat office chair. Originally from Southern California, the artists/sculptors/metal- …
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Posted Monday 4th February 2008 12:08 GMT
Michael Jolly
Its on my little list... #
.. of things to fill my secret hideout,
Posted Monday 4th February 2008 12:08 GMT
Les Matthew
The BOFH #
would have some serious fun with this.
Posted Monday 4th February 2008 12:37 GMT
Anonymous Coward
A lower cost option ... #
Some cool stuff but given that you can get pieces of the ultimate iconic aircraft Concorde at aviation collectors fairs and places like concordecollectables.com for 20 quid or so and upwards the pricing does look rather ambitious for bits of common aircraft which are (as the article points out) fairly easily available. Just talk to some scrap metal merchants near London Heathrow, various military bases, etc if in doubt.
Posted Monday 4th February 2008 12:37 GMT
Anonymous Coward
Telco execs can feel home #
Somebody has done good market research. As many people have observed USA telco execs tend to be ex-bomber people so we are bound to see this in quite a few offices of various Ma Bell clones.
Posted Monday 4th February 2008 12:37 GMT
Graham Dawson
@les matthew #
More fin than you might think. The pilot and co-pilot on the BUFF ejected *down*.
Posted Monday 4th February 2008 13:47 GMT
Mark
@Graham Dawson #
Actually it is the radar navigator and the navigator that eject downwards on the BUFF, the Pilot, Copilot, EWO and Gunner all eject upwards.
My coat is the anorak with the wires filling the pocket.
Posted Monday 4th February 2008 13:47 GMT
Keith Glass
Minor problem: that's NOT a B-52 Ejector seat #
. . .looks more like a fighter ejection seat F-4 Phantom or similar. But it is most definitely NOT from a B-52: I know, I've got 6 year of flying them under my belt. . .
Posted Monday 4th February 2008 13:47 GMT
Anonymous Coward
The BOFH Would Get One for the Head of Beancounting... #
...who sits directly under a load-bearing I-beam...
Posted Monday 4th February 2008 13:47 GMT
Dave Bell
But is it an ejoctor seat? #
Up? Down? Sideways? This looks like a fancy offcie chair with a few ex-aviation bits bolted on.
Posted Monday 4th February 2008 13:47 GMT
Anonymous Coward
@Graham Dawson #
Ejecting downward in the Buff?
Posted Monday 4th February 2008 14:51 GMT
Anonymous Coward
Shocking really #
That such unsafe stuff is being sold. I mean - look at the number of legs...... You had better hope that health and safety dont spot that its one short of a jobsworth.....
Posted Monday 4th February 2008 14:51 GMT
Steven Cox
Discovery??? #
I am sure i watched a series about this company on the Discovery channel a few years ago... could be wrong (but very rarely am, apart from when it comes to spelling)
ok after about 10secs of searching i proved myself right, the program was called wingnuts, looks like its been cancelled though.
Posted Monday 4th February 2008 14:52 GMT
Vulpes Vulpes
Well, I found it under a rock in the Mojave Desert #
and dragged it home in the pickup.
But I'm afraid I saw you coming, so that'll be 5,000.
No, pounds. Sterling.
Posted Monday 4th February 2008 21:42 GMT
Chris G
Been there , done that #
Over twenty years ago my best mate Jim got married and I was his best man. I had to give him something special as a wedding present so I looked and asked around, one of my other mates just happened to mention that the military research establishment where he worked had thrown out a Martin-Baker Mk1 ejector seat( these were propelled by a cut down twenty five pounder howitzer shell) and that he had purloined it. Well, I leaned on him a lot and he finally sold it to me for seventy quid, the best damn present I ever gave anyone, though the new missus wasn't too keen on it even though I gave her some boring china plates. The consensus amongst us lads was that if the wife didn't work out she could always test the seat for Jim.Strangely, some years later she ran away with an IT manager!
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