Innovative 'recycling' of a used plane?


	Innovative 'recycling' of a used plane?

hitchhiker08

4-8-2008 4:36 AM

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el avion, fairchild, aircraft, san jose, costa rica, fighter aircraft, bar, pub, drinking, recycle

hitchhiker08 says:

Yikes - takes 'raising the bar' to a new level?!

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