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There’s perhaps only one way to get a decent air line meal: try The Parachute Inn in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas.
It’s a retired aircraft, a Southwest 737, number N86SW, which makes you feel you are dining in an airplane, complete with Southwest memorabilia.
“We were committed to buying 27 of their obsolete airplanes, and the owner of the restaurant who is very giving wanted an airplane theme,” said Steve Manley, CEO of Universal Asset Managers, Inc., an Arkansas-based company that buys and sells used airplane parts.
Mr Manley thinks the 60-seat restaurant is the only one of its kind to be built around an aging airplane.
“I think there’s a 737 in Korea that sells hot dogs, but it’s much smaller, and I don’t know if it’s still there,” he said.
Mr Manley’s favorite airline is Southwest, and he is a frequent diner at the Parachute.
He strongly recommends the specials. Particularly on Thursdays, when it’s home-made spaghetti.
Report by David Wilkening
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