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=== Other uses === [[File:Jumbo Hostel in a 747 at Stockholm Arlanda Airport.jpg|thumb|Boeing 747-212B serving as the [[Jumbo Stay]] at [[Arlanda Airport]], Sweden|alt=A parked aircraft on a grassy field.]] Upon its retirement from service, the 747 which was number two in the production line was dismantled and shipped to Hopyeong, Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea where it was re-assembled, repainted in a livery similar to that of Air Force One and converted into a restaurant. Originally flown commercially by Pan Am as [[N747PA]], ''Clipper Juan T. Trippe'', and [[Pan Am Flight 845|repaired for service following a tailstrike]], it stayed with the airline until its bankruptcy. The restaurant closed by 2009,<ref>[http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/04/abandoned-boeing-747-restaurant.html "Dark Roasted Blend: Abandoned Boeing 747 Restaurant (and Other Plane Conversions)."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712014948/http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/04/abandoned-boeing-747-restaurant.html |date=July 12, 2017}} ''darkroastedblend.com'', April 21, 2009. Retrieved: April 22, 2009.</ref> and the aircraft was scrapped in 2010.<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-dec-13-la-fg-korea-plane-demolition-20101213-story.html "Historic 747 reaches grim end in South Korea"]. ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', December 13, 2010. Retrieved: December 13, 2010.</ref> A former British Airways 747-200B, G-BDXJ,<ref>Wastnage, Justin. "[http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/pictures-james-bond-casino-royale-modified-boeing-747-xxx-on-show-ahead-of-movie-207684/ James Bond Casino Royale modified Boeing 747-XXX on show ahead of movie première]." ''[[Flight International]]'', August 29, 2006. Retrieved: January 2, 2012.</ref> is parked at the [[Dunsfold Aerodrome#Film work|Dunsfold Aerodrome]] in Surrey, England and has been used as a movie set for productions such as the 2006 James Bond film, ''[[Casino Royale (2006 film)|Casino Royale]]''.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20110811125411/http://www.dunsfoldpark.com/images/stories/dunsfoldpark/DPL_Newsletter_Issue_21.pdf 747 is 'Airbourne<!--sic-->']". Dunsfold Park, March 2011. Retrieved January 2, 2012.</ref> The airplane also appears frequently in the television series ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'', which is filmed at Dunsfold. The ''[[Jumbo Stay]]'' hostel, using a converted 747-200 formerly operated by [[Singapore Airlines]] and registered as 9V-SQE, opened at Arlanda Airport, Stockholm in January 2009.<ref name="Jumbo">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7740000/newsid_7741700/7741777.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&news=1&bbcws=1 "Swedish Hotel Fashioned From An Old Jumbo Jet"] Tayfun King, ''Fast Track, [[BBC World News]]'' (November 23, 2008)</ref><ref>Finighan, Adrian. [https://money.cnn.com/video/news/2009/02/11/money.jumbohostel.021109.cnnmoney/ "Jumbo Jet Hostel"] [[CNN Money]] (February 11, 2009)</ref> A former [[Pakistan International Airlines]] 747-300 was converted into a restaurant by Pakistan's [[Airports Security Force]] in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 31, 2017 |title=Old PIA plane takes new flight as airport security turns it into restaurant: reports |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1336540 |access-date=October 8, 2020 |website=Dawn.com |language=en}}</ref> It is located at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 3, 2017 |title=ASF says its PIA jumbo jet 'restaurant' actually an officers' mess |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1426464/asf-says-pia-jumbo-jet-restaurant-actually-officers-mess |access-date=October 8, 2020 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref> The wings of a 747 have been repurposed as roofs of [[747 Wing House|a house in Malibu]], California.<ref>Amelar, Sarah. [http://archrecord.construction.com/residential/recordhouses/2012/747-wing-house.asp "The 747 Wing House"]. ''[[Archit. Rec.|Architectural Record]]'', April 2012. Retrieved: August 21, 2012.</ref><ref>Tuzee, Michelle. [https://abc7.com/archive/8137232/ "Malibu 'Wing House' made of 747 plane parts"]. [[KABC-TV]], May 17, 2011. Retrieved: August 21, 2012.</ref><ref>Istook, Marc. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120504224636/http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/future-is-now/wing-house-house-made-old-boeing-747-160027680.html "The wing house – a house made out of an old Boeing 747"] [[Yahoo! News]], March 3, 2012. Retrieved: August 21, 2012.</ref><ref>Derringer, Jaime. [http://design-milk.com/the-747-wing-house/ "The 747 wing house"]. ''Design Milk'', September 7, 2011. Retrieved: August 21, 2012.</ref> In 2023, a Boeing 747-412, retired from Lion Air, was turned into a steak restaurant in [[Bekasi]], Indonesia. The aircraft had been sitting since 2018 but the construction of the restaurant was delayed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pesawat SMB |url=https://steak21.id/lokasi/pesawat_smb |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=Steak 21 |location=Indonesia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=First and largest private jet restaurant in Indonesia |url=https://www.antarafoto.com/view/2145054/restoran-private-jet-pertama-dan-terbesar-di-indonesia |date=2024-01-31 |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=Antara Foto |location=Indonesia}}</ref>
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