k5dh wrote:
There used to be a C-124 Globemaster sitting near McCarren Airport. Is it still there? I believe it was going to be made into a restaurant, but that never happened. It was painted blue and white when I saw it in 1995.
Cheers!
From Wiki
A C-124 s/n 53-0044, one of the last two Air National Guard C-124s to be retired in 1974, was located for many years on the corner of Koval Lane and Reno Avenue near McCarran International Airport in Paradise, Nevada. Numerous plans were made to use the aircraft for advertising, display, and even as a restaurant, but nothing came of this, and over the years the aircraft's condition deteriorated. In 1996 an attempt was made by the city of Las Vegas to acquire by eminent domain the 10,500-square-foot (980 m2) area where the plane sat.[citation needed] The land was to be used for a highway bypass. The action was postponed during a lengthy court case that was eventually won by the land owner. In 2003 the land was finally sold at a substantially greater price to the City of Las Vegas to accommodate the bypass and the C-124 was scrapped shortly afterwards. Several of the aircraft's gauges and instruments were later sold on eBay.
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