Restaurant Opens In Grounded Douglas DC6 Plane

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Airline food served on little plastic trays is always sure to divide opinion -- but one unique restaurant is redefining what you'd expect to eat on-board a plane.

That's because this unusual eatery, which is the first of it's kind in the UK, is set inside a Douglas DC6 aircraft and run by 35-year-old chef Tony Caunce at Coventry Airport.

With a fully-functioning bar on-board, punters can enjoy draught beers and wines with food from under a tenner up to just £15 for a fillet steak...meaning the owners can brag that the prices aren't too sky high.

The 40-seater restaurant opened two weeks ago with an aviation-themed menu including an 8oz Rapide, Vampire gammon steak, Bomber T-bone steak and a Meteor marinade fillet… luckily you don't have to eat with a tiny plastic knife and fork.

Punters can also have a look at the original cockpit to see what the plane was like when it was flying. Waiters can be called to tables using the original call buttons as you would find on a flight to call a stewardess.

"The plane is an old DC6," said owner Mr Caunce. "It was in use all around the world until only about three and a half years ago.

"It used to fly all across the world, lots of flights to Spain but also transatlantic flights.

"It's a good space for a restaurant and attracts people who are interested in planes as well as people coming through the airfield.

"We've only been open for two weeks but we've already catered for large parties of people coming through the airfield."

Retired pilot Eamonn Williams, who used to fly the plane in it's heyday says he believes the idea is excellent: "I'm ecstatic to see it in use like this, I went as soon as it opened, I loved it, it's a fantastic place to be and they do great food," said 52-year-old Mike.

"The DC6 is my favourite of all the planes I ever flew," said Mike, who retired from flying four years ago and lives in Coventry.

"I flew jumbo jets at the end of my career, which was a sort of childhood dream, but it had nothing on the DC6."

The plane, which is over 50-years-old, was built to fly 92 passengers in comfort across the Atlantic, before being converted to carry cargo, which included transporting race horses.

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