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14:10 October 20th, 2006

Has this guy been paying any attention at all?

Posted by: Robert Basler
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So, for a Halloween tableau this guy made his yard look for all the world like a plane crash site.  I guess all the suicide bomber backdrops were already rented out.  We’re told the police visited his home, thinking the crash was real.  All I know for sure is, a real 747 in flames could nose-dive straight into his house next week, and nobody would pay any attention, no matter what. crash360.jpg                                                                              

A mock-up of a plane crash is displayed as part of a Halloween display in the garden of a home in Los Angeles October 20, 2006.  The homeowner is an aircraft mechanic in training and the parts are from a real Gulfstream jet. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

9 comments so far

The FAA encourages investigators to work from home.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

The other side of the Lost beach set.

- Posted by Shawn Hendricks

Just wondering where this house is located, like the exact address.

Thanx,
J

- Posted by jane

[...] I found this Halloween yard display to be a bit…. disturbing. With images of 9-11 and the recent Yankee player plane crash still in our heads, this is a yard display that just shouldn’t ever happen…. no matter what. Come on… put up a tombstone or sheet ghost…. don’t fake a plane crash! I updated my poll over in the sidebar. Finally! I know… I’ve been bad about updating it. I promise I’ll get back to normal with it! [...]

- Posted by Mrs. Squidley’s Place » Blog Archive » Rain, rain DON’T go away

[...] A homeowner in Los Angeles, who is an aircraft mechanic in training, staged a fake plane crash in his front yard as a Halloween display. The installation includes part of a real Gulfstream jet. Here’s more coverage of it from CBS 8, Yahoo! News and Reuters, as well as some video from YouTube. [...]

- Posted by Laughing Squid » Plane Crash Halloween Display

[...] Terrifying lawns Taking his work home with him? A Los Angeles plane mechanic has turned his front lawn into a mock airplane crash site for Halloween. It uses real aircraft parts from a Gulfstream. Considering it’s in LA, trick-or-treaters might be unfazed and think he’s running a filming location for “Lost.” [...]

- Posted by Upgrade: Travel Better » Blog Archive » Short hops — October 20, 2006

i think this is sweet

- Posted by christie

The people who takes this joke too seriously are the ones who favored jailing the 6 year old in Florida last year for pointing a chicken leg at his classmate.

- Posted by Paneltruck

Cool!
May the force be with him.

- Posted by Mahmud

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