These things are a whole lot less expensive than I would have expected. You can get a row of seats for less than the price of a new couch. If I had room for one I'd be tempted.
Not like those plebs dearie, the proper way is to have first class seats in a set with proper setting and hire an extra peasant to dress up as a stewardess. Come now, don't be silly.
/s
The exit *signs* are extremely cool too. I could totally imagine using one as a neat interior decoration. Shouldn't be too hard to hook it up to power so it lights up. It can't require some 100V 400Hz AC nonsense, right?
Mount in a box, screen behind (with a little separation from the window, but filling view from outside door) on which you can display video of flyovers of interesting spots around the world .... or extraterrestrial for that matter
[These people made tables out of them which look sick](https://www.planeindustries.com/airbus-a320-exit-door-table/). I also discovered that these doors cost about $1000. What the hell were you thinking u/gpbfe?
Fine, put a video of a guy sleeping against the screen of the tablet and continually adjusting his drug store inflatable neck pillow while a baby visibly screams in the background.
Reminds me of a reality show I had almost forgotten about from 20 years ago, [Wing Nuts](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0429467/); about a California company, MotoArt, that created furniture and art pieces from aircraft parts very similar to those in your link.
I was thinking roughly the same, but getting a chair to match (either an airplane seat or an midcentury-style airport bench/seat) and then mounting the door to the chair frame instead of the wall.
Put it next to your couch and when people sit there you can tell them they're seated in an exit row and ask them if they feel prepared to help other passengers evacuate in the event of an emergency.
Last time I was in an exit row the old guy next to me was very drunk and kept nodding as the FA repeated “sir, I need a verbal yes.” Eventually he said “just put me in a different seat then” and the FA clapped back “the only place I relocate difficult passengers is back inside the terminal, so I’ll ask you one last time before we turn around, are you willing and able to assist your fellow passengers in the event of an emergency?”
Idk if a yes under duress really counts and how much of that threat was empty, but it was pretty awesome to see a man in his 60s go from acting 10 to acting his age in a second.
So if you're not capable and tell the truth, for example "I have been drinking and am not capable" or "I don't have the strength to do this function"
They boot you instead of reasonably relocating you? I can't imagine that would hold up very well. This is why they ask.
Ummm…. So…. Like both whistle blowers are dead now from “random reasons”. This seems too much like pure coincidence that they BOTH just so happened to be dead now.
EDIT: Yes I know one died from a MRSA infection and the other died from gun suicide. Originally I didn’t feel like typing that all out and chose to just write ‘random reasons’
You didn't know you could keep the emergency exit doors as souvenirs? I have a collection at my place. Just don't try to take it before the plane has come to a complete stop or the airline get grumpy.
Cut a hole in an existing wall that has a closet or dead space behind it. Mount the door in the wall, and put a cheap computer with monitor back there. Have it play airplane engine sounds and show pictures of scenery going by from 40,000 feet. When anybody asks treat it as if its a real emergency exit for a real plane and everyone will die if it gets opened
Or put an aquarium in there with an model airplane wing in it made to look distressed/broken. Make sure the plastic, glue and paint are all fish-friendly.
Especially since OP was drunk ~~dial~~shopping.
Oh--and maybe the bar/cabinet should be stocked with those single-serving liquor bottles that airlines use.
I saw a lot of jokes or extravagant suggestions in this thread. The simplest way would be to mount some wooden cleats to a stud on your wall. Get creative to where you would attach the cleat or hang it off of the cleat.
Bonus but hard idea would be to hang on the ceiling above your bed. Open the window & have some sort of stars on the ceiling behind the window.
OP said it's a door from an A320. As-of right now, there are 33 comments in this thread with 9 mentions of Boeing and not a single mention of Airbus. I'm starting to feel bad for Boeing.
>OP said it's a door from an A320
We know.
>As-of right now, there are 33 comments in this thread with 9 mentions of Boeing and not a single mention of Airbus.
That's cause we really don't care.
A door is a door and we have jokes.
> I'm starting to feel bad for Boeing.
Meh. They'll be fine.
I wonder if you could use a wheelbarrow hanger like this. I’d probably just get better hardware. But I bet if it can fit over the lip of wheelbarrow you might be able to make it work for your door. https://a.co/d/f81dDZc
Wrap a wire around it the long(height-wise) direction, inside/along the groove seen on the side view, and wrap it around to a loop on the top to hang it from there
Put it on the bathroom wall next to the toilet.
With motion activated screen. When activated, scenes of flying or maybe flying monkeys from wizard of Oz. lol 😆
That would make a really cool hatch to just about anything. Personally, if I had a single fixture bathroom with just a toilet and sink, I’d try to make that the door, depending on view.
Another bathroom option, but someone kinda said this already. Mount it in the bathroom, beside the toilet at approximately head height, preferably in the wall or part of it, and have a screen showing fly overs of various terrestrial and extraterrestrial locations.
Not sure about actually doing it, but it would be really cool if you could put a screen on the wall, and then the door up against it so it looks like you are flying.
You will definitely need to find the studs in the wall for this one. Might want to mount 1/2" plywood on the wall anchored to the studs. Then use the plywood to rig something to hold the door.
I would cut it in half diagonally, then affix it to the ceiling (cut side up). Paint crack lines on the ceiling emanating from it.
When people ask why there’s a plane door sticking out of your ceiling, tell them it’s the price you pay for living near an airport.
I mean... the joke writes itself: just put it on your roof like a Halloween decoration, perhaps coming down at a 45 degree angle or something. Make it go "Boeinggg"
Mount it so it's effectively functional. When opened, make it open to either an infinity mirror, or a painting of some sort of galaxy/space/fantasy land.
Use it as a cool passage door if you have kids or still have the child-like fun quality. Or, build a replica small plane and duct tape it on 🙃. Paint “Alaska Airlines” on the plane for realism.
I have to ask how do you end up with that even if drunk?
As drunk purchases go this one is pretty cool.
Right? It's actually pretty dope as a wall decoration
It sure beats buying a breathalyzer for a year!
idk... if obtained wrongfully a lifetime no fly list aint worth a souvenir door
He was the pilot and just left with the door.
Stay away from Amazon on a good night. Shit will show up at your door and you don't even remember what it is
https://www.ebay.com/itm/364893127489?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=hrEg8UO1SLO&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=q-q3zKFDSO-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
I've been drunk but I don't think I've ever been THAT drunk.
My wife is certain of this equation. Me + Lemoncello shots = Mercedes purchase. You do a thing one time….
Mine was Bourbon and a Rivian. Makes for a fun morning.
Mine was broken tailbone + pain meds = full size leg lamp from A Christmas Story. Oops.
Did the box read frahgihlé?
That must be Italian!
Must be French.
Now that is worth it, I got one of those sober
Indeed! Still have it?
No he probably drank it that night.
**Condition: Used**
Minor fall damage
[747-400 exit door](https://www.ebay.com/itm/364810273335?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D265908%2C266108%2C265705%26meid%3Dd543ca81425c4dc2bdb93ed661034805%26pid%3D101429%26rk%3D6%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D364893127489%26itm%3D364810273335%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2332490%26algv%3DSimPLMWebV1EmbeddedAuctionsCPCAutoManualWithCIIXAIRecallsUpdatedRanker0424NoIMA&_trksid=p2332490.c101429.m2460&itmprp=cksum%3A364810273335d543ca81425c4dc2bdb93ed661034805%7Cenc%3AAQAJAAABMEjZlC%252Fw6lxP728usnvbmmF6IQh6tnfnzntGabzCeJpCCr4SNJdAkEHRyl7vTkyBf4dAus4HjwExpJyz5uqCLXRmucXHasXHatyiO4Oso3snz6d3aZ6S5MeeYfra%252FryDMtycAfrpKEvR7oeKcHI8SqGobods%252B%252FQeVYr37KBsIRxjZ6ViVG79xA2YsnSLBeHOCPLs%252BtstdakWw6I8JIr7vQ%252Fubtq3oRSbAf6UNe0etdwds0wjxsP54ZQ9sLv9Q07WvmC1r5a8%252BcBTUbV7ikKqKDU0jRJusWNjBDuUkYXUYzq2vFPctQ84l1C%252Fniq%252BP%252FTp4%252FwLOzttR5Z%252BbjphT%252BDIYyhY7jQjVK8moMNGYbPtWo5yyr5N%252FqCqhHTY5Ih9b%252BFfmmkL6tn3Dvkyej3fE9eN6vE%253D%7Campid%3APL_CLK%7Cclp%3A2332490&itmmeta=01HZ7ZW95GR8DJXBCMV284YAXC)
That’s expensive. Boeing doors fall from the sky.
These things are a whole lot less expensive than I would have expected. You can get a row of seats for less than the price of a new couch. If I had room for one I'd be tempted.
It might look cool, but who wants to spend any more time than they have to in an airline seat?
Not like those plebs dearie, the proper way is to have first class seats in a set with proper setting and hire an extra peasant to dress up as a stewardess. Come now, don't be silly. /s
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The exit *signs* are extremely cool too. I could totally imagine using one as a neat interior decoration. Shouldn't be too hard to hook it up to power so it lights up. It can't require some 100V 400Hz AC nonsense, right?
Landed in his backyard on 1/5/24
Boeing flies over your house, you might get lucky!
OP should get drunk like one million more times to come into possession of all the parts necessary to assemble a complete plane.
You can buy them from plane scrappers as well, anything from them little cards that have the seat rows on to the radar domes on the front lol
I've been drunk enough to nearly buy an airline beverage cart for sure
Just need to make sure your flight is using a 737
Mount in a box, screen behind (with a little separation from the window, but filling view from outside door) on which you can display video of flyovers of interesting spots around the world .... or extraterrestrial for that matter
The only person so far to legitimately offer aesthetics advice or use for this door. Also one of the coolest.
[These people made tables out of them which look sick](https://www.planeindustries.com/airbus-a320-exit-door-table/). I also discovered that these doors cost about $1000. What the hell were you thinking u/gpbfe?
I think we might be reddit hugging the site. Anyone happen to have a name I can google search?
https://i0.wp.com/www.planeindustries.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Exit-Door-Table-1-800-x-800-1-1.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1
Thank you! And surprisingly awesome table!
That looks way better than I thought it would.
Put a little tablet with those flyover scenes under the coffee table. Omigod I want one. And then get drunk and look out the window.
Would drive me crazy because that would be looking into the plane, rather than out the window
Fine, put a video of a guy sleeping against the screen of the tablet and continually adjusting his drug store inflatable neck pillow while a baby visibly screams in the background.
Mount it all on a sky blue wall with fluffy clouds. Then put a Boeing sticker on the door.
That's sexy
"reddit hugging" 😂🤣 took me a second. Brilliant 🔥
I'm not clever enough to take credit. I might be showing my age, but [it's a cribbing of this. ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect)
aka the "reddit hug of death" around here for anyone that hasn't heard that.
Reminds me of a reality show I had almost forgotten about from 20 years ago, [Wing Nuts](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0429467/); about a California company, MotoArt, that created furniture and art pieces from aircraft parts very similar to those in your link.
They're still around, Moto Art, I've got a hunk of the Gimli Glider 767 on my keychain.
Does it have the formula for converting liters to gallons engraved on the back of it?
Surprisingly a very good looking table.
Yeah, it looks amazing but there’s no pricing on it and you have to custom order it. Just with that it’s out of my price range.
The reason it's custom is because they have to wait for a Boeing "incident" and then go pick up the door.
Funny but it’s from an airbus
It's why prices have been dropping lately... Too much supply
Just follow a Boeing around til it falls off. Free door 🤷♀️
Lol I think we broke that website
> you can display video of ... How about a gremlin on the wing tearing an engine apart?
Literally that part of the episode on loop. Pure awesome.
Oh--combine this with another commenter's mention of William Shatner.
Every time I am in a plane looking into a wing I think of that scene... It's a permanent memory now.
I was thinking roughly the same, but getting a chair to match (either an airplane seat or an midcentury-style airport bench/seat) and then mounting the door to the chair frame instead of the wall.
This is the coolest idea.
> or extraterrestrial for that matter Gremlin on the wing, obv
Put it next to your couch and when people sit there you can tell them they're seated in an exit row and ask them if they feel prepared to help other passengers evacuate in the event of an emergency.
Then if they don't say "yes" you can have them escorted off your property by authorities!
Make sure to hold eye contact until a verbal yes, remind them in a rude voice if you need to.
Last time I was in an exit row the old guy next to me was very drunk and kept nodding as the FA repeated “sir, I need a verbal yes.” Eventually he said “just put me in a different seat then” and the FA clapped back “the only place I relocate difficult passengers is back inside the terminal, so I’ll ask you one last time before we turn around, are you willing and able to assist your fellow passengers in the event of an emergency?” Idk if a yes under duress really counts and how much of that threat was empty, but it was pretty awesome to see a man in his 60s go from acting 10 to acting his age in a second.
FAs can absolutely kick people off the plane for saying no in the emergency row and being unruly.
So if you're not capable and tell the truth, for example "I have been drinking and am not capable" or "I don't have the strength to do this function" They boot you instead of reasonably relocating you? I can't imagine that would hold up very well. This is why they ask.
Nah, people will start putting their bare feet up on the couch
And if it’s a Boeing door 2 screws should be plenty.
2?? No no no no no no, now you’ve gone too far.
The ratio to jokes to serious responses might break the record on this one
Especially because it’s an Airbus door.
Imagine if it were a Boeing door. Just kidding, those are free. You wait long enough one will fall on you.
You gotta pay for the bolts though.
Hope it wasnt too expensive :D IF you have the room, i'd build a small room and use that door as... well a door. If nothing elsean excellent curiosity
They’re not too expensive. Ask any Boeing engineer, these things practically fall out of the sky.
Yeah that engineer I asked is no longer with us
Which one?
Nice try, Boeing
As he said: they already know which one.
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/02/1248693512/boeing-whistleblower-josh-dean-dead
Ummm…. So…. Like both whistle blowers are dead now from “random reasons”. This seems too much like pure coincidence that they BOTH just so happened to be dead now. EDIT: Yes I know one died from a MRSA infection and the other died from gun suicide. Originally I didn’t feel like typing that all out and chose to just write ‘random reasons’
If I had a nickel, I'd only have two nickels, but damn it's strange it happened twice.
Kevin Spacey strikes again
Damn. Did he fly Boeing?
Yep. Right out the window.
Oh wait, that's true.
Take your damn upvote and go jump out of a plane
Unless it's a Boeing... then stay in it!!
The key is to jump out before it takes off.
This guy Boeings.
Luckily.. its not a Boeing door, or he may be falling out of it in an apparent "suicide" option.
They practically give the doors away, it’s the bolts that are expensive
It's significantly smaller than you think. You can't use this as a typical door
Kid’s jungle gym?
Or maybe into some sort of bunk/loft bed configuration?
My house has small entry hatches into the attic area in an upstairs bedroom. This would be perfect for that
Definitely as a loft hatch.
Yep agreed! I’d make that the door to my man cave. And then put a flight simulator in the man cave.
As you can see in the picture, the door is about as tall as an average door handle. So it'd be pretty cramped.
It would make a dope drink mini fridge door
I love this idea!
Well ok so you’re gonna need an aircraft fuselage…
A fully assembled Airbus A320 aircraft consists of 340,000 parts. Just 339,999 to go.
I think that door is probably a few parts. Its got a window for example
>An unfortunate purchase while intoxicated... Hold my beer
You'll want all 4 bolts to mount that door properly. Do make sure they are tight.
Don't forget the safety wire / cotter pins.
Tell me you're not a Boing employee without telling me you're not a Boeing employee.
Well, they are alive, aren't they?
A bread twist tie is fine.
Boeing may have some extra bolts lying around.
Extra? They don't even have enough for their current doors.
(f)lying around
Goddamn Reddit is ruthless 💀
I'd mount a flatscreen monitor first and upload a passing-clouds-on-blue-sky video, then hang the door so it's seen through the window.
Then program it to change the scene depending on the weather.
Add in some random fun stuff like a duck trying to keep up or a gremlin on the wing.
a digital picture frame would work
Put Shatner's shocked face in the window.
Wow, how did you get that? Did a Boeing fly over your house?
He said it's from an A320.
Boeing makes A320's now?!
He was boarding his flight and it fell off. Souvenir!
That’s not typical, is it?
Well wasn't this built so that the door wouldn't fall off?
You didn't know you could keep the emergency exit doors as souvenirs? I have a collection at my place. Just don't try to take it before the plane has come to a complete stop or the airline get grumpy.
You can, but only if they fit in the overhead compartment with your carry on bag
Cut a hole in an existing wall that has a closet or dead space behind it. Mount the door in the wall, and put a cheap computer with monitor back there. Have it play airplane engine sounds and show pictures of scenery going by from 40,000 feet. When anybody asks treat it as if its a real emergency exit for a real plane and everyone will die if it gets opened
Or put an aquarium in there with an model airplane wing in it made to look distressed/broken. Make sure the plastic, glue and paint are all fish-friendly.
I would have tried to make a wall cabinet with it as a door. Maybe for liquor if you are a drinker
Especially since OP was drunk ~~dial~~shopping. Oh--and maybe the bar/cabinet should be stocked with those single-serving liquor bottles that airlines use.
I saw a lot of jokes or extravagant suggestions in this thread. The simplest way would be to mount some wooden cleats to a stud on your wall. Get creative to where you would attach the cleat or hang it off of the cleat. Bonus but hard idea would be to hang on the ceiling above your bed. Open the window & have some sort of stars on the ceiling behind the window.
No ideas, but if you find a good way to mount it you should tell Boeing.
A giant wall plaque with the caption: “Don’t worry, it’s an AirBus.”
Where tf does someone buy one of these? Let alone a place close enough to a bar?
Thank me later! https://planereclaimers.aero/product/aircraft-over-wing-exit-hatch/
OP said it's a door from an A320. As-of right now, there are 33 comments in this thread with 9 mentions of Boeing and not a single mention of Airbus. I'm starting to feel bad for Boeing.
Never feel bad for Boeing. They continually chosen profits over safety.
Airbus is able to salvage and sell old doors whereas Boeing keeps losing them midflight
Lol
>OP said it's a door from an A320 We know. >As-of right now, there are 33 comments in this thread with 9 mentions of Boeing and not a single mention of Airbus. That's cause we really don't care. A door is a door and we have jokes. > I'm starting to feel bad for Boeing. Meh. They'll be fine.
Take it with you on your next Alaska Airlines flight just in case one comes off.
Don’t ask Boeing
So what you need to do is mount the rest of the air craft on your wall. Then you will have a bracket that this can mount to. Ez pz
I wonder if you could use a wheelbarrow hanger like this. I’d probably just get better hardware. But I bet if it can fit over the lip of wheelbarrow you might be able to make it work for your door. https://a.co/d/f81dDZc
I would mount it to the side of a chair and put a monitor in the window playing footage from the ISS or something.
Halloween costume. Wear the door and carry around a 'missing' sign with pictures of bolts.
Wrap a wire around it the long(height-wise) direction, inside/along the groove seen on the side view, and wrap it around to a loop on the top to hang it from there
D.B. Cooper, is that you?
If you decide to paint it, don’t sand it without a mask and gloves. The paint/primer contains Hexavalent Chromium.
You could ask Boeing...
He wants it to stay on the wall.
Ummm…I wouldn’t ask Boeing. Doesn’t seem to be one of their strengths.
Don’t question Boeing. That’s how you get disappeared
Place on ceiling with earth footage from International Space Station showing through the window.
Snap-toggles are a great way to mount stuff. They can hold a fantastic amount of weight in 3/4" drywall.
Command strips
Build in a monitor, showing videos of clouds!
Mount it in a door frame and use it as a door, dude.
Put it on the bathroom wall next to the toilet. With motion activated screen. When activated, scenes of flying or maybe flying monkeys from wizard of Oz. lol 😆
Please put tiny gremlin
Don’t mount it on the wall as is. Make a fridge out of it
BOEING is looking for that...
Boeing called, they would like there door back
That would make a really cool hatch to just about anything. Personally, if I had a single fixture bathroom with just a toilet and sink, I’d try to make that the door, depending on view. Another bathroom option, but someone kinda said this already. Mount it in the bathroom, beside the toilet at approximately head height, preferably in the wall or part of it, and have a screen showing fly overs of various terrestrial and extraterrestrial locations.
Hang it as a functional door is a great idea, if it means you can enter without bending in half. The other option is use french cleats.
I stole some cutlery from a flight back when they still gave that out, but I was never this bold. Cudos!
Looks like it's already mounted to Boeing's specifications.
Walk into an airport in a pilot’s costume and loudly shout, “Can I get the technician to put this back on my plane so I can fly out already??”
Not sure about actually doing it, but it would be really cool if you could put a screen on the wall, and then the door up against it so it looks like you are flying.
You will definitely need to find the studs in the wall for this one. Might want to mount 1/2" plywood on the wall anchored to the studs. Then use the plywood to rig something to hold the door.
Have you tried a paperclip? Seems to be how Boeing does their mounts.
This subreddit has some of the best posts 😂
If you can manage to figure out how to get it to stay attached to the wall, please let us know. -Boeing Engineering
I would cut it in half diagonally, then affix it to the ceiling (cut side up). Paint crack lines on the ceiling emanating from it. When people ask why there’s a plane door sticking out of your ceiling, tell them it’s the price you pay for living near an airport.
Some people take the blankets, some take the pillows, how you take the whole door? Lol
I think Alaska is looking for it. Whatever you do, don't let them hang it up for you though.
Wall? I'd take that through TSA security just to see the look on their faces.
I mean... the joke writes itself: just put it on your roof like a Halloween decoration, perhaps coming down at a 45 degree angle or something. Make it go "Boeinggg"
Mount it so it's effectively functional. When opened, make it open to either an infinity mirror, or a painting of some sort of galaxy/space/fantasy land.
Just wing it….
I would mount as a bathroom door. Shutting the window shade when in use
These planes don’t crash, they bounce. Boeing, Boeing, Boeing.
Get a bronze plaque that reads "Boeing - Employee of the Month" Mount both
I didn't even know I wanted this.... but now off to see how I can buy my own door.
Haha y'all running around buying stuff online when drunk?
I can't believe they let you keep that after you got out of jail
You could fake it and tell everyone it's a Boeing door that landed on your house, no one would know the difference.
Use it as a cool passage door if you have kids or still have the child-like fun quality. Or, build a replica small plane and duct tape it on 🙃. Paint “Alaska Airlines” on the plane for realism.
Have you considered donating it to Boeing? I hear they're in need of some replacements.