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After seeing the Eli Roth movie Hostel, I don’t know if I’m going to ever stay in one again. Thank goodness there are braver souls than I, especially the people staying in Jumbo Hostel in Arlanda, Stockholm. Converted from an old 450-seat airplane, the shell of the aircraft has been completely reworked as a full-fledged hostel. The funny part is, this isn’t even some DIY art project. This is a real business. The website for Jumbo Hostel looks incredibly professional and even has a Web 2.0 feel.

I’d say give it a try but I don’t want to be held responsible for being ass-raped in the middle of the night.

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Forgot to send your nephew his Christmas present for this year? Quickly order one of these Plane Mail postcards to send him and quickly place the blame on the US Postal Service. These postcards are made out of wood and pop out into an easy-to-assemble balsa wood glider. Just like the old days!

The best part is that you can write all over the side of the postcard with your messages of love. I’d say this is better than getting cash in the mail. It’s equally fun and a lot more creative. It’ll run you around eight bucks.

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If you have $4200 lying around and a lot of free office space, may I suggest immediately purchasing this sweet desk made from an airplane wing. The desk is called Deborah and with curves like these, you’ll be falling in love with her the minute you plunk down half your savings on her. I wonder where they get the airplane wings to make these desks, though…

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Now, this is interesting. An electric paper plane launcher kit that you put together yourself. Too bad the entire point of crafting a paper airplane is to wing it at someones head. With this launcher, you not only miss out on choosing your targets, but you also waste precious time building it. Time that’s better spent putting together more paper airplanes for your paper air force. Please, don’t spend $16 dollars on this thing. Just look at it and laugh. Revel in the fact that it’s produced by some 3M ripoff company called 4M.

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Powering jet planes with eco-friendly biofuels such as algae has been done before and yet, I’m still being charged an arm and a leg by the airline companies who are still stuck in the past, burning up high emission jet fuels. Deep down in my heart I have always known that marijuana is not only a powerful medicine, but that hemp oil is also a useful and renewable energy source. Just ask DuPont.

Come early December, Air New Zealand will have a Boeing 747 fly off, powered by a new type of jet fuel made from marijuana. A mixture of both biofuel and conventional fuel will run one of the plane’s engines and the developers of the biofuel, UOP, are hoping it will cut down on carbon-dioxide emissions. They’re also hoping it will get everyone on board high as a kite.

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Whenever I arrive at an airport, I need to get online right away. It’s not enough they’re overcharging me for my ticket, now they want to charge me $7 for 24 hours of internet. My next flight is in three hours, what could I possibly need 24 hours of internet for. What a rip-off.

Thanks to Felix Geisendörfer of debuggable.com, he’s shown the man that we know when we’re being fed shit by hacking into the Atlanta airport’s network. After several tried and true methods, Felix discovered that by simply placing “/?.jpg” at the end of his favorite URLs, he could visit sites for free. Nice job Felix, you’ve ripped the system and ended fascism.

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If your pussy is like mine, all dried up and withered away with boredom and fatigue, you could dupe it into sitting in a tank, airplane or firetruck to look cute for 8 seconds. Your pussy will put out fires, fight wars and even soar the skies. You can dupe your pussy into doing anything if you can get it to sit in a tank.

The cardboard playhouses takes some effort to put together but it’s nothing you and your pussy can’t handle. For $30, your pussy will either thank you for it or bite your dick off.

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Are you a bit overeager to get your kid launched in the air? Whether it be because you want him to be a pilot like dear old dad, or you really just want to imagine your baby soaring through the skies, the pedal-powered Mustang Plane will keep the little piglet busy for at least five minutes.

Of course, you could always grab someone else’s kid and perform a little football punt to watch a youngin’ float through the sky, but then you’ll more than likely have the child welfare offices, not to mention the FBI, tailing your ass like a prized glazed donut. The Mustang planes are made to order in about 12-20 weeks and will set you back a whopping $1,840.

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While the product is designed with RC model airplanes in mind, the Pilot View Realtime First Person Video system is an all-inclusive kit for the hobbyist that wants to take their project to the next level. You attach the kit to your plane, throw on the goggles and let loose. In turn, you can experience a view from the skies as if you were really flying around inside your aircraft.

Due out May 30th, the FPV doesn’t come cheap. Be prepared to dish out $550 for the ability to get a view from above. It shouldn’t be an issue if you’re already spending the cash on $1000+ RC airplanes. Broke? You could always give this RC spy kit a go.

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