By So who knows where this aircraft is located?:
Here is this year’s Korea Finder Leadersboard:
- Leon Laporte – 1
- Lemmy – 1
The person with the most points at the end of the year of the weekly Korea Finder contest will be rewarded with a book or DVD of their choice from Amazon.com. Also note that if you have a picture that you think would make a great Korea Finder feel free to send it in to me.
10:12 am on January 19th, 2010 1
N747PA is located in Hamheeng, Myeonok, Gyeonggi-do.
This is the first 747 ever made and is now a restaurant.
10:13 am on January 19th, 2010 2
Sorry Hamheung, Myeonok, Gyeonggi-do
10:37 am on January 19th, 2010 3
Upon its retirement from service, the 747 number two in the production line was dis-assembled and shipped to Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea where it was re-assembled and converted into a restaurant. It was originally flown commercially by Pan Am as N747PA "Clipper Juan T. Trippe". It was also involved in a tailstrike accident once. It was repaired and stayed with the airline until the airline went bankrupt. As of April 2009, the 747 restaurant is closed and abandoned.
10:39 am on January 19th, 2010 4
Haven't we had this as a Korea finder before? http://www.viceland.com/wp/2009/10/seouls-jumbo-p…
10:42 am on January 19th, 2010 5
or maybe you just did a write up on it before. I've seen it somewhere.
10:45 am on January 19th, 2010 6
To be even more precise: 경기도 남양주시 호평동 115-2 (Kyonggido, Namyangju-si, Hopyeong dong 115-2)
phone: 031-591-1555
Google Maps: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&source=hp&a…
11:00 am on January 19th, 2010 7
Mokpo, but you have to go to the Mar 4 2002 Google Earth Photo
11:02 am on January 19th, 2010 8
Leon, you are correct that it is the second built. It was the first to fly and I actually walked on the airplane in 1970 at Tampa International Airport when Boeing was parading the 747 around. However, I don't remember it looking like it does in the pictures now.
11:12 am on January 19th, 2010 9
March 2nd 2004 version of Google Earth
11:12 am on January 19th, 2010 10
Flown, not made
1:50 pm on January 19th, 2010 11
Why is it in Air Force I color scheme?
1:57 pm on January 19th, 2010 12
Oh my God. I knew I wasn't crazy. I remember as a kid living in Seoul taking the bus to school, and we passed by this plane every day. It was so long ago that I honestly started to believe that I saw this in a dream. It just made no sense! Great Korea Finder post!
2:16 pm on January 19th, 2010 13
Sh*ts and giggles… No reason.
4:05 pm on January 19th, 2010 14
Really?
That's pretty cool.
6:21 pm on January 19th, 2010 15
Namyangju
7:38 pm on January 19th, 2010 16
Makes you feel old, doesn't it?
7:41 pm on January 19th, 2010 17
I can read what looks like Jindo on its side…Was there a Jindo airline? Can't seem to find info on it.
11:01 pm on January 19th, 2010 18
Lemmy got it.
4:44 am on January 20th, 2010 19
When I first saw this, I was going to guess that it was around Wolgye-dong in Seoul, near the Chungnangch'ŏn River, where there is/was such a plane (also a restaurant). I just now tried to find it on Google Maps, though, and I can't seem to locate it.
It seems this may be some sort of theme, like the ship-in-the-middle-of-nowhere restaurants that lovers go to on their trysts.
5:45 am on January 20th, 2010 20
That one that used to be in Wolgye disappeared about five years ago.
7:39 am on January 20th, 2010 21
Thanks. I was dating someone who used to live up that way, and I drove by it a lot, though never went in. I thought it was still there in August 2006 when I left for Hawaii.
5:08 pm on January 20th, 2010 22
The Wolgye one disappeared 5 years ago/ Hell, I feel old now. I went there for dinner one time for the novelty (?)
8:30 pm on January 20th, 2010 23
that's in Namyangju but apparently i'm too late? is it the first person to identify it correctly that gets the prize?
9:02 pm on January 20th, 2010 24
Are we sure?
9:11 pm on January 20th, 2010 25
I want to challenge! Stop the clock and the bus! Let's see the instant replay and take it to the booth.
Seriously, I have the exact address (and phone number
), in Namyangju and a current Google map photo of the one (1) winged plane (the left wing of this one is missing) sitting by a curved ramp in Namyang ju. I also have links to a blogger who actually visited this plane who also lists it in Namjang ju. GI are ye sleeping on the switch or did you not scroll down? 
Lemmy admits his map googling consisted of 2004 images (msg 4).
Sorry Lemmy old chap – I'm pretty confident and think I have it, what say you?