This BBQ Grill Is Built Into a Jet Engine

Think the BBQ grill on your back deck is impressive? Get a load of this custom-built grilling station, which was built into the side of a jet engine. As a bonus, if this thing gets hit by a bird, you can just toss it on the grill and hit it with some barbeque sauce.

The grill was built by the Delta Airlines TechOps team in Atlanta, Georgia, using scrap parts from a Pratt & Whitney PW2000 jet engine from a 757. Both sides of the engine can open up to reveal a grill and workstation, and each side has its own cooking station. The finished grill was installed at the Delta Air Lines Operations Control Center.

The video below shows the motorized door as it opens up, along with some cool blue illumination on the hinges.

This is a truly incredible build, and should make any backyard grillmaster jealous.

[via Reddit]

This Jet Engine Chair with Suck You in and Won’t Let Go

Furniture all tends to look the same. unless you make it out of airplane parts, anyway. Check out the BAe-146 Cowling Chair made by Plane Industries. It will make you feel like you are flying while sitting still. Not really. But it does look cool as hell.

This extravagant chair is made from the jet engine cowling of a British Aerospace 146 plane. It’s perfect for an evil villains lair. Or any rich person’s lair for that reason. You can sit there and be like, “I gotta jet!” Then get up and leave. See if anybody gets the joke. Then your airplane jokes can get really old really fast. It looks great, but I couldn’t sit on it without thinking about getting sucked into the fan blades.

It’s the shiniest and roundest chair I’ve ever seen. Now if I can just get a section of the wing for a dinner table I think I have the start of a really cool super villain’s home. Obviously, there’s no price listed, because if you have to ask you can’t afford it. You have to contact them to get the price and then pass out from the shock.

[via Geekologie]

Learjet Limousine for Grounded Jet-setters

Look what we’ve got here. Is it a new stretched-out flying car? Nope. What you see is a real aircraft fuselage which has now been grounded. It’s part jet, part automobile, all plaything for the wealthy. This crazy stretch limousine was made from an actual Learjet. It goes by the name of Limo-Jet.

Since it was built on the long, narrow fuselage of an airplane, it had to use an open wheel design, which together with the vertical tail, makes it looks like the ultimate land speed contender. We don’t have much info about what is under the hood, but we do know that it is driven by a small block GM Vortec V8 engine, and its jets sadly no longer work.

The fuselage needed to be reinforced with steel and a steel chassis was added to make it roadworthy. It also needed a custom suspension and electrical system.

Instead of jets, the engine cowls have LED lights and speakers inside. Yep, this is a party in a plane that flies across the ground. The cabin is also all lit up for a party. It may not be capable of delivering a sonic boom in the skies above, but your party will supply the noise on the road. If you’re lucky, maybe you’ll see this party plane on the road passing you by one day.

[via Motor1 via Mikeshouts]

Guy Flies Jet-powered Hoverboard at More than 100 mph

Somebody call Spider-Man, because I think we just spotted the Green Goblin! What you’re about to see is a jet-powered Flyboard Air being piloted at speeds up to 103.4 mph. This thing looks like a lot of fun. At least until something goes wrong and you nosedive toward the ground. I mean, there’s a reason this guy is wearing a parachute on his back. Luckily, he didn’t have to use it.

Imagine going this fast in a standing position, while in the air. It would be a scary ride, but super fun. You would feel like a God. You almost have to become the Green Goblin and start throwing pumpkins at Spider-Man and causing mayhem.

Seriously though, I would love to take a ride on this thing even if I would likely die upon landing. It would be quite an adrenaline rush on the way out, with jet engines strapped to your feet! Just the idea is nuts. We live in amazing times with some amazing gear, folks.

[via Geeks Are Sexy viaGeekologie]