開在飛機上的麥當勞

Forget the drive-thru， now you can eat your Big Mac and fries at a McDonald’s restaurant on this decommissioned aircraft.

For the last 24 years the disused plane has abeen parked beside the McDonald’s restaurant in Taupo， New Zealand.

The DC-3 plane has been painted in traditional McDonald’s colours， with the company’s iconic lettering on the exterior， too.

The grounded passenger plane， with its refurbished red and silver interior and seating for 20， is very much a part of the restaurant and customers can enjoy their meal within the comfort of the cabin.

Eileen Byrne， the restaurant’s 59-year-old owner， says， “The site was previously part of a car dealership， and the owner bought a disused DC-3 plane， which sat alongside the building. And when McDonald’s purchased the site in 1990， the aeroplane came with it.”

Eileen said， “We have a locked clear perspex door， preventing access and to ensure that items， such as the knobs on the joystick， are not ‘removed for collection’ purposes. However， we are happy to open the cockpit for enthusiasts and to take photos for them. There is a storyboard which explains the plane’s history and photographs of her years in service. The plan was， and still is， to keep the appearance of the plane as original as possible.”

The plane， a Douglas DC-3 aircraft， was built in 1943 and was one of three used by New Zealand’s South Pacific Airlines from 1961 to 1966. In 1971 it was renamed and used as a top-dressing plane， before being decommissioned in 1984.

After retiring from the skies the plane was placed in storage， having flown 56，282 hours during its working life.

忘掉汽車餐廳吧！現在你可以在這架退役飛機上的麥當勞里享用巨無霸和薯條啦！

過去24年里，這架廢棄的飛機一直停在新西蘭陶波的一家麥當勞旁邊。

這架機型為DC-3的飛機被漆成了麥當勞的經典色，外面還寫上了麥當勞的標志性字母。

這架停在地面的客機現在是麥當勞的一部分。它的內部被重新刷成了紅色和銀色，安置了20個座位，人們可以在舒適的機艙里享受他們的餐點。

這家麥當勞的主人，59歲的艾琳·伯恩說：“這個地方曾經是一家汽車專賣店，商店老板買下了停在大樓旁的退役的DC-3飛機。當麥當勞1990年買下這塊地時，連帶買下了這架飛機?！?/p>

艾琳說：“駕駛員座艙的透明玻璃門是上鎖的，這是為了防止有人進來把里面如控制桿的把手等物品卸下來帶回家收藏。但是，我們仍愿意為飛機愛好者打開艙門，并為他們拍照留念。同時，機艙里還有一個故事板，上面介紹了飛機的歷史并展示其服役那些年的照片。這樣做的目的就是盡量讓這架飛機保持原樣?！?/p>

這架道格拉斯DC-3飛機于1943年制造而成，是1961年至1966年新西蘭南太平洋航空公司負責營運的三架飛機之一。1971年這架飛機被重新命名并用作施肥機，于1984年退役。

在經歷了56282小時的飛行生涯后，這架退役飛機被妥善保管起來。