Good food on board of an aircraft???

A quite unique restaurant

One of the particularity of the small airport of Coventry in England (100km of London), is to be both an airport and an aircraft museum. Indeed, about thirty transatlantic planes from another era are exhibited on a piece of land so that visitors can admire these “iron birds” that they ancestors might have used to cross the Atlantic.

But there is one plane in particular that visitors enjoy the most...

Indeed, one of those planes has been turned into a restaurant! A plane from the 50’s that was still used not so long ago; a Douglas DC-6 was transformed into the DC6 Diner. It was inaugurated last April, after a 12 month development program. By transforming this plane into a unique restaurant, the man who came up with this idea: Chef Tony Caunce, also turns the passengers of the plane into guests for the time of a meal.

Besides, the menu of this aircraft promises much more than the standard chicken or fish that you would usually get. To top up the mood, Tony Caunce baptized the dishes in honor old English military planes and suggests dishes such as the Bomber T-bone steak, the Vampire gammon, the 8 oz Rapid steak or the Meteor marinade fillet.

To take an aperitif, the captain, also known as the Chef, might invite you into the pilot’s cockpit or to sit at the bar, at the end of the plane to sip delicious cocktails.

What is the more original in all this? To summon the waiter, the client has to push the same call-button above the seat that was originally used to call the stewardess.

Aside from its natural elegance and style, this aircraft is the only one of its kind and is very likely to reconcile you with the usual meal-tray served in planes!