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   That is my interpretation, yes.

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   No matter when I book my flight, or when I check in for seat assignments, I almost always end up over the wing, or just behind it (where the jet exhaust scrambles the view).

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   When I use to fly, I would try to get aisle seats. As I never liked airplanes much, the last several years at Megacorp I made it clear I would only travel under “extreme emergency”, Now that I’m no longer a productive member of society, that’s completely up to me.

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   There are at least two somewhat well-known residences that were made from airplanes. Not sure if this is trying to refer to them or not. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4124672/Scrapped-Boeing-747-turned-Californian-wonder-house.html https://inhabitat.com/oregon-man-lives-inside-727-airplane-home-in-the-middle-of-the-woods/ I immediately thought of the Oregon dude when I saw this one (probably because of the trees in view), but found the other one while looking it up.

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   I’m thinking it’s a reference (tribute shot?) at the Twilight Zone episode with William Shatner in a plane.

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   I thought it was that both buildings and airplanes have wings, and it was just a pun.

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   I’ve never even thought of complaining about seeing the wing out the window. Now, if it disappeared, I’d be somewhat unhappy…

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   I think it means he has earned his wings, wife is ready for a vacation.

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   @ Darren – I remember going to a restaurant that was built into a salvage Boeing fuselage (I think the wings had been removed), and I think it was in Oregon. As I recall, they had arranged a sprinkler-hose along the top to help cool it.

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    There’s a 747 sitting on top of the waterpark at the aviation museum. All the watersides start from inside the plane.

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    beckoningchasm: I don’t think that’s what Deering had in mind, but it’s a great thought.

    Darren: Thanks for those links. The one in Malibu is especially clever, IMHO.