Rick Broome Productions

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August 25, 2008 Hard and time consuming work continues three years after construction was started on our new art studio and private aviation art museum. The new hidden Starlite Studio and art gallery is being completed under the cabin of our almost brand new United Airlines Boeing 727-222A. This studio was in the original plans. However, completion had to be deferred due to an extensive backlog of over 150 commissions. Thus, I worked on my unique Starlite original paintings all through the night and under the wing of the Boeing for over two years. With the new hidden studio I will be able to work on and create new commissioned Starlite paintings during the daytime hours too! Another wonderful feature of this bonus studio is that my friends and guests will be able to see the actual construction methods of the Boeing 727 when touring the hidden Starlite art studio and gallery. One totally fascinating and amazing feature of our former United Airlines jet airliner is that the jet has only logged 1200 hours of actual flying time on the airframe since it was totally rebuilt during a major overhaul which is termed a "D Check." It is virtually brand new by FAA standards. In technical terms everything but the actual airframe is brand new or completely overhauled. Over 65,000 man hours and tens of millions of dollars were spent by United to bring the jet up to the latest FAA requirements and industry standards. This includes a brand new nose gear, latest instrumentation and upgrades to the interior including brand new cabin windows too. The Michelin nose gear tires only have one landing on them! Because of an Airworthiness Directive following the tragic loss of TWA flight 800 over 45 miles of the original electrical wiring were required to be replaced with brand new wiring and control cables. This gave our Boeing another 25 years of airframe flying life. Unlike other machines aircraft condition is based on the number of hours on the airframe rather than the date of manufacture. Thus, our Boeing is virtually brand new and would have cost far in excess of a million dollars to have restored it to the museum quality and condition it represents. Airline pilots and mechanics who have inspected the Boeing on site are totally amazed at the mechanical condition of this near zero time jet. Our airliner went back into service on September 10, 2001. The next day, on 9/11/2001, The United States of America was attacked by radical Islamic Muslims. Thus, with the downturn in flying and economic conditions the airliner flew from Denver to Victorville where it was placed into long term storage. Following the bankruptcy of United the Boeing was thus never put back in service. The original fleet planning guide established by United Airlines in 1999 was to have kept the best and lowest time of 18 of their 727-222A fleet in service through the end of 2008. Our airliner to have been one of them that would have been retained. The fuel crisis that followed 9/11 and downturn in the economy forced the overpaid and uneducated Ivory Tower management of United Airlines at EXO to abandon that plan.

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