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Pytchair
	PYTCHAir resting on containers
Type	Boeing 727-46
Manufacturer	Boeing
Construction number	19282/495
Manufactured	1967
Registration	JA8325 (1967 – 1975 with Japan Airlines, named Shinano); D-AHLQ (1975 – 1981 with Hapag-Lloyd); N4245S (1981 – 1982 with Dee Howard Aircraft Sales); VR-CBE (1982 – 1992 with Reseverry Corp.); VR-CLM (1992 – 1996 with Larmag Aviation Ltd); VR-CMN (1996 – 1997 with IDG Ltd); VP-CMN (1997 – 2015 with IDG Ltd); [citation needed]
First flight	13 November 1967
Owners and operators	Japan Airlines (1967 – 1975); Hapag-Lloyd Flug (1975 – 1981); Dee Howard Aircraft Sales (1981 – 1982); Reseverry Corp. (1982 – 1992); Larmag Aviation Ltd (1992 – 1996); IDG Ltd (1996 – 2015); Johnny Palmer (2020 - Present); [citation needed]
In service	1967 - 2015
Fate	Broken up in 2015; fuselage preserved
Preserved at	Bonville Road, Brislington

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PYTCHAir is the name given to a Boeing 727 located in the Brislington area of Bristol. The aircraft was originally a Japan Airlines passenger aircraft which first flew in 1968. It was converted into a private jet and operated by various owners including LarMag Aviation.^[2]

It was purchased in 2020 to be used as an office. The relocation was delayed until February 2021, when it was transported by road to Bonville Road, Brislington.^[3] As of November 2021^[update], the fuselage is on display and used as an office, filming location and is available for charity events.^[4] It has been featured as a “quirky" and "cool" office.^[5]^[6]

In March 2022 the fuselage was covered in street art by Bristol street artsists Harriet Wood, Curtis Hylton and Hasan Kamil.^[7] The art work drew media attention.^[8]

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PYTCHAir
Exterior artwork
Cockpit
Interior view
Interior corridor
Transportation
Interior view
Transportation
Arrival in Bristol

References[edit]

^ "VP-CNM". rzjets. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
^ "Registration Details for VP-CMN (IDG) 727-46 - PlaneLogger". Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
^ "Bristol motorway journey for huge Boeing jet". BBC News. 27 February 2021. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
^ "PYTCHAir (Boeing 727)". Bristol Open Doors. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
^ Finch, Hannah (8 April 2022). "Nine of the UK's quirkiest offices from a jumbo jet, DJ booths to a dance floor". Business Live. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
^ Turton, Tora (1 February 2023). "The UK's 10 coolest offices of 2023". Adzuna. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
^ "Boeing 727 plane in Bristol transformed after paint job". 25 March 2022. Archived from the original on 30 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
^ "Boeing 727 that travelled along M5 transformed". 25 March 2022. Archived from the original on 29 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.

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Media related to Pytchair at Wikimedia Commons

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[RZJ-1] "VP-CNM". rzjets. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

[2] "Registration Details for VP-CMN (IDG) 727-46 - PlaneLogger". Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2021.

[3] "Bristol motorway journey for huge Boeing jet". BBC News. 27 February 2021. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.

[4] "PYTCHAir (Boeing 727)". Bristol Open Doors. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

[5] Finch, Hannah (8 April 2022). "Nine of the UK's quirkiest offices from a jumbo jet, DJ booths to a dance floor". Business Live. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

[6] Turton, Tora (1 February 2023). "The UK's 10 coolest offices of 2023". Adzuna. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

[7] "Boeing 727 plane in Bristol transformed after paint job". 25 March 2022. Archived from the original on 30 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.

[8] "Boeing 727 that travelled along M5 transformed". 25 March 2022. Archived from the original on 29 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.

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+| name = Pytchair
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+| image = File:PYTCHAir on containers.jpg
-| caption              = PYTCHAir resting on containers
+| caption = PYTCHAir resting on containers
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+| type = [[Boeing 727|Boeing 727-46]]
-| manufacturer         = [[Boeing]]
+| manufacturer = [[Boeing]]
-| construction number  = 19282/495<ref name="RZJ">{{cite web|accessdate=12 September 2022|title=VP-CNM|url=https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=43903|website=rzjets}}</ref>
+| construction number = 19282/495<ref name="RZJ">{{cite web|accessdate=12 September 2022|title=VP-CNM|url=https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=43903|website=rzjets|archive-date=9 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109181023/https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=43903|url-status=live}}</ref>
-| construction date    = 1967
+| construction date = 1967
-| civil registration   = {{ubl
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   | '''JA8325''' (1967 – 1975 with Japan Airlines, named ''Shinano'')
   | '''D-AHLQ''' (1975 – 1981 with Hapag-Lloyd)
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   | '''VR-CMN''' (1996 – 1997 with IDG Ltd)
   | '''VP-CMN''' (1997 – 2015 with IDG Ltd)
+  }}{{cn|date=May 2023}}
-  }}
-| first flight         = 13 November 1967
+| first flight = 13 November 1967
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+| owners = {{ubl
   | [[Japan Airlines]] (1967 – 1975)
   | [[Hapag-Lloyd Flug]] (1975 – 1981)
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   | IDG Ltd (1996 – 2015)
   | Johnny Palmer (2020 - Present)
+  }}{{cn|date=May 2023}}
-  }}
-| in service           = 1967 - 2015
+| in service = 1967 - 2015
-| fate                 = Broken up in 2015; fuselage preserved
+| fate = Broken up in 2015; fuselage preserved
 | preservation = Bonville Road, [[Brislington]]
 }}
 |}
-[[File:PIZZE-FEB2720231-9.jpg|thumb]]
-[[File:PYTCHAir on the final route to Bristol with crowds.jpg|thumb|PYTCHAir on the final leg of the journey to Bristol]]
-[[File:PYTCHAir Bristol 727 Hasan Kamil Harriett Wood.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Hasan Kamil and Harriett Wood in front of their murial on PYTCHAir|PYTCHAir artwork completed]]
+'''PYTCHAir''' is the name given to a Boeing 727 located in the [[Brislington]] area of [[Bristol]]. The aircraft was originally a Japan Airlines passenger aircraft which first flew in 1968. It was converted into a private jet and operated by various owners including LarMag Aviation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/VP-CMN/496460|title=Registration Details for VP-CMN (IDG) 727-46 - PlaneLogger|access-date=28 February 2021|archive-date=9 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109181024/https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/VP-CMN/496460|url-status=live}}</ref>
-'''PYTCHAir''' is the name given to a Boeing 727 located in the [[Brislington]] Area of [[Bristol]].
+It was purchased in 2020 to be used as an office. The relocation was delayed until February 2021, when it was transported by road to Bonville Road, Brislington.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-56222067|title = Bristol motorway journey for huge Boeing jet|work = BBC News|date = 27 February 2021|access-date = 28 February 2021|archive-date = 28 February 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210228005754/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-56222067|url-status = live}}</ref> {{As of|2021|11}}, the fuselage is on display and used as an office, filming location and is available for charity events.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-02 |title=PYTCHAir (Boeing 727) |url=https://bristolopendoors.org.uk/events/pytchair-boeing-727/ |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=Bristol Open Doors |language=en-US |archive-date=21 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321193118/https://bristolopendoors.org.uk/events/pytchair-boeing-727/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It has been featured as a “quirky" and "cool" office.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Finch |first=Hannah |date=2022-04-08 |title=Nine of the UK's quirkiest offices from a jumbo jet, DJ booths to a dance floor |url=https://www.business-live.co.uk/commercial-property/nine-uks-quirkiest-offices-converted-23589409 |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=Business Live |language=en |archive-date=9 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109181023/https://www.business-live.co.uk/commercial-property/nine-uks-quirkiest-offices-converted-23589409 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Turton |first=Tora |date=2023-02-01 |title=The UK's 10 coolest offices of 2023 |url=https://www.adzuna.co.uk/blog/coolest-offices-in-the-uk/ |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=Adzuna |language=en-GB |archive-date=21 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321193117/https://www.adzuna.co.uk/blog/coolest-offices-in-the-uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
-==History==
-The aircraft was originally a Japan Airlines passenger aircraft which first flew in 1968.  In time it was converted into a private jet and was operated by various owners including LarMag Aviation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/VP-CMN/496460|title=Registration Details for VP-CMN (IDG) 727-46 - PlaneLogger}}</ref>
-It was purchased in 2020 [https://www.avinteractive.com/news/collaboration/inside-midwich-equipped-pytchair-private-jet-31-08-2021/] with the intention of being transported to Bristol to be used as an office.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-live.co.uk/commercial-property/boeing-727-travel-down-m5-19822760|title = Boeing 727 to be transported down M5 and M4|date = 12 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/former-private-jet-to-become-unique-office-and-meetings-space/|title = Former private jet to become unique office and meetings space|date = 4 November 2020}}</ref>  However, it was unable to move on the date planned due to unsuitable ground conditions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://simpleflying.com/japan-airlines-boeing-727-office-delay/|title = Delay in Turning Former Japan Airlines Boeing 727 into Office Space|date = 29 January 2021}}</ref>  In February 2021, it was transported by road to Bonville Road, Brislington.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-56222067|title = Bristol motorway journey for huge Boeing jet|work = BBC News|date = 27 February 2021}}</ref>
+In March 2022 the fuselage was covered in street art by Bristol street artsists Harriet Wood, Curtis Hylton and Hasan Kamil.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.business-live.co.uk/commercial-property/boeing-727-plane-bristol-transformed-23496794|title = Boeing 727 plane in Bristol transformed after paint job|date = 25 March 2022|access-date = 28 March 2022|archive-date = 30 March 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220330015624/https://www.business-live.co.uk/commercial-property/boeing-727-plane-bristol-transformed-23496794|url-status = live}}</ref>  The art work drew media attention.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/boeing-727-travelled-along-m5-6858689|title = Boeing 727 that travelled along M5 transformed|date = 25 March 2022|access-date = 28 March 2022|archive-date = 29 March 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220329021121/https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/boeing-727-travelled-along-m5-6858689|url-status = live}}</ref>
-{{As of|2021|11}}, the fuselage is on display and used as an office and filming location.
+==Gallery==
-The purchase,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freshaviation.co.uk/bristol-entrepreneur-purchases-boeing-727-from-cotswold-airport-for-office-expansion/|title=Bristol entrepreneur purchases Boeing 727 from Cotswold Airport for office expansion|date=10 February 2021}}</ref><ref>https://simpleflying.com/japan-airlines-boeing-727-bristol-office/%20 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> challenges,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2021-01-29/boeing-727-stuck-in-the-mud-at-cotswold-airport|title = Boeing 727 'stuck in the mud' at Cotswold Airport|date = 29 January 2021}}</ref> movement <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-56222067|title = Bristol motorway journey for huge Boeing jet|work = BBC News|date = 27 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/boeing-plane-stops-traffic-its-23581367|title = Enormous Boeing plane stops traffic as it is driven on motorway to new home|website = [[Daily Mirror]]|date = 28 February 2021}}</ref> and final location <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.autoevolution.com/news/heres-a-cut-up-boeing-727-slowly-crawling-down-the-motorway-to-its-new-home-157026.html#|title=Here's a Cut-Up Boeing 727 Slowly Crawling Down the Motorway to its New Home|date=2 March 2021}}</ref> of the fuselage attracted national and local media coverage.
+{{Gallery
+|title=
-PYTCHAir has been featured as a “quirky"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Finch |first=Hannah |date=2022-04-08 |title=Nine of the UK's quirkiest offices from a jumbo jet, DJ booths to a dance floor |url=https://www.business-live.co.uk/commercial-property/nine-uks-quirkiest-offices-converted-23589409 |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=Business Live |language=en}}</ref> and "cool"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Turton |first=Tora |date=2023-02-01 |title=The UK’s 10 coolest offices of 2023 |url=https://www.adzuna.co.uk/blog/coolest-offices-in-the-uk/ |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=Blog {{!}} Adzuna.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref> office.
+|width=120 |height=100
+|align=center
-It is also made available for tourist visits for charity.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-02 |title=PYTCHAir (Boeing 727) |url=https://bristolopendoors.org.uk/events/pytchair-boeing-727/ |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=Bristol Open Doors |language=en-US}}</ref>
+|footer=
+|File:PIZZE-FEB2720231-9.jpg
-==Artwork==
+ |PYTCHAir
-[[File:Cockpit of PYTCHAir.jpg|thumb|221x221px|Interior of PYTCHAir]]
+|File:PYTCHAir Bristol 727 Hasan Kamil Harriett Wood.jpg
-[[File:5D3 3875-HDR.png|thumb|Interior of PYTCHAir]]
+ |Exterior artwork
-[[File:The corridor inside PYTCHAir.jpg|thumb|Corridor inside PYTCHAir]]
+|File:Cockpit of PYTCHAir.jpg
-In March 2022 the fuselage was covered in street art by Bristol street artsists Harriet Wood, Curtis Hylton and Hasan Kamil.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-live.co.uk/commercial-property/boeing-727-plane-bristol-transformed-23496794|title = Boeing 727 plane in Bristol transformed after paint job|date = 25 March 2022}}</ref>  The art work drew media attention.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/boeing-727-travelled-along-m5-6858689|title = Boeing 727 that travelled along M5 transformed|date = 25 March 2022}}</ref>
+ |Cockpit
+|File:5D3 3875-HDR.png
+ |Interior view
+|File:The corridor inside PYTCHAir.jpg
+ |Interior corridor
+|File:PNP GLO 2702 JOHNNY PALMER PYTCH AIR MOVING HIS BOEING 727 FROM COTSWOLD AIRPORT TO BRISTOL ON SATURDAY 27TH FEB 2021 005.jpg
+ |Transportation
+|File:PytchAir Bedroom Suite.jpg
+ |Interior view
+|File:PYTCHAir on containers.jpg
+ |Transportation
+|File:PYTCHAir on the final route to Bristol with crowds.jpg
+ |Arrival in Bristol
+}}
 ==References==
 {{reflist}}
+==Further reading==
+* {{Citation | vauthors=((Campos, G.)) | title=Inside the Midwich-equipped PYTCHAir private jet | url=https://www.avinteractive.com/news/collaboration/inside-midwich-equipped-pytchair-private-jet-31-08-2021/ | date=August 31, 2021 |website=Avinter Active |access-date=23 May 2023}}
+* {{Cite web|url=https://www.business-live.co.uk/commercial-property/boeing-727-travel-down-m5-19822760|title = Boeing 727 to be transported down M5 and M4|date = 12 February 2021}}
+* {{Cite web|url=https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/former-private-jet-to-become-unique-office-and-meetings-space/|title = Former private jet to become unique office and meetings space|date = 4 November 2020}}
+* {{Cite web|url=https://simpleflying.com/japan-airlines-boeing-727-office-delay/|title = Delay in Turning Former Japan Airlines Boeing 727 into Office Space|date = 29 January 2021}}
+* {{Cite web|url=https://www.freshaviation.co.uk/bristol-entrepreneur-purchases-boeing-727-from-cotswold-airport-for-office-expansion/|title=Bristol entrepreneur purchases Boeing 727 from Cotswold Airport for office expansion|date=10 February 2021}}
+* {{Cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2021-01-29/boeing-727-stuck-in-the-mud-at-cotswold-airport|title = Boeing 727 'stuck in the mud' at Cotswold Airport|date = 29 January 2021}}
+* {{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-56222067|title = Bristol motorway journey for huge Boeing jet|work = BBC News|date = 27 February 2021}}
+* {{Cite web|url=https://www.autoevolution.com/news/heres-a-cut-up-boeing-727-slowly-crawling-down-the-motorway-to-its-new-home-157026.html#|title=Here's a Cut-Up Boeing 727 Slowly Crawling Down the Motorway to its New Home|date=2 March 2021}}
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