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Vano Shlamov / AFP - Getty Images
Children playing near a Soviet-era Yakovlev Yak-42 plane which has been turned into their kindergarten, in the Georgian city of Rustavi on October 29, 2012.
Vano Shlamov / AFP - Getty Images
Vano Shlamov / AFP - Getty Images
Agence France Presse reports — A headteacher in the Georgian city of Rustavi has found an unusual way to get children's early education off the ground -- by transforming an airplane into a kindergarten.
Gari Chapidze bought the old but fully functional Yakovlev Yak-42 from Georgian Airways and refurbished its interior with educational equipment, games and toys but left the cockpit instruments intact so they could be used as play tools.
"The idea was to create a kindergarten where children go with joy," Chapidze said. Read the full story.
David Mdzinarishvili / Reuters
Previously on PhotoBlog: What's it like to live in a retired Boeing 727?
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I want one of those retired planes in my pasture for the enjoyment of my nosy neighbors.
I want one too!! It would be a great place to stuff the kids when they come home for the holidays!
Exceptional concept! How many dead airplanes are parked in the desert of the U.S. that could be put back to work like this?
Not just airplanes can be converted, but so can shipping containers--both are well-insulated. We've got an abundance around. The country is loaded with a lot of spare tires that should be integrated into home-building, but we're in a use-it-once-then-toss-it culture.
The problem is that just like the air;lines:
42% of the time class starts more than two hours late.
If it is cloudy in Atlanta, classes are cancelled in Phoenix.
They keep losing the kids lunchboxes.
The kids have to pay extra if they have a lunchbox and a backpack.
The kids are stuill hungry after their bag of peanuts and their $5 lukewarm coke.
Many kids complain about being seated next to a very fat sweating kid all day.
Good idea to stimulate some creativity and imagination in the kids; I wonder what it costs to heat/cool one of those planes for the kids' comfort?
Probably doesn't cost all that much for heating and cooling. They're designed to fly at very high altitudes where it's below freezing so I would guess they're well insulated.
Fantastic Idea!
It's not fair! It's just not fair!
Great story. Just Google airplane used for a house to see all of the potential these left over planes really have. Great story!