Toy plane installations to be removed from YYC terminal; artist is asking for takers

The two wind\u002Dup carousels of colourful tin planes took Jeff de Boer more than 5,000 hours to build

The nostalgic sculptures by Jeff de Boer stand six metres tall, with colourful, 1.5-metre-long airplane carousels that fly in circles above travellers. De Boer said people’s love and appreciation for this piece has been greater than he could have imagined.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.

Introduced to the domestic terminal in 2002, the piece took de Boer more than 5,000 hours to construct by hand.Inspired by the airport’s prompt to design something that would delight travellers both young and old, de Boer decided on a wind-up toy display.

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