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Burning Man volunteers rescue the 747 airplane from the desert: 'It will get done'

The 747 airplane from Burning Man is about to move off of public land -- as soon as it gets over one more hurdle: soft playa. “We’re part way through the move," said Big Imagination Camp CEO Ken Feldman. "Sometimes things take longer than expected. We’re doing our very best. Just trying to get to that final spot. "We started this, we’re going to finish it," he added. Almost three weeks after Burning Man 2018, a partially reconstructed 747 that was converted into a nightclub art car was still on the playa due to a series of logistical breakdowns. But there is a saying at Burning Man that "the playa provides." It mean s that when someone needs something, the temporary community of 70,000 people mysteriously provides exactly what that person requires to survive. So, despite widespread condemnation of the situation on social media, volunteers from unconnected camps returned to the Black Rock Desert two hours north of Reno to help drag the multi-t