# Fluffy died?  Wanna keep him around a bit longer?  Why not turn him into a helicopter?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluffy-died-wanna-keep-him-around-a-bit-longer-why-not-turn-him-into-a-helicopter/624073>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 4, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluffy-died-wanna-keep-him-around-a-bit-longer-why-not-turn-him-into-a-helicopter/624073 "2012-06-04T20:25:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluffy-died-wanna-keep-him-around-a-bit-longer-why-not-turn-him-into-a-helicopter/624073/1 "2012-06-04T20:25:57Z")

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This guy did:

> **[Cats away! Artist turns his dead pet into flying helicopter after it is...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2154283/Cats-away-Artist-turns-dead-pet-flying-helicopter-killed-car.html)**
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> Artist Bart Jansen decided to turn his cat Orville, named after the famous aviator Orville Wright, into a permanent piece of artwork by transforming him into a flying helicopter.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluffy-died-wanna-keep-him-around-a-bit-longer-why-not-turn-him-into-a-helicopter/624073/2 "2012-06-04T20:29:22Z")

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Duplicate thread. Check MPSIMS.

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluffy-died-wanna-keep-him-around-a-bit-longer-why-not-turn-him-into-a-helicopter/624073/3 "2012-06-04T21:04:11Z")

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Here’s the other thread — [Catacopter](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=654066).