Home Sweet…Airplane? Oregon Man Transforms Boeing 727 Into Homestead
- Posted on June 8, 2012 at 6:25am by
Liz Klimas
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Most people can’t stand the thought of spending even two hours on a cramped and uncomfortable airplane, but Bruce Campbell hopes to spend his life in one.
Campbell, of Hillsboro, Ore., is making a retired Boeing 727 his home away from home. The 1969 aircraft was purchased and modified — a continuing process — for $100,000.
“It is comfortable,” Campbell said in tour he gave of the plane to CNN affiliate KOIN-TV. “Aircraft, when converted into a home, provides a whole different experience.”
He has a working bathroom — yes, it looks like an airplane restroom — a rudimentary shower and even uses the wings of the plane as decks.
(Photo: CNN screenshot)
(Photo: CNN screenshot)
Campbell's temporary but functional shower. (Photo: CNN screenshot)
Campbell standing on his wing deck. (Photo: CNN screenshot)
“There’s not much privacy, but I live in the woods. There are lots of trees around,” Campbell said when describing the shower.
While Campbell has ripped out many of the chairs in the cabin to make room for living space, the cockpit remains relatively in tact as a “play room.”
“I think the cockpit has a certain magic,” he said.
Campbell inside the cockpit. (Photo: CNN screenshot)
Watch this footage of Campbell’s aircraft homestead:
When it comes to closing up and locking the door, Campbell simply has to crank up the stairs and flip the latch.
(Photo: CNN screenshot)
Like the tiny house people we know and love, Campbell is hoping to spur others into considering a different lifestyle.
“It’s not for everybody,” he concedes. “But I think it‘s for a lot of people and it’s definitely for me. I love it. I absolutely love it.”
As for airplane homes, Gizmodo points out this is not the first time such a repurposing endeavor has been undertaken. In 2010, the gadget and tech blog profiled a Malibu home created from a Boeing 747.
[H/T Gizmodo]
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Comments (64)
g.prunty
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 4:36pmI couldn‘t live in it while it is tilted the way it is I wonder why he didn’t prop the back end up to make it level(or lower the front)
Report Post »desirefirst
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 12:56pmit‘s the angle of the picture that’s likely tilted, just because it looks inclined in the pic fails to mean it is such on the ground, a camera can be held at any angle
Report Post »BlazingPatriot
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 6:18pmThis type of living just doesn’t “fly” with me. ;)
Report Post »sabrinacle
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:56pmI love it when a mans got a project.Keeps him out of the wifes hair.Ask me how I know this!
Report Post »FemaleBizOwnerMom
Posted on June 10, 2012 at 10:29amthere is NO WAY, this guy has a wife or ever did!
Report Post »bpost58
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 1:53pmSmart man, live alone, save the headaches.
Report Post »AuraStream
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 2:48pmNext up: supersonic jet houses
Report Post »Ducky 1
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 1:11pmMy husband would do this and has even talked about how cool it would be to have an abandoned airplane on some property. So glad we sold our acreage cause he just may have done it were an airplane available.
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 12:52pmI’m glad he is happy with it. I am always happy to see stuff that is headed for the furnace pulled away and reused. Further use of the item gives honor to those who made the item.
Report Post »Ever see the short movie “The Master’s Hand”? Well worth the watch — but don’t try it without a handkerchief or a few Kleenex.
Daveed
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 12:49pmThat is creatively speaking cool.
Report Post »Ih8Taxes
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 12:35pmThis guy is an idiot.
Report Post »Jeronimo Dan
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 2:26pmNo, No, No… Do you have a mirror?
Report Post »Jeronimo Dan
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 2:34pmYou’re a sad person…
Report Post »powedj
Posted on June 10, 2012 at 5:46pmPeople in Oregon are idiots. They are Obama’s base.
Report Post »bustedupvet
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 3:17amMost people in Oregon are liberal idiots or system suckers or both. I’ll never go back to that moron state again.
Report Post »Cedarats
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 12:18pmCould be cool.. but it’s obviously a bachelor pad… needs some comfy touches.
Report Post »Mister July
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:58pmBachelor pad, eh? It looks to me like he’s given up on ever having a girlfriend.
Report Post »Texas Lady Juanita
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 9:34pmMaster July – I was waiting for someone to say it!!!
Report Post »Do The Right Thing
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 11:04amLove the photo of him on the DB Cooper staircase!!
Report Post »SAWB
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 10:30amWell when he goes to the airport he will feel at home… :-)
I would have gotten a 747. 727 is too much like a trailer for me.
Report Post »Kafir-Islamsux
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 11:14amAgreed…747 would be better…
Report Post »Chachi500
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 10:30amHe just needs a TSA agent posted out front, and he would be all set.
Report Post »sabrinacle
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 3:57pmlol!
Report Post »cassandra
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:54amfor 100,000 dollars he could have built a really nice cabin
Report Post »OneTermPresident
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 11:26amI agree. He could have had a beautiful log cabin… not to mention the additional money he‘s been sinking into something that’s going to rust out from under him.
Report Post »Cptnjarhead
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:51amhttp://www.costaverde.com/727.html
check out the link. that is the way to do it!
Report Post »cranberry
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:31amUgh. I’d rather live in one of those teeny little houses than an old airplane.
Report Post »Nedarc
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 10:53amThe 727-200 has more than 3K square feet and the way it is constructed makes it virtually indestructible. Never need to paint, stainless steel and aluminum, never needs a new roof and foget about home invasion…..These babies are stronger than a tank.
Report Post »Landon410
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:19amit would be cool for a weekend camping trip or something like that, but to live in? nah
Report Post »claymoremacm
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:07amshipping containers would be cheaper, easier to ship and more adapted to putting underground
Report Post »Steve28
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:01amProbably one of the few times you will ever see empty seats and no over booking!
Report Post »thegodfather
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 8:35amHe said…”It’s not for everybody”….Thanks for that bit of wisdom professor.
Report Post »lynskinners
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 8:31amHow did it get in the woods? I‘m betting we’re not seeing the entire picture here.
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 8:50amI’m thinking in pieces on flatbed trailers.
Report Post »PA PATRIOT
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 8:08amFly me to the Moon!
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kickagrandma
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:53amGood grief. I HATE planes. Living in one that looks like one???? Oh, please! Talk about nightmares. Glad he likes it though. Really, really, super glad I never have to go there. YIKES.
Report Post »corbecket
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:30amUGH!!! I flew those things for 25+ years. It looks like a nightmare from my perspective. I’m already developing gastrointestinal distress.
Excuse me for a moment!
Report Post »waymoregooder
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:27amTSA Shower. Nice.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:18amI saw this on the news a few days ago. It is interesting and different.
Report Post »http://inhabitat.com/the-cosmic-muffin-a-boat-recycled-from-howard-hughes-plane/
This plane now a boat is pretty cool too. Read about this one a few years ago. Being somewhat a Parrot Head myself I can tell that this owner has read Jimmy Buffett’s book, “Where Is Joe Merchant” and probably listened to Desdemonas Building A Rocket Ship way too many times.
RJJinGadsden
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 7:23amShould have added this:
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH8s6l8G6YQ
Tortilla
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 6:50amI’m house shopping right now, maybe I should be airplane shopping. Wonder how much a used plane costs. Then again, I’m in Texas and the storms might have my house taking off. Which would probably lead to making a bunker out of it. I could make it look like an airplane flew into the ground.
Report Post »KAWLME
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 8:27amThat would be cool. You make an underground man cave or woman cave….
Report Post »Nasado
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 9:35amOld scrap plane can sell for as little as 35,000. Not too bad considering they cost 200 million to make.
Report Post »GeorgeWashingtonslept here
Posted on June 8, 2012 at 6:37amHey to each his own. Not for me though.
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