We’ve seen a lot of very innovative homes throughout the years – from cave homes to tree houses, from missile silos converted into living space to underwater homes. However, one electrical engineer believes that because airplanes are already flying homes with the galley, storage, and reclining seats, then why waste one of these birds when they retire? From NBCNews.com,
Inside the stripped-down cabin, short-sleeve shirts are neatly stored on hangers above a three-foot jumble of wires. Not far from the cockpit, which is intended to become a computer room, there’s a couch draped by a blanket and adorned with one pillow. Outside, the 727 remains painted with a horizontal, blue Olympic Airways stripe that runs the length of passenger windows. The wings, tail assembly and engine casings all have stayed.
Amid a thicket of Douglas Firs he planted, Campbell’s next tasks include swapping out the left landing gear and nose gear for pillars to add stability as well as installing new faucets in two lavs. The forward galley will be upgraded into modest kitchen, a space simply to open cans, store potato chips and make sandwiches: “I’m a nerd, I don’t cook.”
I adore Bruce Campbell’s vision!
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