Electrical engineer Bruce Campbell from Oregon has created a comfortable home from a retired airplane located in the wooded area of Hillsborough, near Portland.
After ten years of work, he transformed a commercial airplane, a modified Olympic Airways 727, into a functional home.
This 40-meter-long and 4-meter-wide cabin was purchased and renovated for $100,000, with a transparent floor.
Campbell explains, „Airplanes come equipped with seats, luggage compartments, and a regular bathroom. They offer almost everything people need for daily living.“
The entrance to the converted airplane is at the back and serves as the main access to the original cabin.
Next to the stairs is the only functioning toilet on board the airplane.
Inside, Campbell has arranged a shower, kitchen utensils, a bed, and other furniture according to his preferences.
He has also set up a workbench on which he creates highly precise devices simulating medical electroshock.
All the lighting in the airplane-transformed house has been restored by Campbell.
The front landing gear and the nose of the airplane have been raised on reinforced concrete stands and fenced with blue material.
The airplane itself and its wings are maintained in blue color.
Maintaining a house with airplane parts is expensive, as the paint regularly peels off and needs restoration.
Campbell regularly takes care of the cleaning of his „airplane-house“ on specific days.
He has registered his unique home and the purchase with the United States Federal Aviation Administration so that pilots can recognize that it is not a crashed airplane.