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		♫ Cause I'm living on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be seen again, oh baby, you can come to stay ♫ (dailymail.co.uk)		66
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davidphogan		2012-10-14 03:22:12 PM

It seems like if you were going to do that much work to make it livable, putting in a real shower might be worth it.

AlwaysRightBoy		2012-10-14 03:47:24 PM

I do so like "crazy" people, it makes life so much more interesting.
/loves his idea

kmmontandon		2012-10-14 03:49:12 PM

davidphogan: It seems like if you were going to do that much work to make it livable, putting in a real shower might be worth it.

Yeah ... I like the idea of living in a converted plane, but his chosen style is very, very utilitarian.

threadjackistan		2012-10-14 04:52:15 PM

But does he have a chainsaw hand?

shanrick		2012-10-14 04:54:15 PM

threadjackistan: But does he have a chainsaw hand?

Or a boomstick?

The Gentleman Caller		2012-10-14 04:56:08 PM

It's a decent zombie base as well. High enough for them not to reach, and enough room for supplies until they zombie shuffle off after a deer or something. I think I saw Carl. CARL? HAS ANYONE SEEN CARL!! HE WAS SUPPOSED TO STAY IN THE HOUSE! CAAAARRRLLLL!!!!

Great_Milenko		2012-10-14 04:57:37 PM

Some of these plane to home conversions are very nice. This one, not so much.

Lorelle		2012-10-14 04:59:03 PM

Boeing 727 airplane hotel in Costa Rica.

Primitive Screwhead		2012-10-14 05:00:34 PM

Well, hello Mister Fancypants.

panda mcflu		2012-10-14 05:00:38 PM

Did anyone notice Mrs. Campbell?

Oh...

Molavian		2012-10-14 05:02:14 PM

Not the chin I was expecting.

brap		2012-10-14 05:03:16 PM

It would be a biatch to heat and aluminum hulls (like Airstreams) are a biatch condensation wise outside of the desert.

Also, who did the interior design, a couple kids he hired from a dorm?

UberNeuman		2012-10-14 05:03:19 PM

He's a little goody two shoes!

starlost		2012-10-14 05:03:37 PM

i put a .......... in the wilderness. look at me.but don't think about the fact 99% of local local laws prevent me from doing this anywhere where people give a shiate one way or the other.

jtown		2012-10-14 05:06:07 PM

I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume he's single.

Amos Quito		2012-10-14 05:06:12 PM

A Boeing 727-200? In Oregon?

"Bruce Campbell" or "D.B. Cooper"?

Glendale		2012-10-14 05:13:44 PM

davidphogan: It seems like if you were going to do that much work to make it livable, putting in a real shower might be worth it.

My first thought was "how hard could it have been to convert one of the toilets into a shower?" There's three. Rip one out and make it a shower room.

The Gentleman Caller: It's a decent zombie base as well. High enough for them not to reach, and enough room for supplies until they zombie shuffle off after a deer or something. I think I saw Carl. CARL? HAS ANYONE SEEN CARL!! HE WAS SUPPOSED TO STAY IN THE HOUSE! CAAAARRRLLLL!!!!

I keep wishing Carl would just die so that plot device could die, too.

Nogale		2012-10-14 05:32:03 PM

I like the idea, and I'm glad he's happy with the result - but if you're going to convert a non-standard space into full-time living quarters it makes sense to work with a designer who can help you maximize the area.

PallMall		2012-10-14 05:33:06 PM

Lorelle: Boeing 727 airplane hotel in Costa Rica.

Aircraft as homes, restaurants, etc are common in the Quepos/Manuel Antonio area of CR.

El Avion

Unobtanium		2012-10-14 05:33:26 PM

Amos Quito: [i.dailymail.co.uk image 634x424]

A Boeing 727-200? In Oregon?

"Bruce Campbell" or "D.B. Cooper"?

Came here to say the same thing.

upload.wikimedia.org

hmmmmm.

PallMall		2012-10-14 05:34:37 PM

After RTFA...

That guy's vision is crap. The 737 looks like a bum's house inside.

sleep lack		2012-10-14 05:35:05 PM

Approves:

alienated		2012-10-14 05:36:16 PM

hmm. Sure, remove all the storage bins and just leave yer crap all over the place .... Okie dokie
And another vote for putting a real shower or hell, a tub, in the thing. I would have gone with shower and jacuzzi, maybe also an above ground pool below a wing. Oh, and nice front support, mister engineer... those look like railroad ties. Small quake and that thing is going to fall.

The Muthaship		2012-10-14 05:44:14 PM

This guy has a manifesto, 100%.

rikkitikkitavi		2012-10-14 05:44:34 PM

RTFA and it sucks.

How did he move the aircraft to that location? How did he plumb it? How did he wire it, on the grid or off with generated power? What the hell?

Also, the pallets holding this thing up will decay and collapse in less than a year in Oregon humidity. Seriously might want to consider a permanent stilt construction.

whatshisname		2012-10-14 05:47:44 PM

Looks comfy.

It's not a double-wide, it's a triple-long.

LordOfThePings		2012-10-14 05:51:14 PM

whidbey		2012-10-14 05:53:42 PM

TFA wasn't anything I'd hoped it would be.

Here I thought it was a Fark-ready story about how a man refuses to leave an airplane and claims he's paid for the seats in advance. Bonus: A woman and alcohol are involved.

SageC		2012-10-14 05:56:23 PM

Stopped in a restaurant that did the same thing, Aero Dogs in Tulare, CA. Apparently the owner ran into all kinds of problems getting it up and running... all sorts of laws on storing planes and such.

rooftop235		2012-10-14 06:03:48 PM

holy crap this is old.

mark12A		2012-10-14 06:07:30 PM

Not impressed. He had years to work on it, and it doesn't look very nice.

Christian Bale		2012-10-14 06:15:16 PM

mark12A: Not impressed. He had years to work on it, and it doesn't look very nice.

Agreed. I, too, hold aircraft-converted-into-living-quarters to very high standards, and my metrics also take "time spent" into account.

Tom_Slick		2012-10-14 06:19:41 PM

Good idea, bad execution.

ZuZu		2012-10-14 06:44:53 PM

The Cosmic Muffin did it better and is a boat to boot.

unusuallife.com

Carousel Beast		2012-10-14 06:54:51 PM

Is it a retired jetliner? The captions really don't make it clear.

cherryl taggart		2012-10-14 06:55:35 PM

threadjackistan: But does he have a chainsaw hand?

Exactly! I was not giving the Daily Fail another click, so I just hovered until I saw his name, and thought, oh, hell yeah. Dammit, dammit, dammit.

The_Philosopher_King		2012-10-14 07:12:30 PM

PallMall: After RTFA...
That guy's vision is crap. The 737 looks like a bum's house inside.

And outside. It would have been a lot better with a coat of paint or two. Instead of the cool plane in the woods it should be, it looks like a rotting plane in the woods.

bwilson27		2012-10-14 07:13:42 PM

LordOfThePings: [mimg.ugo.com image 300x300]

/Came for the King, leaving Klatuu.

wiredroach		2012-10-14 07:13:47 PM

clevernamehere		2012-10-14 07:14:13 PM

LordOfThePings: [mimg.ugo.com image 300x300]

also lives in the woods of Oregon

PallMall		2012-10-14 07:27:47 PM

The_Philosopher_King: PallMall: After RTFA...
That guy's vision is crap. The 737 looks like a bum's house inside.

And outside. It would have been a lot better with a coat of paint or two. Instead of the cool plane in the woods it should be, it looks like a rotting plane in the woods.

Exactly. Next we'll be reading a story about a retired school bus driver who is living in a junker bus.

Mister Peejay		2012-10-14 07:40:27 PM

Did anyone notice that EVERY FARKING CAPTION pointed out that the guy pictured as Bruce Campbell?

We get it.

The idea is cool. I bet he had to use a chainsaw to clear the woods out to fit the plane.

m.cdn.blog.hu

/hot

/that was one odd-ass movie, even for Japan

Lsherm		2012-10-14 07:55:21 PM

This moron is quite possibly the worst engineer, ever. In addition to a shower that looks like a retarded Cabbage Patch Doll slapped it together, he's got the entire plane resting on pallets that are going to rot away to nothing in less than a year and leave that thing sitting in the mud. He hasn't actually built anything, it just looks like he took out the seats and moved in his stuff, and his stuff makes him look like a hoarder. 10 years resulted in this? He must be a drunk.

phrenicmonkey		2012-10-14 08:01:28 PM

"...has completely renovated the airliner he now calls home"

Uh, no. No he hasn't. That shower needs a little work.
/it's pretty cool, though.

phrenicmonkey		2012-10-14 08:05:32 PM

Pray 4 Mojo		2012-10-14 08:22:38 PM

Am I missing something? I how does a retired, useless jet (sans engines and not in very good shape) cost $100,000?

I would think if you're willing to take one off their hands... handle the legals... AND move it... they'd pretty much give them away.

Unless $100,000 was the "delivered" price.

Article sucks.

Gleeman		2012-10-14 08:24:35 PM

phrenicmonkey: [imageshack.us image 634x424]

i.imgur.com

mark12A		2012-10-14 08:39:32 PM

Outside the Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum in St. Augustine, they have a hollowed out log house some guy built. About ten feet diameter, about 40 feet long, the guy did a superb job, with a bed, fireplace, table, etc., all built into the interior curve of the log, all finished and stained and varnished. I was impressed.

CalamitousCrasher		2012-10-14 08:45:55 PM

Pray 4 Mojo: Am I missing something? I how does a retired, useless jet (sans engines and not in very good shape) cost $100,000?

I would think if you're willing to take one off their hands... handle the legals... AND move it... they'd pretty much give them away.

Unless $100,000 was the "delivered" price.

Article sucks.

I DNRTFA so had no idea that is what he paid. Why wouldn't you just get 2-3 ocean cntrs for far cheaper and then throw the money saved into an actual interior? From the pics, the walls of that thing look like a rat (or rats) have been chewjng on them