The man who lives in a Boeing 727 in Oregon
This aeroplane home takes living to new heights. Boeing 727 is the last thing you’d expect to see nestled in a clearing in a forest in Oregon.
Even moe surprising still, the retired aircraft is home to former electrical engineer Bruce Campbell. Complete with a cockpit, airline seats and flight controls, home conversions don’t get much more extraordinary than this. Let’s lit open the hatch door and discover how this pioneering homeowner took residential architecture to new heights…
In 1999, Bruce sourced the plane from a site close to Hillsboro Airport in Oregon, paying heavy amount for the aircraft, as well as another amount on moving the vehicle and renting a staging site to temporarily house the plane.
Bruce loved the prospect of living mortgage-free, rejecting the idea of taking on debt from a young age. For years, he lived in an inexpensive and humble mobile tiny house, saving money in order to be able to purchase a property outright.
Most aircraft are stripped and shredded when they retire, and it is estimated that three planes are retired and destroyed every single day. Bruce saw this as a huge missed opportunity, so he set about proving that these winged vehicles could be given a second lease of life as residential homes.
As a self-confessed aeronautics enthusiast, Bruce saw the huge potential that a Boeing 727 afforded. He pictured the interior without chairs or people and realised how much room the vehicle offered.
In fact, a 727 cabin and flight deck provides 1,066 square feet of space, while two large cargo holds and equipment bays offer additional storage. For Bruce, turning a retired plane into a home was a no-brainer
For Bruce, living in a 727 has always felt extremely natural, fulfilling every basic need and then some. The structure features an electronics bay, a water tank and climate control ducts, and since the plane is basically a pressure canister, it stays clean, warm and insect-free all year round..
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