Boeing 747
Bruce Campbell divides his year between residing in the Hillsboro woods on his Boeing 727 for six months, and the rest of the year he lives in Japan where he is working towards purchasing some land so that he can create aircraft home number two, on the bigger Boeing 747-400.
Campbell hopes to inspire others to start building their own aircraft homes. He wrote on his website that his aim is to “spark a renaissance of thought about how to utilize this remarkable resource”. For him, upcycling aircraft is full of excitement, being able to transform a discarded plane into a fully functioning home is a thrilling adventure- and he believes others will share this enthusiasm once they visit his airplane for a social event or an open tour for the first time.
Boeing 747
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The brilliant engineer is planning to put his talent to use on his second, and larger, aircraft home at the start of 2018 on the Coast of Kyushu Island in Japan. The choice of location was motivated by the fact that Campbell wants this home to be a sanctuary for him, but also for the local community.
Kyushu is one of those places that gets frequent tsunami threats, and Campbell’s vision is that this jetliner will be converted into a safe space to protect people from such threats. He wants people to understand the benefits and possibilities of converting planes into such safe-havens. Because aircraft are made for high aerospace they have sealed pressure technology, which means they can endure the harshest weather conditions and last for hundreds of years.
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