Second lives for aircraft

"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove) 02/09/2019 at 11:36 • Filed to: planelopnik or homelopnik?

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I watched a show last night with my daughter about owners of  unusual homes around the world. One of them was this man, Bruce Campbell, who lives in an old 727 he bought and put on a lot.

It got me to googling. There are plenty of other unorthodox uses to which people put retired planes. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! to a few, including Campbell’s plane . Pretty cool.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Chariotoflove 02/09/2019 at 11:44

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lol oh man... bruce campbell living in a boeing

yeah.... that suits him lol.. strange man

i should go watch ash vs evil dead now... i never got around to season 2

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Chariotoflove 02/09/2019 at 11:49

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Ha we watched that last night as well.

arl > Chariotoflove 02/09/2019 at 12:03

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That stack of debris holding up the front end look a little dicey. At least its a short drop if it collapses.

Mercedes Streeter > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 02/09/2019 at 12:08

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But not that Bruce Campbell! lol Boeing guy is a different guy with the same name.

vondon302 > Chariotoflove 02/09/2019 at 12:08

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One more coming soon.

http://amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2019/02/06/boeing-747-hotel-amsterdam

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Mercedes Streeter 02/09/2019 at 12:10

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lol... i was thinking that guy in bruces plane looked nothing like bruce

figured it was a hitchiker

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Chariotoflove 02/09/2019 at 13:12

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There’s a chunk of a 747 in CA and they used a wing as an awning. The problem is moving them to the location otherwise it’s pretty cheap to get an old fuselage. I have heard there is a tax dodge for having something on wheels, like train cars sitting on t racks on a lot. 

BobintheMtns > arl 02/09/2019 at 14:57

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Right? I thought the same thing!

“Well, we’ve done all this work to get it here, cut off wings, transported this thing across highways, built in an interior, now what should we use to level it?

“ Ehhh... just stack up some of those old pallets”

Chariotoflove > Mercedes Streeter 02/09/2019 at 16:56

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Yeah, first heard that and was disappointed a second later. 

Chariotoflove > arl 02/09/2019 at 16:57

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Looks sketchy doesn’t it?  But it’s apparently held for years. 

Chariotoflove > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/09/2019 at 16:59

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The show said it cost Campbell $100k to buy and that much and more to transport to his lot. 

Chariotoflove > vondon302 02/09/2019 at 17:00

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Neat. We’ll probably see more and more as the 747s get retired. 

Chariotoflove > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/09/2019 at 17:00

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That’s either cool or concerning. Perhaps both. 

vondon302 > Chariotoflove 02/09/2019 at 17:04

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Yeah that’s what I was thinking. They must almost give them away after you figure out how much it costs to move one.

Chariotoflove > vondon302 02/09/2019 at 17:07

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I wonder what money they can squeeze out of salvage and recycle and whether it’s even profitable if they have  to do so.