Airplane house
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An airplane house or aeroplane house is a residential home made from a retired or scrapped aircraft. The houses are usually old airliners that once carried passengers, but have now been sent to a scrap yard because of age or because of cuts in the airline's fleet.[1]
People buy the airplane from the scrap yard and use the frame as a base for a house.[2] These houses typically have the same area as a normal house, but in a different shape. Lighting, heating, air conditioning, and plumbing can be installed once the plane is transported to its final destination from the scrap yard. The plane houses often have the cockpit and back of the plane turned into either a bedroom or bathroom. There is usually a room in the middle which is another bedroom. The remaining area can be turned into a living room and kitchen.[3]
Because airplanes are made to fly at high altitudes, they are well insulated. As a result, the homes constructed from them are energy efficient. These houses also have ample storage area. The cargo hold underneath, normally used to carry customer luggage, is now available to use as an attic-type storage area and the wings can be converted into decks.[3]
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[edit]- ↑ ”Airplane Homes”, Airplane Homes.com, 2003, accessed March 15, 2011.
- ↑ Boeing Aircraft Manufacturing Company ”Boeing History” Archived May 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, 2011, accessed March 15, 2011.
- 1 2 Boeing 727-200 Home Conversion Project ”Airplane Home Project”, 2006, accessed March 15, 2011.