Man who has been living inside a Boeing 727 for more than 15 years set to acquire another plane house

An Oregon man who has already made a Boeing 727 airplane his home has set out to make a second home in Japan with a decommissioned 747 which can seat up to 660 passengers. Bruce Campbell, who spends half of the year in Japan, said he is looking for a retired 747-400, used by airlines including United, British Airways and Delta, to make a second airplane home in the city of Miyazaki. For more than 15 years, he has been living inside of a retired Boeing 727 in Portland, converted into a home complete with a sleeping area with a cot, a kitchen, a laundry area and a bathroom, a project costing him roughly $220,000.
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In 1999, the former electrical engineer had a vision: to save retired jetliners from becoming scrap metal by reusing them. Campbell was in his early 20s when he paid around $23,000 for the 10 acres on which his 727 rests in the Portland woods. His original plan was to make a home from freight vans, but then he decided a plane would be better. He purchased the 727 for $100,000 after hearing about a Mississippi hairdresser who had done it.

Campbell has since created a website with details on the progress he has made on renovating the plane's cabin, making into a suitable home with the cabin and cockpit providing 1,066 sqft.