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" This might be the ultimate upcycling project: Engineer Bruce Campbell bought a retired Boeing 727 aircraft for $220,000, and turned it into his home.  Parked on 10 wooded acres in a suburban area outside of Portland, the commercial airliner has its own driveway and is equipped with electricity, water, and sewage. But although the 67-year-old has been living in it for years, the plane is still a work in progress: only one of the bathrooms is fully functional and the kitchen consists only of a few hastily thrown together appliances. Bruce is also working on restoring some of the jet&amp;#039;s original interior elements, including the seating and the lights.  Photos: John Brecher According to a Reuters article, Bruce is part of a small group of people around the world who have transformed retired aircrafts into living spaces or other creative projects. &amp;quot;[The Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association] is happy to see aircraft fuselages re-purposed in a range of creative ways,&amp;quot; AFRA spokesman Martin Todd told Reuters. &amp;quot;We would want them to be recovered and be re-used in an environmentally sustainable fashion.&amp;quot;   You can read more about Bruce&amp;#039;s project on his site AirplaneHome.com. Images: Courtesy of John Brecher; AirplaneHome.com Source: AirplaneHome.com (h/t: BoredPanda; Reuters) Originally published at Country Living. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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