Bruce Campbell

Remember Bruce Campbell? No, not the the actor. The guy who's lived in a refurbished Boeing 727-200 in Hillsboro since 2004.

Well, now the electrical engineer wants to build another plane home, this time in Japan, where he spends half of his year.

Campbell bought his current plane for $100,000 in 1999, and is now looking for a decommissioned Boeing 747-400 to place in the city of Miyazaki, according to an update on his website airplanehomev2.com.

He's hoping to get a hold of the very last Nippon 747-400, and plans to keep the "bird," as he calls it, completely intact, except for the engine removal. Other than that, the aircraft will be functional.

"And only the most minimal alterations will be made to the aircraft in the home transformation process," the website reads. "The idea is to retain the full scintillating aerospace tech core spirit and environment of the bird and allow it to wholly dominate.

He plans to remove most passenger seats to make way for some furnishings. Otherwise, the plane will feel just like an aircraft ready for takeoff.

On his website, Campbell says it's past time to find a good use for retired airplanes.

"...a compelling model for use of these magnificent aerospace castles is long overdue," he wrote. "And I'm fortunate to have a reasonable (though not guaranteed) chance to restore the personal resources required to complete the endeavor. My hope is the project will lead to something of a global human epiphany - a common realization that there are far better and surprisingly straightforward means of utilizing a truly great resource we've been woefully wasting for decades."

-- Anna Marum

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