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  • (atmospheric music)

  • - Jetliners are basically flying homes.

  • It's a sealed pressure canister.

  • It's incredibly strong.

  • It will last practically forever.

  • I'm Bruce Campbell, and you're inside

  • the cockpit area of my 727 home.

  • I can appreciate that some folks might feel

  • a bit isolated or that it might simply strike them

  • as an unusual living environment.

  • But for me, it's always felt completely natural.

  • (playful music)

  • The entry is via the aft airstairs,

  • which are retractable and are retracted

  • whenever I leave for an extended time.

  • The aft area of the aircraft now is my living space.

  • My very primitive shower is located there.

  • The two natural aft lavatories are both functional.

  • Sleeping quarters are there, in the form

  • of a simple futon sofa.

  • And a bench, where I spend lots of time embellishing

  • elements of the aircraft.

  • Jetliners retire at the rate of about three per day.

  • For the most part, I think we shred them.

  • And then we spin around 180 degrees

  • and make a home, after having just shredded

  • an aerospace class home sized structure.

  • If you were an extraterrestrial looking down

  • on this behavior, you'd wonder whether this species

  • has all its marbles in place or not.

  • (evocative classical music)

  • People have asked me whether it crashed here,

  • and I simply restored the wreck.

  • That's an odd thing to hear.

  • It's completely impractical.

  • Next time you're in a jetliner,

  • close your eyes for a moment, in your mind,

  • remove all the seats and all the other people

  • and then open your eyes with that vision

  • and consider the expanse of the living room.

  • It's a good environment, it really is.

  • (birds chirping)

(atmospheric music)

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