Starting Small
Even though Bruce Campbell’s plane-for-a-freight-van home was already underway, he scrapped the idea in favor of living inside a jet plane. He believed that decommissioned planes—which are normally just turned into scrap metal—could serve a higher purpose than they currently do. And size was no issue, since he had 10 acres to play with. The problem, however, was how to get a plane to Oregon, and how to pay for it.
Starting Small
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Purchasing An Airliner
In 1999, Campbell bought a Boeing 727 from Olympic Airways. The airline, located in Athens, sold him the plane for $100,000. The question now was how to get the plane to Oregon.
Purchasing An Airliner
