The idea of living inside of an old jetliner was nowhere near on my radar when it came to putting a home on my property.
And it’s also sort of ironic that I now live in an old plane.
I hated getting on planes. It wasn’t due to actual flying as much as it was the heating and cooling during air travel. When you’re packed in on a long flight and the HVAC isn’t right, it’s just no good. I used to fly quite often for business travel. Thankfully, instead of hating air travel, I love living inside an old jet. I have lived inside apartments for a long time because I’ve always lived and worked in the city. While my apartment was okay, I longed for homeownership and having my own HVAC equipment. So I bought a piece of property about 90 minutes out of the city that’s in the woods and just beautiful. When I was figuring out what sort of structure to put on it, I was invited to consider using the fuselage of the plane as living quarters. I did it and I love it. The HVAC professionals were able to install a pair of ductless heat pumps for quality heating and air. And I did a lot of the work myself. Now, I have 1,400 square feet of home at a third of the cost of building a similar space with central air conditioning. I wouldn’t have believed it had I not done it myself. So now, I’m finally getting the quality heating and air that I want on my airplane.