73-year-old pays $370/month to live in a plane he bought for $100,000 from a salvage yard: 'I have no regrets' (via CNBCMakeIt)
In the early '70s, Bruce Campbell paid $25,800 for 10 acres of land in Hillsboro, a suburb of Portland, Oregon.an airplane boneyard on TV when he was 15 years old. He decided heIn 1999, Campbell decided he would follow through but had no idea how to go about it, so he hired a salvage company to find him a plane.
Campbell paid $100,000 for it, and the plane was flown from Greece to Oregon to prepare it for him to take ownership. Once the aircraft was ready, it was towed to Campbell's land through the streets of downtown Hillsboro. That process included removing the engines and other elements that make it so the plane can never fly again. It cost a total of $120,000.
In place of a stove, Campbell has a microwave and a toaster oven, which he barely uses. "I'm a nerd. I don't cook, so it's a minimal kitchen area," he said. Campbell spends most of his time working on restoring old computer systems and giving people a tour of his airplane home.Now, Campbell spends his time restoring old computer systems, fixing different electrical systems on the plane, and letting people come over and tour his aircraft.
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