Living in an Airplane 

Hey everyone, thanks for watching my airplane in the woods video. Let me know what you think !

I was a teen when i got to help recieve and defuel this aircraft on the ramp in Hillsboro... I still remember the super low flyby the crew did prior to landing. Bunch of us at the FBO ran out wave our arms thinking he forgot to drop the gear... next thing we know the JT8s are screaming and the plane roared away from us... A short time later the crew lands perfectly... both mains softly touch the ground at the same time, then some aero braking before laying on the reverse thrust. I have some VHS of it somewhere. Its good to see Bruce is alive and well... I haven't been the best in keeping contact with him.

18 years: I was expecting a shit ton more than seeing all the seats stacked to one side.

The location could make a nice horror movie!

Hundred bucks says he spends most of his time sitting in the cockpit and pretending to be a pilot.

I was disappointed by the way it looked on the inside

As long as the guy is happy! Nice vid, too!

OMG...I find the idea of living in an airplane very creepy. Same as with boats. I think because the plane is out of context and sunk down in the woods and is 49 years old, it's just creepy.

I wonder if in hindsight, he feels like this was a bad idea. That extra $100k to have the plane moved, may have extended him more financially than he expected, because I see no furnishings, only makeshift conveniences.

Doesn't look very homely having lived there for 17 years. looks more like he moved in a couple months ago

"Imagine living in here" errrr No thanks.

When you have all that money to waste on something so trivial, but you don't spend the money to fix up the inside or even a decent shower!?!?

Not only an impressive home, but the property it’s on looks very beautiful, and anyone would be fortunate to have it. An interesting side-note is that from living in it, Bruce has probably spent more time in the 727 than anyone, be they pilot, passenger, mechanic or engineer.

WOW! What an incredible video! I'm 56, and my father used to take us to his native Greece via the now defunkt Olympic Airways back in the late 60's and 70's, but on 707's and 747's. We flew out of JFK in NYC to Athens and back. It's mind blowing to think how Bruce got such a large jetliner to sit in woods in Oregon! It must have been no small feat!

The inside of the plane looks like an episode of hoarders. Too bad. I was hoping after spending all that money he'd of at least pimp it out inside.

$220k for that? Could have built a bad ass log cabin.

Meanwhile In 1999: A: "I have 220k & homeless" B: "what kind house do you want ? A: " i like plane" B: "Say no more"

That's just a damn mess....so much more could have been done.

I think this is pretty cool. He didn’t turn an airplane into a house, he’s living in an airplane. Good for him

It doesn't look too comfortable but it's cool as hell, and hey it's what the man wanted so best of luck to him.

Great video. It's a cool concept, but I think in 17 years I would have done more with the inside. No way could I live comforatably inside that plane how it's currently furnished. I didn't even see a bed. To each their own I guess.

Am I the only person that thought this home was awesome?? Imagine waking up in the morning and going out for a cup of tea on the wing!!

Beautiful just having all those trees around.

I just started following you and love going on all your adventures! It truly is like being there with you. Thanks for sharing this. You have no idea how awesome it is to visit the country with you.

Unbelievable. Such a shame he didn't do more with it though. So much potential overlooked for such a long period of time.

6:47 "The coolest HOUSE I've ever seen in my life..." This is not a house, really. This is a guy that pulled out just enough of the seats and other equipment to shove in a few things like a bed, sink, half-baked shower, etc. His mounting of the plane is semi-permanent, but sketchy. It is creative to live in a plane, but let's be real. He's living in a plane. He didn't do much to make it a HOUSE, although it may be his home. He could have incorporated elements of the interior and technology into an ass-kicking house. Instead, he ripped out some junk and moved his stuff into it. It looks almost like just camping in the shell. There are other airplane homes out there that have been customized to make them much more like living in a home rather than camping in a shell. He could have used seats for sofas by welding them together and re-mounting them into a nice configuration in a living room-ish area. He could have used those same seats as individual chairs around a dining table made from some other parts of the plane, etc. I can see where a lot of the tech would still serve a function in places, like the lighting, AC, etc. once converted over to alternately generated power. However, he could have ripped out a lot of that stuff and recycled or re-purposed it rather than living among the detritus left from the old plane. There's nothing cozy, or even minimalist about it. It is more like squatting, even though he paid a fortune for it and went to all of the trouble to drag it piece by piece into the woods! So that's a "like" for thinking a LITTLE outside of the box, but a big "head scratch" for why you'd go to all of that expense and trouble and have it still look like this 17 years later!

I doubtless would not enjoy living in something like this, but I have mad respect for this dude actually going out and living his dream. That's an immense accomplishment, and this is a REALLY cool home.

911 operator: So, how did you injure yourself? Victim: I fell out of an airplane!

Was expecting more from the inside over 200k for the plane and to get it moved then builds a homemade shower?

This house is amazing. Thanks for the tour. Well done. Enjoyed it.

I lived in Greece for 16 years , never thought one of the Olympic Airways airplane would end up in deep American forest as a freaking house ! It's the coolest thing ever !

I’ve lived about half of my long life in and around Portland, have been to Hillsboro but never knew this was here. It’s so awesome. My son and his wife live near there so I’ll let them know to check it out. Thank you for sharing another wonderful video!

a huge waste of $200K+ in my opinion

That's amazing, this is one of your best edited videos. It's really cool of him to let you in and record.

200,000 USD and its sitting on $35 bucks worth of wood pallets. I was even more disappointed with the interior.

Another fantastic Mobile Instinct video! His stuff is never disappointing clickbait garbage- rather, you can count on them being fun and informative every time. This one was especially good- it's an airplane in the woods for heck's sake!

Seems like a huge amount of effort not to pimp the inside out at all

hate to say it but it doesnt look like hes actually living there

When you asked "have you ever walked on the wing of a Jet before?" Yes I have. I used to work for McDonnell Douglas (until 1998) And helped build the DC-10, MD-11 and C-17. I was a "Tank Rat" which meant I worked on the fuel tank which is basically the wings. That Green Zinc Chromate paint brings back memories. Nice video man. Very cool stuff.

This was one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. I’m from lake Oswego, Oregon and this thing isn’t too far away. I’ve been, and it’s truly amazing. So cool.

Its a little plain inside..

The background music was irritating.

I can appreciate somebody that keeps himself amused!

Thank you for the valuable footage! I was even more surprised that the inside of the plane was cleaner than I expected 🤣

While the world works, I’ve been laying in bed all day watching RU-vid.

@Mobile Instinct Did you take the time to listen to the music you added ? Is in on purpose or do you really like it ?-))

I had many flights on Olympic's 727s when they were still operating, so the chances are good that I also flew on Bruce's aircraft. A very unique home, although it doesn't look overly comfortable. Great video, Chris. Thanks for sharing.

Chris, this one is truly amazing. Thanks for bringing it to everone's attention!

I saw another RU-vid video where two guys went inside the same plane! This guy is really cool, to let people drop by and film inside. Great Drone shots! (I'm assuming you used a drone)

I think it's a cool concept. This one looks like a piece of junk. The only "living" facilities shown were a sink and a washing machine. Are there bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom, living room?

So I read an article about this guy because I wondered if it would be possible to repurpose an old space shuttle and turn it into a home. They are massive and made it withstand the worst elements possible. I thought it would be the coolest thing to live in one. So an internet search showed me this guy and I think his home is brilliant! Thank you for making a video about him.

I have enjoyed your program and the fact that you were quiet Lee talking and not a whole lot of talking just looking around well done. Thanks

Great recording but the interior of this plane sucks

Be great to fit it onto some sort of hydrolic system to raise it up above the trees, a couple of heavy duty cherry pickers or something and then convert it into rooms and rent them out or turn it into an unusual restaurant.

Wow its so unique! Amazing home and amazing place! Very creative. Thank you for sharing this.

Wtf? I was expecting something awesome and all I see is a rundown place that looks like a homeless person stumbled upon it.

Weird! My son lives outside Portland and has always says "Oregon is Weird" This kind of confirms it.

I think I would prefer a lovely log cabin in that location......but to each their own, the plane is impressive!

I was expecting at least part of the plane to have an actual interior of a home & on the wing a patio to drink a beer bbq to enjoy the sounds of the forest.

The lights on the inside really made it look sweet. Good job on the inside

I really like this video!!!! Thumbs Up!!!!

This is an absolute first for me!! Never heard of this. You really knocked this one out of the ballpark by actually taking us through all the different areas. That was quite incredible. Thanks.

I've been inside this plane. It's completely gutted on the inside. He has everything you'd see in a home like bed, couch and desk with washer and dryer. It has glass floor which you can see below into the low deck. Cockpit still has all dials and such. Very nice place to visit. You can also climb and walk on the right wing.

This looks so cool. I know people are complaining about the interior, but honestly i just find it so cool that he even lives in one. Imagine if he changed all the overhead lights into color changing LEDs. That would be so cool.

Honestly thought it was gonna be way cooler than that

I just subscribed! What an incredible video! As an aviation lover, I could not imagine have one remodeled as my home. I love how well you edited and commentated on this video! Keep up the great work!

There are a couple of videos about this airplane on youtube, your's is the best one.

""Have you ever walked on a wing before?" As a matter of fact....lol... my husband is a senior engineer in stress liaison and crawls IN them all the time! I MUST show this video to him - he's often talked about going to see this, especially since we aren't that far away. I admire you for climbing all over .....I HATE heights. Great video.

The music makes this hard to watch when someone is speaking at times. Great video....very odd home

Previously, on Lost...

you have some of the coolest location videos!

Wow....awesome idea...in an aeroplane AND IN the Woods.❤❤

I had heard of this several years ago. Two things: I would have thought the owner would have tricked-out the interior more, made it more like a real home, but it’s nice that he had the respect to leave a lot of the original electronics in-place. If it’s still in there, the auto-pilot circuitry was designed by my late uncle! 🙂 Worked as an electrical engineer at Sperry (Boeing subcontracted the auto-pilot out to them). I am old enough that I’ve actually flown in a 727 - great aircraft, very powerful and stable in flight! (Although obviously this one has touched-down for the last time)

How in the hell do you only have 4300 subs? Your videos are amazing, dude. Amazing travel content, great editing. I'm hooked and subbed! :-)

Fun fact: most of the wiring in commercial aircraft, particularly in the cockpit, is gold.

What a really cool and nice guy to allow visitors into his home :) Although I don't think it's a one-of-a-kind. If memory serves me correct, I saw another clip that mentioned a similar home/plane somewhere in South America. There were a lot more renovations though to the point where it actually looked like an actual person's home inside.

Another gem of a video.

Good video man....but I think the plane/house idea is crap. Lol! Not very homey looking. The work that some people put into shipping containers, is far more impressive.

I just recently found your videos. These are really cool.

Brilliant! A ton of storage. A ton of space. It has some seriously cool possibilities.

Initially, thought, this is impressive and but quickly deflated. What a waste of an incredible opportunity. Nothing has been done to it. I would have gutted this 17 year ago. A complete waste of 1100 square feet livable space.

You should've just showed the outside. Biggest letdown ever.

The Foo Fighters would approve! I'd make the isle a bowling alley!

That is so cool! I think that's really awesome of him to be so willing to show people his house and let strangers climb all on his home if they email him. Sounds like a fun guy.. And as for all the haters taking trash about what he got for his $210k, he got what he wanted: he doesn't WANT a container house or a $210k 3br/1.5ba suburbs house.. He wants to live in an airplane! And when you think about it, to get a 737 around the world and converted into a home in the Oregon woods, $210k to do all that is a bargain!

$200,000+ For a half stripped out hoarder looking scrap airplane?

220.000, inside look like hobo living. Nice

I really enjoy your videos. Thanks for the great content!

Fascinating! We all have different dreams, and kudos to Mr. Campbell for following his.

I'm not going to criticize this guy for what he has or hasn't done over the course of time living there but I gotta say it looks like it be very cold during winter. I'm curious as to how things are kept warm during cold months and how he has water plumbed in as well as sewerage (if any) And electricity.I would imagine he could make great space if he got rid of those chairs. People would pay big money for those in certain places like restaraunts with movie theatres inside them as well as people with man caves and gaming rooms.

It’d be neat to live in a plane (for a year) in the woods but not that plane. Hard to believe he paid that much and the interior is in that condition.

If that was my plane i would of had one of the wings turned into a skate/bike ramp the other wing swings and stuff for my children the tail would be the roof top chill spot man there are so many things you could do with this yet 20 years later still chairs stacked to the side of the plane!!! love it but gutted

Dude that is an abandoned Lockheed L-1011 Tri-star. It is a Legendary plane that can fly itself across the Atlantic be proud that you got to go in it.

I've always wanted to live in a plane down by the river.

I have a relative that lives on a plane. Well, she's a flight attendant actually.

That particular plane has an interesting story. Aristotle Onassis founded Olympic Airways and when he passed away in 1975 that same plane was used to transport his body back to Greece. Jackie O was aboard the plane during that flight.

(smiling) Who would have guessed an airplane house in the woods, another great video, thank you. One thing I sooooo appreciate is you move the camera slowly so we can captures (see) the details. Others who do videos move the camera so fast we can't see any details, much less the larger subjects and get dizzy in the first minute. This comment was edited to add this info, since I just got dizzy on another persons video and thought it important to speak of my appreciation for your videos.

Clearly this guy is single lol after 17 years you’d think this thing would look like a home. Not a bunch of airplane parts stacked all over on the inside lol

He spent $225,000 and the inside looks like a junk pile? Nice. ...not

Ultimate man cave for him. I can't believe he lets people look around. I hope he is happy. Cheaper than some cars, at least he's not belting out pollution every day with it.

I saw this guys story somewhere else...Very cool you got to go there! I love to hear how people execute their dreams...