I Bought a Retired AIRLINER!

This old Douglas DC-6 is getting a new life! Check out our plans for N888DG in the video!
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[michaelhandley]

Add solar panels to the top of the fuselage, and maybe a windmill on the tail. Turn the wing area into a sort of garden and maybe the other wing into a deck or shower area

[scottiesnipes]

My concept was to seek to acquire land adjacent to pinal airpark in AZ. then aircraft could be towed to adjacent land and have some valuable components, like landing gear, removed. I even visited the boneyard with my girlfriend, got a tour, went inside a boneyard 767. The guys showing us around were incredibly friendly and encouraging. I would love to build a community of people who are interested in such a project, theres well over 100 airliners at pinal at various stages of decommissioning. Doing such a project at scale could be alot more cost effective per home...a village of dozens of airliners would be unprecedented but actually seems like somewhat of a possible reality

[SRT_Pilot]

Good job Jon!
You should make more videos like this. I'm pretty sure if you post regularly it will bring more people to watch and more budget to work with. You are a great storyteller, very natural with amazing sense of humor.

[Fraiyia]

I wanted to also add that the power inverter system in a class A RV will work quite well in your aircraft body, it is designed to handle high current loads. What is good about your class A Rv is that you have multiple redundant systems, power inverter battery system, onan generator and 50 amp plug in . Now even better is the black and grey tanks since with those, your housing could be moved easily to new location . Moreover the water tank, stove and fridge all use redundant power systems. I happen to be an electronics engineer let me know if you need other ideas . You could get a lot of cheap parts and pieces from scrapped RVs . Most class A RVs have a full sized shower, sink and toilet . You can get old Class A rvs for cheap $$$ and the advantage of that is you can design this aircraft housing for students to be moveable. Even better is that there are class A rvs with bunk beds and washer dryer -think about that . Myself, I would do a 5th wheel hitch set up and make it into an RV . Hope this helps . A little engineering .

[scottiesnipes]

WOW. It's been my dream to convert an airliner to a home. this is so inspiring

[chrisoconnell]

Very cool Jon ! I can't wait to head on up there and check it all out !! :)

[rickh]

Very cool project! I remember that airplane from when I used to fly out of FAI in the early 80’s.

[kidnurse]

How fantastic! To maximize space, you could do a side aisle, similar to a train sleeper berth. Narrow tongue and groove used horizontally on the walls would maintain full use of width. Can't wait to see this finished, it's going to look amazing. Cabins look awesome, btw!

[atatexan]

Check out some of the bus conversion people generally known as “Van Life”. The concept is very similar to what you are trying to do.

[Levikj]

I was working the day they hauled the plane away, it was really impressive seeing it being disassembled and hauled away

[redprankster]

Little dogs are better than big dogs the little dogs are so brave and will wake u up all the time

[casandraoconnor]

Retired aircraft are located in kingman Arizona. Some are actually still functional as they are usually when airlines retire aircraft that’s where they end up. If you are starting a airline then you should ask the staff in kingman Arizona cause they would have that aircraft type available for purchase once they are retired but still ask the airline or regional airline if you can buy it from them.

[nkleinhans]

Suggestion: Keep wing engines etc with one side sticking out from trees as close to forest as possible, maybe deck with bar on that side away from forest. Stick other side into forest and build out into it it with elevated cabins leaving the interior of plane into forest with great views of it, keep interior of plane for historic/communal/social use use... Get some other plane to be center piece of social areas between cabins and DC-6 poking out of forest... social/bbq around it...

[thecompany]

go for it!
ultralight house "",
treasure hidden at that work time, got my approval:)

[johnfitzpatrick]

G, day from Sydney Australia.
Thanks for keeping me posted about this chapter in your life.
* Thankfully your arm wasn't full thickness burn- burns straight in cold water, that's for sure.
* When concreting a large area why span it "all the way" put in temporary formwork fill with concrete, then pull it out: considering expansion joint and fill next section.
* Fuselage DC-6 main circuit breaker board and plumbing valves in convenient locations (freezing water pipes) Fill with polystyrene foam insulation and line with plywood (grey recess line between sheets) and laminate sheeting in all wet areas. No tiles on curved surfaces.
🌏🛩️ "You are one unit"

[flysport_tedder]

0:00 look at that bob and doug hat!
11:20 look at that big yellow beast. that's a big boy.
13:00 omgg :/ rough burn.
14:25 "don't let a CFI design plumbing systems". were you able to extract the PEX or is it just buried and abandoned?
17:40 do you wish you'd built the cabins in place?
21:00 did you test the radiant tubing before the concrete? 😆
22:20 whoa, DC3.
26:00 learnings of grey, brown, and black. I like it.

[cpy]

So, shoot first and ask questions later eh? Might end up being an incredible project, can't wait to see it.

[TKBTKB]

how about making the plane cockpit into a flight simulator?

[mattsqwrl]

Narrowboat layouts might give you some inspiration, pretty similar dimensions!

[pappybo]

Absolutely beautiful. I really wish I could cruise on up there and donate a few thousand hours to your dream. For just a CFI it looks like damn good job to me. Keep up the good work