Woman to build house out of 747

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4926216.stm ^ | April 20, 2006

[ConservativeStatement]

A California woman is going ahead with the construction of a house made of elements from a 747 Jumbo jet.

Francie Rehwald wanted her house to look "feminine", have curves and be eco-friendly. Her architect's answer was: "Let's use a 747!"

The wing of the Boeing jet will be used for the roof, its nose as a meditation temple while its trademark "bulge" will serve as a loft.

[ConservativeStatement]

Calling Howard Roark

[dinoparty]

"trademark bulge"

I couldn't get past that phrase.

[doug from upland]

I wonder if you could use a condemned house to make an airplane. Maybe Souter's farmhouse.

[Armedanddangerous]

Bet her neighbors will love an airplane in the hood.

[hsalaw]

Her architect's answer was: "Let's use a 747!"

Hell, yes. That would have been my first thought, too. I'm always looking for ways to convert old airplanes into other useful objects.

[Yo-Yo]

Ms Rehwald has to obtain various permits to go ahead with construction.

In particular, she has been asked by the civil aviation authorities to mark the elements of the plane visible from the sky to show that they are not part of a crashed aircraft.

[Battle Hymn of the Republic]

http://www.airplanehome.com/

i imagine some planning departments would freak out when you walk in with your house plans...

[eh_blinkin]

"Francie Rehwald wanted her house to look 'feminine'"

I always thought that airplanes were a phallic symbol.

[Denver Ditdat]

My favorite recycled fuselage:

[KOZ.]

did you say abe lincoln?

[ClearBlueSky]

I LIKE it! Wow! Glass and chrome furniture inside, bright colors, modern art-my dream house! Let's hope she doesn't go for an exterior like that then fill it with pink and ruffles!

Couldn't build that here in the N.O. area, tho-might become airborne in a storm. :-(

[Yo-Yo]

I'm always looking for ways to convert old airplanes into other useful objects.

The Discovery Channel had a program called WingNuts that did exactly that. The show was cancelled, but MotoArt still exists.

[mtbopfuyn]

Another case of more money than sense.

[Hildy]

My cousin built her home out of wine vats.

[metesky]

I have a meditation temple in my home...

Mine even has a bookshelf.

[stylecouncilor]

ping

[hsalaw]

That's very cool. Thanks for the link.

[onyx]

Which cousin?

[Muleteam1]

Sounds like the latest episode of Junkyard Wars. No doubt it would be an interesting show, one group to build a house out of an airplane and the other group to build their's out of an old shoe. That would be the Mother Goose group.

[knittnmom]

Maybe if you did it right, you could keep it flyable, and just fly out when storms threaten! :-)