Well, they broke ground on my hangar, esciting stuff. I have been working on the interior design and have been trying to figure out a bed situation for the apartment as there are no walls at all, nyc loft style.

Anyways, i came up with the idea of a sleeper plane parked in the hangar, air conditioned of course.

Plan 1: a huey fuselage? Sitting on the ground, nice flat floor.

Plan 2: a xyz 60s bizjet fuselage lofted above with a spiral staircase. Possible the fuselage running from inside the hangar to inside the living space, elevated. A lear 23 is narrow but would be nice.

Plan 3, youre nuts just install a loft or murphy/wall bed...ditch the plane idea.

Now, the plan for this is not uncle earls cobbled together bunkhouse, this has to be professionally done. Goal is to make DWELL magazine with this thing!

Granted this is a nice first world problem to have, any ideas?

Mike

There are a couple of FedEx pilots outside of Memphis that have a Beech 18 fuselage as a bunkhouse for guests. Of course they call it the "Beech house". Sorry, I don't have any pictures.

I like the idea, so long as it does not take up any floor space. Suspend it from the ceiling and have a moveable stair for access.

Huey Fuse with built in flight sim / theater sounds good.

I'm cursed with lack of dwelling imagination.....therefore ...

Gulfstream, cabin size of an old G1 turbo prop is same as the G2 or G3. Most of those are in salvage yards now. An ealy challenger would be a bit wider.

Time to call the boneyard to see what's available. Let us know what you find. Cool project.

That's it, it can't take up floor space. I would imagine a G-1 would be awesome. a "master" bed and a couple of extra berths.

I imagine once stripped of parts, these things would sell for the spot price of aluminum?

Something like this!

I'll come visit!

Where is this going to be? I want to come visit too!

Consider the front fuselage section of a 747. Then you can have a 2 level loft area.

Let's not get too crazy, I don't want to share my hangar sleeper with too many folks as someone might snore. I have a buddy with some Eclipse Jet fuselages, I doubt he will let one go but that might be just perfect for sleeping 4 people in snug comfort.

This is getting built at Grassroots Airpark in central Florida.

They just starting putting up blocks today. It's going to be a lot of fun indeed.

Mike

I don't want to stay there just check it out!

Haha...all are welcome to visit and stay!

There is a stripped out Eclipse sitting on the ramp here at Double Eagle. Im told it is one of the first ones built and was used for testing/certification. You could probably buy it for a ham sandwich. If you are interested PM me and I'll see what I can find out.