Aircraft as mobile homes

Sylvain writes:

I thought about something like that: aircraft big enough to carry a
motorbike and be self sufficient; then I ran the numbers:
turns out to be a heck of a lot cheaper to get the smaller aircraft
that fits your travelling needs, and rent a car/bike and a hotel
room at each destination (and you'll be a lot more confortable
overall). Actually, I wonder if the same holds true for the large
RV as well.

If many FBOs offer courtesy cars or you can get rentals at a decent rate, you
wouldn't need a land vehicle.

This all presumes that you'd be _extremely_ fond of flying, enough to want to
fly practically every day. But given that, it seems like it might be
practical. An RV-sized aircraft would probably be a lot more expensive than
an RV new, but an older aircraft refitted to behave like an RV might be more
affordable.

I'd want a decent bathroom and shower and a galley, but I don't know how
practical that would be unless one had a great deal of money and quite a large
aircraft (the BBJ2 would be great for that).

I recall the rich guy in _Contact_ living out of an aircraft (a 727?), but I
can't remember if anyone is doing it for real. Lots of people have offices
aloft, but it isn't normally their primary residence.

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