Aircraft as mobile homes

On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:47:10 -0700, C J Campbell
wrote:

On 2007-03-24 13:42:00 -0700, Sylvain said:

Mxsmanic wrote:
Has anyone done this? Is it a practical project, or are there things that
make it impractical or impossible to use an aircraft as a camper or RV?

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.

--Sylvain

I have heard of a Caravan with an interior by Winnebago. Mind, even the
Caravan doesn't really have enough room to stand up comfortably.

I have also seen a couple homebuilt amphibians that were supposed to at
least have sleeping quarters on board, but I can't remember what they
were.


I've seen an old Grumman Goose (or equivalent) that was used by a
couple as a camper/mobole home..they had converted the entire interior
so live in..they'd fly in to some remote lake, beach the plane and set
up housekeeping.

They were looking to sell the plane though as fuel and maintenace
costs were taking most of the fun out of that lifestyle alas.

Long time ago someone else took the fuselage of a DC-3 and converted
it into a road-going camper/mobile home...I've seen film of it driving
the L.A. highways and shots of the interior...sure gets drivers'
attention when *that* nose pokes around a corner at an
intersection..grin.

Jim P.