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I built a model plane to be my HOME - now I can live in the sky

02 July 2023 , 13:57
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I built a model plane to be my HOME - now I can live in the sky
I built a model plane to be my HOME - now I can live in the sky

A CAMBODIAN man has made his lifelong dream of flying a reality after building a custom home 20feet off the ground in the shape of an aeroplane.

And Chrach Pov, 43, has even bigger plans for the impressive two bedroom and two bathroom home.

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Pov has had a lifelong dream of flying - so he built himself a plane to live inCredit: Reuters
Pov built the plane home after saving up for 30 years
Pov built the plane home after saving up for 30 yearsCredit: Reuters

The determined flight fanatic reckons he's spent about £15,000 so far after saving up for 30 years for the project.

The concrete construction boasts mock engines, wings and a tail plane, and has created a stir in the district of Siem Reap province where he lives.

Pov said: "I am so excited that I can fulfil my dream now even though it is not yet 100 percent done."

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The construction worker plans to build a coffee shop next to his home for visitors and still hopes to be able to fly on a real plane - though there's an odd reason why he hasn't.

Pov admitted he's nervous about actually flying - so the home will do for now.

He said: "I feel so happy to live inside the aeroplane house because it looks like a real one when I walk in."

Fittingly, his home is under the fly path for his local airport - meaning Pov can watch the real planes while in his own aeroplane.

Another woman has told how she turned a Boeing 727 she bought for just £1,500 into her dream home.

Jo Ann spent six months renovating the 12-foot wide cabin - and even found a genius way to transform the cockpit.

The beautician decided to start on the project after her own home was destroyed in a house fire.

She started working on the aircraft after her brother-in-law, air traffic controller Bob Farrow, suggested the idea.

The woman bought an old Boeing 727 that was destined for the dump for $2,000 in 1994.

The plane which ran from May 11, 1968 until September 20, 1993, was shipped to a plot of land in Benoit, Mississippi.

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The house - nicknamed "Little Trump" after Donald Trump's $16-million corporate jet - has three bedrooms, a living room, a full kitchen, a laundry room, and a master bathroom inside, according to Airport Journals.

Some of the plane's features were kept the same- such as one of the bathrooms that was kept as a toilet and overhead luggage compartments that were used as storage space.

Other features were added, including a hot tub and a bath in the cockpit

The home even has fake engines on the side
The home even has fake engines on the sideCredit: Reuters
The front room has windows similar to that of a cockpit
The front room has windows similar to that of a cockpitCredit: Reuters
Unlike a real plane, the windows can swing open, letting in fresh air
Unlike a real plane, the windows can swing open, letting in fresh airCredit: Reuters
Pov has worked incredibly hard to save up for his dream home
Pov has worked incredibly hard to save up for his dream homeCredit: Reuters
He plans to live inside with his family, and open a coffee shop nearby
He plans to live inside with his family, and open a coffee shop nearbyCredit: Reuters

Sarah Hooper

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