{"id":1881,"date":"2024-07-21T11:27:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T11:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flyz.co.uk\/?p=1881"},"modified":"2024-07-21T11:27:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T11:27:11","slug":"woman-turns-boeing-plane-into-fully-functional-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flyz.co.uk\/?p=1881","title":{"rendered":"Woman Turns Boeing Plane Into Fully Functional Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jo Ann Ussery\u2019s Unique Living Solution In 1993, Jo Ann Ussery faced the challenge of finding a new home for herself and her children after her house was destroyed in Mississippi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ddnews.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/727-fuselage-converted-3-bedroom-579098950.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7276\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With limited finances, she couldn\u2019t afford a suitable trailer, but her brother-in-law suggested a unique idea \u2013 living in a decommissioned Boeing 727 airplane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ddnews.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0_Jo-Ann-Ussery.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7277\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Transforming the Boeing 727 Ussery purchased the entire plane, including shipping costs, for just $2,000 and spent around $30,000 refurbishing it into her dream home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ddnews.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/0_Woman-Relaxing-in-Her-Aircraft-Home-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7278\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She creatively turned the 138-foot long aircraft into a fully functional living space, complete with three bedrooms, a living area, kitchen, laundry room, and a luxurious master bathroom in the cockpit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ddnews.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/photo-ralf-finn-hestoft-corbis-793743465.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7279\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Lasting Legacy After enjoying her unique home for a few years, Ussery decided to share its splendor with the world by turning it into a museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ddnews.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/NINTCHDBPICT000579098990.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7280\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately, the plane was severely damaged during transportation, but her remarkable transformation remains a testament to creativity and resilience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jo Ann Ussery\u2019s Unique Living Solution In 1993, Jo Ann Ussery faced the challenge of finding a new home for herself and her children after her house was destroyed in&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1882,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":2306,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flyz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flyz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/flyz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1883,"href":"https:\/\/flyz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1881\/revisions\/1883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flyz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flyz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flyz.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}