A woman, devastated by the fire that destroyed her home, got back up and remodeled an old Boeing 727 to live in.
The ancient passenger plane was headed to the scrapyard when Jo Ann Ussery purchased it and moved it to a piece of property she already owned.
Making the plane habitable took her six months, and she did the majority of the work herself, saving less than $30,000.
She eventually had a completely functional house with two bathrooms, three bedrooms, and even a hot tub in place of the cockpit.
The Benoit, Mississippi beautician took on the endeavor after her brother-in-law, an air traffic controller, made a casual remark.
From 1995 to 1999, she resided in the plane before it was tragically destroyed when it fell off the back of a truck during the process of moving it to a new place where it would have been on display for the public.
Other aviation enthusiasts were inspired by Ms. Ussery’s restoration of the aircraft.
Bruce Campbell, an electrical engineer in the late 1990s, was in amazement when he read her account.
“I was driving home and listening to [the radio], and they had Jo Ann’s story, and it was amazing I didn’t drive off the road because my focus turned entirely to it,” he mentioned, recalling the incident. And I began making phone calls the following morning.
For for over 20 years, Mr. Campbell has been residing in Hillsboro, Oregon, in his own Boeing 727.
