What is your student dormitory like? Mine is a bland, bottom-Floor apartment with gray walls, a small communal kitchen and obvious lack of sound insulation. For students at a flight school in Alaska, their on-campus housing is about to abound more interesting, when the school prepares to transform an old Boeing 727 into student housing.
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According to to KTUU News in AlaskaRetired Boeing 727 freighter originally donated to the University of Alaska by shipping giant FedEx back in 2013, behind the plane has expired. Once housed at the university’s Aviation Technology Center at Merrill Field, the aircraft was used by students for hands-on training as part of the university’s aircraft maintenance program.
Now the plane has made its first flight on February 14, 1979, will begin the next chapter as a combination of student housing and AirBnB housing at the Fly8MA flight training center in Big Lake, Alaska.
The the first step in the reconstruction of old aircraft will see it move nearly 60 miles from its current home at Merrill Field Airport to Fly8MA’s new base, which is currently under construction. To get there, the plane will have its wings, nose and tail removed before being loaded onto a number of tractors.
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Then, with pilot cars clearing the traffic ahead, the plane will travel at a cautious 10 to 15 mph along Debarr Road, Boniface Parkway and Glenn Highway to reach its new home. The whole journey is predicted to take around six hours, scheduled for the evening of April 5th.
Once the plane reaches its new home, the real transformation will begin. From original design shipped flying share schoolit looks like the left-The side wings will be transformed into a sundeck for visitors, complete with a hot tub. At the back, the tail section will also be transformed into a new seating area.
Inside, the old freighter will be filled with all the goodies you need for a capable student dormitory. accepting future pilots. Fly8MA Flight Training Center also plans to fit a one-bedroom suite into the back of the old plane.
KTUU News reports that Fly8MA flight school hopes to complete the transition by the end of 2024.
