Comments on: Retired 747 Airplane Transformed Into Striking Malibu Home

By: shellysamantha

shellysamantha — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:12:55 +0000

I worked as a flight attendant on this Tower Air 747 N611FF from 1986-1990 from JFK in New York to Europe and beyond. It is so wonderful to see my home-away-from home being used…well as a home, instead of a corpse lying in the desert. I am excited to see what this house looks like when it’s done.

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By: frankc

frankc — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:58:22 +0000

Do I have my head on straight here? The main structure of the roof is a wing. Wings are designed to provide lift when airflow passes over them. I don\’t know how this was constructed or if the wing is inverted or what, but it seems to me any type of wind flowing over that roof is either going to create lift or a downward \”stall\” creating huge forces on the structure. Any comments?

By: gnomeslayer78

gnomeslayer78 — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:25:17 +0000

Nice looking house and great way to recyle, but i just was wondering what would happen if there is a strong head wind on one of those wing roofs. Not sure how strong the winds are where this house is or if the wings can generate that much lift from wind, but if it does i wouldnt want to be in that house.

(May want to redesign roofs)

By: davidwayneosedach

davidwayneosedach — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:48:12 +0000

Talk about a unique residence that was built to last! I want one too!

By: QDP

QDP — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:05:25 +0000

I love the concept and execution, DH, a truly great job, but it makes me wonder, about the First Law of Thermodynamics: (Conservation of Energy) i.e. if all the energy, your considerable creative talents, vision, proposal, and then actual realization of dis-assembly, loading, transport, erection, adaptation, design, definition, structural conditions, finish modifications, permits and the final re- assembly REALLY make this house something that is effective and efficient for habitation?
Aluminum conducts temperature very well, planar shapes meant for flying have certain “lift” configurations on a mountain top, obtuse angles, adapting to compound curvilinear surfaces, etc.
If waterproofing is an art with huge challenges, here, you have tasks at hand-
….and all this WORK results in:

Yes, something interesting and odd, but:

Would you do it again? There, I already know your answer.

By: Retired 747 Airplane Transformed Into Striking Malibu Home | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:37:52 +0000

[...] of it are pretty hard to find! That’s why we were stoked when we saw this awesome “Wing House” right in the hills of Malibu. Check out all the details of how this retired 747 was [...]