Showing posts with label Airplane. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Airplane. Show all posts

Friday, 11 December 2015

The man who lives in an Airplane


Bruce Campbell lives in an airplane. Yes, an actual jet. The Portland-based aeronautics enthusiast makes his home in a converted Boeing 727 that was once used as a Greek aircraft until the mid-1960s and now resides in a forest near Portland.

Friday, 16 October 2015

Why Airplane Windows Have that Little Hole in the Bottom


I've always wondered why there is that tiny little hole in the bottom of airplane windows. It turns out it's got a couple of purposes!

Sourced the information from airplane manuals and airmechanic forums. One could make the argument that it's for keeping structural integrity on the outer most pane, but I think the way I described it implies that.