A man converted a World War II-era navy airplane into a 300-square-foot RV — and it's complete with a vintage pilot intercom system
When Gino Lucci hops in the driver's seat of his RV, it's easy to forget that he's sitting in a camper and not a vintage airplane, he told Insider.
That's because Lucci, a Nashville, Michigan-based air force veteran, drives an RV that he constructed partially from an actual airplane.
Lucci, who owns a company that salvages airplanes, said that in 2019, he bought an old 1943 Douglas DC-3 Transport aircraft and converted it into an RV. The aircraft was commonly used for transportation in World War II, according to Boeing.
Lucci gave Insider a look at how he repurposed the plane and other aircraft and vehicle parts to make a 300-square-foot, legally certified motor home, which he uses to travel across the country with his family.
Gino Lucci purchased the airplane for "the cost of a used car." Round Engine Aero
Lucci told Insider that he wanted to turn a plane into an RV since he was a little kid. As a 12-year-old, he watched a TV show where a man strapped an airplane body to a school bus frame, he said.
