Deep in the woods and rolling hills outside Portland, Oregon, where orchards dot the landscape, a Boeing 727 sits at the top of a steep dirt driveway encircled by towering pines. For Bruce Campbell, it is home.

Complete with wings and landing gear, which rests on pillars, it is where Campbell spends six months each year.

In 1999, the former electrical engineer had a vision: To save retired jetliners from the scrapheap and give them a new life.