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| Steve Everson, 42, who works as a broadcast engineer, said: 'Everyone thinks we're a bit eccentric, but you have to do what makes you happy' |
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| The aviation room is extraordinary and shows the couple have paid special attention to detail to make it an exact replica |
A couple who are obsessed with
aeroplanes have spent £40,000 turning the upstairs of their terraced home into
an exact replica of a Boeing 737.
Steve and Vicky Everson, from Bacup,
Lancashire, transformed the first floor of their house into an aeroplane
complete with a cockpit and flight deck.
Their passion for aviation started
around five years ago after they redesigned the spare room at their former home
in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, into a flight simulator.
However, when they decided to move
to Lancashire, they were forced to take it apart piece by piece and move it the
180 miles north.
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| Steve, left, has grown up with a love of aeroplanes and met his match
when he married aviation-loving Vicky on a Concorde, right, around four
years ago |
They then carefully put it back
together again in their two up two down home and it was so big it stretched
from one side of the house to the other.
While the downstairs of their house
remains completely as normal, half of the upstairs - including the entire spare
bedroom and part of the bathroom - have been converted into the aviation room.
Despite the actual bath and toilet staying intact, the couple had to cut a door
in the bathroom door to allow access to the unique flightdeck.
The aeroplane-obsessed duo, who even
tied the knot in a Concorde four years ago, regularly get interest from
passengers wanting to try out their indoor-simulator.
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Steve said: 'Everyone thinks we're a bit eccentric, but you have to do what makes you happy.
It's exactly what we've always wanted, having a cockpit upstairs isn't everyone's dream'
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Steve, 42, who works as a broadcast
engineer, said: ‘Everyone thinks we're a bit eccentric, but you have to do what
makes you happy.
‘It's exactly what we've always
wanted, having a cockpit upstairs isn't everyone's dream.
‘But we've both been fascinated with
aeroplanes from an early age - going to air shows, plane spotting and so on.
‘People think it's brilliant and all
our friends come round to have a play, or a tour and now more and more people
want to join in.’
Steve and postwoman Vicky, 32, have
scoured scrap yards, eBay and auction houses to build the Boeing replica.
They have since expanded the
original cockpit to include a 12-seater cabin, airbridge and departure lounge.
The aviation room is now so large,
the couple have been forced to move it to a nearby industrial unit two minutes
down the road.
Steve said: ‘I've learned a lot of
things from doing this - new skills with my hands and also how to find my way
around online shopping.
‘With all the bargains out there
we've managed to construct a multi-million pound creation for thousands.
‘But we've have to make the decision
to move it out and we're now going to have more room and plenty of space to
have people enjoy it.
‘You never know it might turn into a
full plane.’
The couple are now opening up their
dream indoor-aeroplane to members of the public who can be ‘passengers’ and
glide around the world without leaving the ground for as little as £75.
The Flightdeck Experience simulator
allows pilots to take off from London Heathrow and fly to dozens of worldwide
locations including New York, Hong Kong and Parma de Mallorca.
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| Commercial: The couple are now opening up their dream indoor-aeroplane to members of the public who can be 'passengers' and glide around the world without leaving the ground for as little as £75 |
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