{"id":2579,"date":"2015-05-16T10:04:02","date_gmt":"2015-05-16T10:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/failed-pilot-builds-replica-cockpit-in-his-own-home\/"},"modified":"2018-02-22T12:04:56","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T12:04:56","slug":"failed-pilot-builds-replica-cockpit-in-his-own-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/failed-pilot-builds-replica-cockpit-in-his-own-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Failed pilot builds replica cockpit in his own home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SEO Ultimate Plus (https:\/\/seoultimateplus.com) - Code Inserter module -->\n<script async>(function(s,u,m,o,j,v){j=u.createElement(m);v=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0];j.async=1;j.src=o;j.dataset.sumoSiteId='b68b392479b5981b8acf46565e9fe32a0734fc21a1f7c1e60121eaa6ca1a1c64';v.parentNode.insertBefore(j,v)})(window,document,'script','\/\/load.sumo.com\/');<\/script>\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate Plus -->\n\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2014\/04\/21\/video-undefined-1D3DC3D800000578-760_636x358.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; 0 0 1 291 1662 Property Data MEdia LLP 13 3 1950 14.0 96 800x600 &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; Normal 0 false false false EN-GB JA X-NONE &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt; &lt;![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 10]&gt; \/* Style Definitions *\/table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-parent:\"\";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;}&lt;![endif]--><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia;\">A man whose school maths grades meant he could never become a pilot has completed a 15 year labour of love to build a replica Boeing 747 cockpit in the <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"bedrooms\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/bedroom\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/bedroom;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.02_58j;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Bedroom\" >bedroom<\/a> of his Coventry home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia;\">John Davis has spent 20,000 to construct a life-sized Boeing 747 simulator, having been forced to give up his dream of becoming a pilot as a child. The replica is not only for display and isavailable for pilots and plane enthusiasts to practice in. Keep reading to findout more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia;\">Its not every day you meet someone who has a plane in their back bedroom<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia;\">The 54 year old has spent 15 years the precise replica cockpit by hand &#8211; crafting it into the space he had in his spare bedroom at his 92,000 terraced home. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia;\">The former graphic designer, who mans the simulator full-time, said: I always longed to be a pilot but now I have the next best thing. The simulator is so life-like that I have <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Land lot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/land-lot\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/land_lot;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0gs32y;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Land_lot\" >lots<\/a> of commercial airline pilots coming for a flight. I get to rub shoulders with professional pilots and it&#8217;s great that they are so impressed by my simulator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia;\">Mr Davis charges 75 for an hour-long flight or125 for two hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia;\">Mr Davis&#8217;s partner, Allyson Mabey, told the <i>Daily Mail<\/i>: I will admit I was surprised when John first told me about the simulator. It is very unusual and it&#8217;s not every day you meet someone who has a plane in their back bedroom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia;\">&#8216;I was astounded when I first saw the simulator in real life. To look at Johns house you would never guess there was a plane inthe back <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/room\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/room;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.06ht1;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Room\" >room<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia;\">Mr Davis studied photographs of Boeing 747-400cockpits online and ordered most of the parts for the aircraft off the internet. The light deck panels are made out of MDF while the pilot and twopassenger chairs are made out of old leather car seats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia;\">My passengers can fly from BirminghamInternational or <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/london\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/london;http:\/\/sws.geonames.org\/2643743\/;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.04jpl;http:\/\/yago-knowledge.org\/resource\/London;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/London\" >London<\/a> Gatwick to Amsterdam&#8217;s Schiphol airport to on their first flight and then progress further afield to the Canary Islands if they fancy,&#8217; he added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Georgia;\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/115654041100964611788?rel=author\">Nick Marr<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man whose school maths grades meant he could never become a pilot has completed a 15 year labour of love to build a replica Boeing 747 cockpit in the bedroom of his Coventry home. \u00a0 John Davis has spent<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/failed-pilot-builds-replica-cockpit-in-his-own-home\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wl_entities_gutenberg":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","spay_email":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"wl_entity_type":[602],"modified_by":null,"_wl_alt_label":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wl:entity_url":"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/post\/failed_pilot_builds_replica_cockpit_in_his_own_home","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2579"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15649,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579\/revisions\/15649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2579"},{"taxonomy":"wl_entity_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wl_entity_type?post=2579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}