A grandmother turned an abandoned Boeing 727 passenger jetliner into her three-bedroom dream home and named it after US president Donald Trump.
Jo Ann Ussery's air traffic controller brother-in-law Bob Farrow pushed her to snap up the retired plane after her mobile home was destroyed in an ice storm.
Her lakeside plot in Benoit, Mississippi, was nearby to the airport in Greenwood with aircraft salvage firms often parting out planes.
The 42 metre-long aircraft, which had run from May 1968 until September 1993, cost just $2,000 to buy and an estimated $30,000 to set up and refurbish.
Hair stylist Jo Ann, then 52, had the plane positioned so the nose jutted out over the lake to give the impression it was in flight, describing it as the "best home in the world".
Nicknamed "Little Trump" after the now-president's $16m corporate jet, it had a bath and hot-tub in the cockpit, with Jo Ann moving in in April 1995.
Heating, plumbing, and electrical elements were all installed by contractors, but the beautician handled the rest of the transformation herself.
She fashioned three bedrooms, a lounge, kitchen and laundry room, while retaining the plane's original toilets and keeping the luggage compartments for storage, reported Airport Journals.
It also had a working telephone and air conditioning, as well as an oven, washing machine and dishwasher.
Jo Ann told the Today Show: "My grandchildren love running up and down. And my friends love parties here - but there aren't any flight attendants to serve their drinks!"
She even told the programme she hoped to buy a Boeing 747 in future because they have two floors and "I want to go upstairs to bed".
However, after deciding to open up the unusual home to the public, it fell off a transport truck in May 1999 and was damaged.
There are varying reports as to whether Jo Ann still lives in the plane.
