Ivo Zdarsky, who escaped Communist Czechoslovakia in an aircraft he built himself in 1984, is the only resident of a Utah ghost town so remote the nearest grocery store is 160 miles away.
The 51-year-old lives alone in an airplane hangar in the abandoned town in Utah surrounded by three runways so he can develop his designs for an experimental aircraft.
Mr Zdarsky, who manufactures plane propellers, has named his place Lucin International Airport although the only plane that lands in the town a 180 miles away from of Salt Lake City is his own.
His home, a large room within a steel hangar, is outfitted with a 90-inch flat screen TV, a drum set, a computer and an inflatable hot tub which is flipped upside down and covered with a sheet to use as a sofa, reports the new York Times.
Ivo Zdarsky, pictured inside his home, is the only resident of the abandoned town of in Lucin in the Utah desert
Pointing to some ammunition laid out on a homemade table, Mr Zdarsky said: 'Thatââ¬â¢s what our guys are using in Afghanistan. Itââ¬â¢s very effective against badgers. And probably terrorists too.'
He wears camouflage clothing despite being the only resident of Lucin and within miles.
'Because they donââ¬â¢t get dirty. Plus, the badgers donââ¬â¢t see it.' he explains.
His hangar and airstrip are surrounded by an electric fence, with a skull-and-crossbones flag placed at the entrance gate.
As an aviation engineering student in Prague, Mr Zdarsky was designing airplane propellers and frustrated with the government that wouldn't allow him to start his own business or voice his opinion.
Having being denied an exit visa, Mr Zdarsky decided to take matters into his own hands and built his own plane; a hang glider with an engine from a car.
On August 1984, he set off at 3am and made good his escape to Vienna where he requested political asylum.
His daring escape made headlines around the world, including one from The Sunday Express World Newsdesk: 'Bat man beats Reds in moon freedom dash', reports the Times.
Mr Zdarsky was able to sell his plane to a German museum housing escape vehicles and he moved to Los Angeles where he started his company, Ivoprop, producing a propeller he designed, reports the Times.
In 1997, he was looking to move to somewhere close to a runway where he could develop his design for an aircraft that could function as both helicopter and airplane.
The Czechoslovakian found the 400 acres in the Utah desert for the price of $99,000 so he could work on his plane designs
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The 51-year-old lives alone in an airplane hangar in the abandoned town in Utah surrounded by three runways so he can develop his designs for an experimental aircraft.
Mr Zdarsky, who manufactures plane propellers, has named his place Lucin International Airport although the only plane that lands in the town a 180 miles away from of Salt Lake City is his own.
His home, a large room within a steel hangar, is outfitted with a 90-inch flat screen TV, a drum set, a computer and an inflatable hot tub which is flipped upside down and covered with a sheet to use as a sofa, reports the new York Times.
Ivo Zdarsky, pictured inside his home, is the only resident of the abandoned town of in Lucin in the Utah desert
Pointing to some ammunition laid out on a homemade table, Mr Zdarsky said: 'Thatââ¬â¢s what our guys are using in Afghanistan. Itââ¬â¢s very effective against badgers. And probably terrorists too.'
He wears camouflage clothing despite being the only resident of Lucin and within miles.
'Because they donââ¬â¢t get dirty. Plus, the badgers donââ¬â¢t see it.' he explains.
His hangar and airstrip are surrounded by an electric fence, with a skull-and-crossbones flag placed at the entrance gate.
As an aviation engineering student in Prague, Mr Zdarsky was designing airplane propellers and frustrated with the government that wouldn't allow him to start his own business or voice his opinion.
Having being denied an exit visa, Mr Zdarsky decided to take matters into his own hands and built his own plane; a hang glider with an engine from a car.
On August 1984, he set off at 3am and made good his escape to Vienna where he requested political asylum.
His daring escape made headlines around the world, including one from The Sunday Express World Newsdesk: 'Bat man beats Reds in moon freedom dash', reports the Times.
Mr Zdarsky was able to sell his plane to a German museum housing escape vehicles and he moved to Los Angeles where he started his company, Ivoprop, producing a propeller he designed, reports the Times.
In 1997, he was looking to move to somewhere close to a runway where he could develop his design for an aircraft that could function as both helicopter and airplane.
The Czechoslovakian found the 400 acres in the Utah desert for the price of $99,000 so he could work on his plane designs
Read more: http://www.dailymail...l#ixzz1qt0ycuzb
Questions: What do you think of this ultimate man cave? Would you want to live there alone?
