The Airplane Graveyard in Arizona
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The Airplane Graveyard in Arizona
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Re: The Airplane Graveyard in Arizona
#2What a waste of resources. Do they at least recycle them?
Re: The Airplane Graveyard in Arizona
#3I've driven by here many times, very eerie, completely empty of people or activity of any kind. If you look closely there's a few 747's and everything.
Re: The Airplane Graveyard in Arizona
#4http://www.desertusa.com/mag06/apr/airplane.html
Information about the Boneyard.
The dry desert serves as a great location to store planes for a long time, either for future use or for spare parts.
Re: The Airplane Graveyard in Arizona
#5What a waste of resources. Do they at least recycle them?
I believe that they use them the same way as a car junk yard, for spare parts...
Re: The Airplane Graveyard in Arizona
#6http://www.desertusa.com/mag06/apr/airplane.html Information about the Boneyard. The dry desert serves as a great location to store planes for a long time, either for future use or for spare parts.
Watched a documentary on it today - the dry heat is good for everything BUT the electronics. So, they spray a black rubber seal around planes with complicated electronics (that can be used in the future), and then spray that rubber seal white to keep the temperature lower. When the parts are needed, or the plane needs to fly again, they just peel it off.
Re: The Airplane Graveyard in Arizona
#7What a waste of resources. Do they at least recycle them?
This is the "309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group" at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Recycling and reclaimation is what they do:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/309th_Aerospace_Maintenance_and...
Re: The Airplane Graveyard in Arizona
#8I thought it was in the middle of the desert somewhere, not in a suburb
Re: The Airplane Graveyard in Arizona
#9I had to visit Area 51 after seeing this.
I saw some jets on the ground for the first time. Except they don't look real. They look like the same image repeated.
Re: The Airplane Graveyard in Arizona
#10The Pima Air and Space Museum across the street is awesome. Highly recommend a visit if you get the opportunity.