April 30, 20197 yr I thought everyone would enjoy watching this: Aircraft Graveyard Video Robert Yunque PilotEdge Ratings = CAT-11 (2016-09-13) I-11 (2016-10-23) V-3 (2016-08-01)
April 30, 20197 yr Great video Robert. I've seen a lot of them about aircraft graveyards but this one was a bit different. Our airport here in Roswell New Mexico is also an airliner graveyard. It had been for 20 years or more. About a dozen years ago they asked permission from the FAA to close one of the three runways for more parking space. Most of these aircraft have cycled out and will never fly again. They are stripped of everything saleable and then left for scrap. A number of years ago when I was with the Roswell Little Theater the theater president and I went to one of the salvagers looking for seats to refurbish the theater. The owner took us out to a B747 that had been scrapped out and we entered the aircraft via a ladder in the nose wheel well. One inside, with everything removed; no bulkheads, no wall trim, it was just an enormous empty cavern. It looked a lot larger to me there than it did standing outside and looking at it. And quite ugly as a matter of fact. Our here in the west the Arapahoe Indians have a saying...only the rocks live forever. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
April 30, 20197 yr Moderator That was an interesting video. Also good was the next in queue on the history of Pan American Airlines. Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
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April 30, 20197 yr Lovely video. They did a nice job on the commentary and the music; I got a bit emotional. Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
April 30, 20197 yr Moderator 3 hours ago, odourboy said: Dropped pin Near Victorville, CA, USAhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/oM2BzDdczKzs9DeE7 That one still gets me. I finished my last two years of high school in Victorville and at the time that was George AFB, home of the F-4 Wild Weasel squadron and also the base of my C.A.P. squadron. I spend a fair amount of time on that base, did some desert survival training there and got to fly the F-4 sim a few times. I also did the majority of my flight training at Apple Valley airport but it didn’t have an ILS, so we got to practice ILS approaches at George AFB once in a while. I still remeber when it was announced it was on the list of AFB closures and would become the SoCal Logistics airport/bone yard. Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
May 1, 20197 yr I got to / had to drop an aircraft off at the graveyard in Arizona here. Quite an experience. As I reflect on that day, I remember how sad it all was. Putting a trusty friend out to pasture was unpleasant. Edited May 1, 20197 yr by RichieFly More Richard Chafey i7-8700K @4.8GHz - 32Gb @3200 - ASUS ROG Maximus X Hero - EVGA RTX3090 - 3840x2160 Res - KBSim Gunfighter - Thrustmaster Warthog dual throttles - Crosswind V3 pedals MSFS 2020, DCS
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