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18 Σεπ 2014 · What happens when an aircraft is no longer needed? In the desert dry of the south-western US, vast ‘boneyards’ are homes to thousands of aircraft.
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The pandemic has forced a large number of commercial...
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An aircraft boneyard or aircraft graveyard is a storage area for aircraft which are retired from service. Most aircraft at boneyards are either kept for storage continuing to receive some maintenance or parts of the aircraft are removed for reuse or resale and the aircraft are scrapped.
The long rows of t-tails and turboprops, accompanied by powerful Boeing 747s and McDonnell Douglas DC10s, lining the dusty ground of the Mojave Desert provide the answer to that question. This is where many airplanes, particularly airliners, spend their retirement until their final fate.
2 Αυγ 2020 · The pandemic has forced a large number of commercial airlines to ground their fleets in a handful of vast storage facilities around the world, some located in remote, arid deserts.
21 Ιουν 2024 · Aircraft boneyards store retired planes for safe dismantling & part salvage in dry desert conditions. Major US boneyards include Mojave Air & Space Port, Davis-Monthan AFB, and Tucson's AMARG. Boneyards aided airlines during the pandemic by storing grounded aircraft, easing financial strains.
4 Ιουλ 2019 · The low humidity of the American Southwest's high desert is what makes it attractive for aircraft storage, despite the heat: corrosion isn't the problem it would be in more humid climates. And with the wide-open spaces of the Southwest, there's usually room for lots of planes at these facilities.
The City of Mojave is located in the California desert about 95 miles north of Los Angeles, near Edwards Air Force Base, on Highway 58 between Barstow and Bakersfield. The Mojave Airport was first opened in 1935 as a small, rural airfield serving the local gold and silver mining industry.
