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What happens to an old jetliner? The answer...


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OK, maybe not the answer for all jets, but certainly quite a few. This is a 14 minute video (but pretty entertaining and interesting as well - if you like aviation! :) ) about the fate of one particular QANTAS Boeing 767 and a lot of its siblings. Fliown to Victorville, formerly known as George Air Force Base, inland from Los Angeles, for storage and an unknown future. To be turned into beercans or get back in the air - who knows? Apparently this was on "60 Minutes" but without a TV in the house I wouldn't know! :mrlooney:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We7qdE4pMtk

Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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OK, maybe not the answer for all jets, but certainly quite a few. This is a 14 minute video (but pretty entertaining and interesting as well - if you like aviation! :) ) about the fate of one particular QANTAS Boeing 767 and a lot of its siblings. Fliown to Victorville, formerly known as George Air Force Base, inland from Los Angeles, for storage and an unknown future. To be turned into beercans or get back in the air - who knows? Apparently this was on "60 Minutes" but without a TV in the house I wouldn't know! :mrlooney:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We7qdE4pMtk

It would be so awesome to visit that place.

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Victorville is not the only one. Other major storage locations for commercial jets; Roswell, NM, Goodyear and Marana in AZ and Mojave, CA. Generally it's possible to drive around the perimeter of the field and get a good look at what's there. The exception would be Marana (also known as Pinal Airpark and not to be confused with Marana Avra Valley), where visitors aren't all that welcome. Could have something to do with a long relationship with the CIA... :mrlooney:

Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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Yeah, reminds me of before they turned Norton AFB in San Bernardino into "San Bernardino International Airport." :floor:

(Visit the airport today and see why I'm laughing.)

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For a time it, too was used as a storage facility and used jet lot. Right after Pan Am went belly up, about 10 747s were parked there, all in a row, with nice, neat covers for the engine nacelles. Some of them were brand new long-range 747s with the turned up wing tips, about 20% larger than the ordinary 747.

If someone wanted to test one, they'd yank off the covers, fire it up and fly it around the valley a few times.

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but without a TV in the house I wouldn't know! :mrlooney:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We7qdE4pMtk

No TV? How do you keep up with The Walking Dead without a TV?

Nice video though.

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Very interesting video...years ago, I drove by this pace or a similar airplane resting place.

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Nice! This was my view from the apartment I stayed in while working at Edwards AFB in the early 90's. Mojave Airport! It was so cool to self tour the place. A lot of aviation history is there!

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Nice! This was my view from the apartment I stayed in while working at Edwards AFB in the early 90's. Mojave Airport! It was so cool to self tour the place. A lot of aviation history is there!

Randy

That looks a lot like San Bernardino did, except much more full of planes.

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Thanks for the comments! :) And Jerry, nope, no TV for the last four years. Works just great! :mrlooney: And Randy, great shot! Mojave has probably been "in business" as a storage facility longer than most of the others. And it's home to something that's going to get a lot of publicity in the next year or two. Scaled Composites (financed by Paul Allen of Microsoft fame) bought two Boeing 747-400s from United Airlines and they are now in the process of using those two 747s to build the world's largest plane - the Stratolaunch with six PW 4056 engines. It will have a wingspan of 385 ft (longer than any existing aircraft). First flight is expected in 2016 and beginning in 2018 the plan is to use the Stratolaunch as a launch vehicle to send rockets into space.

Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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