Like most of us I have seen pictures of hundreds of airliners, row after row,in the desert, or those boneyards where they end up in pieces....sad..yes!
But it always seemed to me that these places were totally off-limits, nobody knowing where they are exactly, sort of mystery, secret, no man's land etc etc.
Is there a way to visit one of these yards, shop for parts, browse the place????
Would be more fun than the usual EBay stores and a nice place for a simmers big meeting..
Just floating some insane ideas...lol
Here is some info Jack: http://www.johnweeks.com/boneyard/index.html#SITEE (http://www.johnweeks.com/boneyard/index.html#SITEE)
It would be a cool trip to see some of those sites (and a few $$$ to spend there too).
Thank you, very interesting reading.
Maxton Airport and Roswell, NM seem to be the most probable places to visit.....
this one for Michael:
http://www.johnweeks.com/boneyard/photos/kingman01.jpg (http://www.johnweeks.com/boneyard/photos/kingman01.jpg)
I would love to make a trip to a boneyard.. I bet so many of those places have stories to tell. That would make for an amazing trip. I would volunteer my back yard if they would be able to get the planes to my house :)
Trev
There are a few places i know of here in the UK, but nothing on the scale like you have over in the US.
There is a video on youtube of some dude basically running around one of these boneyards, if it want blocked at work i would find it for you, walks over to a 747 cockpit lying on its side, just walks in and goes, "ohh, that has some of the switches were after" and helps himself, brings a tear to my eye, me personally would love to just spend a day, okay be honest with myself here, a week, month year... sod it live there, just to wander uninteruppted around must be somthing else,
If you chaps ever sort somthing out count me in, but not wanting to sound kinky here but u will have to put me on a lead, otherwise you would lose me rather quickly.
hehehe we are the vultures of the aviation world, and i would love nothing more but to feast on the carcass of a 747, mmm yummy (dribbles also)
If I ever visited a 727 boneyard I don't think I could contain myself.