Aircraft Boneyards

Post by **joefremont** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:24 pm

Out in the desert in places like Tuscon Arizona and Mohave California are some airport where unused aircraft are stored before they are either returned to service or scrapped. Are there other places like this around the world where idle aircraft are stored?

globalmaster · Post by **globalmaster** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:03 pm

southend in the UK has alot of aircraft getting sold etc, and also does exeter with 146's waiting for sale

CAPFlyer · Post by **CAPFlyer** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:14 am

Roswell, New Mexico, Kingman, Arizona, and Amarillo, Texas, also have boneyards. There is a small boneyard/scrap dealer/salvage company on the west side of the old Stapleton Airport (can't remember the name of the place), and another called Dallas Air Salvage just east of Lancaster Municipal (KLNC) that primarily deal in wrecked aircraft (salvaging, examining, parting-out, etc) although they have recovered complete aircraft for return to service in the past (DAS has a great story of how they got a DC-3 off a sand bar in the middle of a creek in Tennessee some years ago that had to make an emergency landing after running out of fuel).

IslandBum · Post by **IslandBum** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:33 pm

Add to those Greenville Mississppi,Vacaville, and Pine Bluff Ark - Greenville and Pine Bluff are both breakers - Vacaville is used for long term storage.

Leif

Post by **sp762** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:31 pm

There's one at the end of runway 15 in Khartoum... as well. Africa is full of them, apparently.

Here's a good site for US ones... http://www.johnweeks.com/boneyard/

globalmaster · Post by **globalmaster** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:43 pm

wouldn't surprise me if there are loads in asia as well, due to aviation safety over there