Aeroplane graveyard

[ozimax]

Mojave desert this afternoon, blowing about 120km desert wind, with high fences everywhere...fences, the bane of the photographer

http://www.pixspot.com/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=10088&pos=0

[birddog114]

Nice capture once again, if you go inside you may spot few aircrafts with Ansett livery on them.
I was there about two years ago and took me half a day, just finished a part of the grave yard.

[huynhie]

That's where the Australian Defence force bought our Sea Sprite helicoptors from, after the US tried to give them to the Greek Government and got rejected.

[birddog114]

That's where the Australian Defence force bought our Sea Sprite helicoptors from, after the US tried to give them to the Greek Government and got rejected.

Not from that grave yard, there're mainly civilian and commercial jets, also the holding yard for all the big aircraft leasing companies, who lease commercial aircraft all over the world.
They got them from AMARC the Sea Sprite.
Don't you know the RAAF still have about 10 x F111 stored at David Monthan, AZ (AMARC) just for spare parts when they needed, that where all our monies go.

[ozimax]

I thought of hopping thru hole in fence and having a look around, but the thought of a security dog biting me got the better of me.

Birdie, do you have "Google Earth" programme installed? If so, I have an amazing place for you to look at.

[birddog114]

The Manoora and Kanimbla also were Ex-US Navy ships, same a s the fleet of superseded Abrams tank.

[birddog114]

I thought of hopping thru hole in fence and having a look around, but the thought of a security dog biting me got the better of me.

Birdie, do you have "Google Earth" programme installed? If so, I have an amazing place for you to look at.

Thanks and I have it installed.

[ozimax]

The Manoora and Kanimbla also were Ex-US Navy ships, same a s the fleet of superseded Abrams tank.

Imagine getting those ships all the way up to Mojave??

[birddog114]

The Manoora and Kanimbla also were Ex-US Navy ships, same a s the fleet of superseded Abrams tank.

Imagine getting those ships all the way up to Mojave??

I think they won't be with our RAN long

[ozimax]

Not from that grave yard, there're mainly civilian and commercial jets, also the holding yard for all the big aircraft leasing companies, who lease commercial aircraft all over the world.

Actually many of these planes at Mojave look brand new

[birddog114]

Not from that grave yard, there're mainly civilian and commercial jets, also the holding yard for all the big aircraft leasing companies, who lease commercial aircraft all over the world.

Actually many of these planes at Mojave look brand new

Perhaps, what you've seen is just one part of the grave yard and that part is the holding yard of new a/c for leasing companies.

[ozimax]

Birdie, I've lost the co-ords but there is a place somewhere in either Arizona or Texas that has 100s and 100s of brand new warplanes just sitting these. Literally hundreds of billions of dollars in aircraft. Do you know the place I'm talking about. (I saw it the other day on google earth at a friends' house)

[birddog114]

Birdie, I've lost the co-ords but there is a place somewhere in either Arizona or Texas that has 100s and 100s of brand new warplanes just sitting these. Literally hundreds of billions of dollars in aircraft. Do you know the place I'm talking about. (I saw it the other day on google earth at a friends' house)

That's in Tucson AZ, we call AMARC next to David Monthan AFB.
There's also a big aviation museum with day tour the grave yard and number of the old Titan missiles of the Cold War era.

[sirhc55]

Max - nice pic of what I believe to be Blackbirds

[Yi-P]

Looks like they are enjoying quite much of the sunbath there...

[birddog114]

I still have ton of photos taken from AMARC with number of surpluses A/C, new, old, never used and scrapped metal yard, came from the surpluses.

Ton and ton of flight gears as helmet, flight suit, parachutes etc... I was at one auction, they auction these gears as a lot of 10 pallets, couldn't believe it.

Was inside the David Monthan AFB with my buddies, got closed and climbed up, inside the F16 and Warhawk, drooling and dreaming!

My wings were clipped

[ozimax]

Chris, you are right, a pair of blackbirds, evidently able to leap tall mountains at the speed of sound, x3 or 4.

Birdie, I looked at Davis Monthan, the place I saw is about 20 times bigger with literally hundreds, amybe thousands, of planes. I will ring my friend tomorrow and find out the co-ords.

[birddog114]

Birdie, I looked at Davis Monthan, the place I saw is about 20 times bigger with literally hundreds, amybe thousands, of planes. I will ring my friend tomorrow and find out the co-ords.

Perhaps, my rocket launcher is out of range from here

[ozimax]

Looks like they are enjoying quite much of the sunbath there...

Yi-P, sunbath is not the word. It is steaming out here in the desert, but nice and cool at night, at least in May.

[ozimax]

Perhaps, my rocket launcher is out of range from here

I can lend you a slingshot maybe???

[BBJ]

Max mate, pics are great glad you are getting around over there for a look and it is amazing what they put out in the desert these days. i have seen in some shows these type of grave yards where people have brought an decommissioned aircraft like some of these and made them into a home, very impressive but i guess yanks will do anything.
Enjoy the trip mate.
John
BBJ

[ozimax]

John, the Calif desert is definitely no Mt Gambier!

[BBJ]

Yes i know mate but yeh sene this on some Yanky tv shows with some done up as homes, bit like trailer trash as they say.

[ozimax]

Saw a show last night, a home built with ex-shipping containers. Interesting. and expensive. Cheers John.

[birddog114]

Saw a show last night, a home built with ex-shipping containers. Interesting. and expensive. Cheers John.

I've seen it too but not recently, quite interesting ideas! I want one.