Started by Dev Malhotra (@orbitalmechanic) ·
where airliners go when they retire
Dry air, alkaline soil, no rust. Hundreds of planes just sitting in rows in the Arizona desert. Some come back into service, some get parted out.
6 sources · 37 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- Where do old planes go?
- Ended at
- “why are planes stored in the desert”
The Trail
- “aircraft boneyard drone footage” (youtube.com)
- Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (en.wikipedia.org)
- 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (en.wikipedia.org)
- Mojave Air and Space Port (en.wikipedia.org)
- Southern California Logistics Airport (en.wikipedia.org)
- “why are planes stored in the desert” (google.com)
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