Evergreen Boneyard

[Shamus]

I guess this could go in the general forum, but did anyone see that special on history channel last night. I guess Evergreen owns the commercial aircraft boneyard out in the desert.

 

[CSY Mon]

Would that be Marana Air Park?

Been there a few times and yes, boneyard indeed....Pan Am 737s...Where they still there?

 

[skid]

Where is it located?

 

[Otterjock]

Marana Air Park, just outside of Tucson.

 

[Jeff Helgeson]

I saw the show

That is where Evergreen converted the B747 in to a fire-tanker.

 

[Ill Mitch]

I landed there once. Pretty interesting place. Very cool, yet sad at the same time.

 

[Otterjock]

Evergreen 747 Tanker

Does anybody know when or if the FAA/Dept of Agriculture/BLM/Forest Service etc will certify the 47 Tanker? This years fire season is almost over.

 

[414Flyer]

Evergreen has a lease to use the airport, but there is a chance they will end up going someplace else. Part of the lease agreement is that Evergreen will allow public use for the airport, which as far as I know, they have not done.

There are actually about 13 or so companies I think under the Evergreen umbrella.

 

[Citrus531]

I didn't think Pan Am ever operated 737's....sad seeing the ex-TWA L10's rotting away

 

[satpak77]

Evergreen has a lease to use the airport, but there is a chance they will end up going someplace else. Part of the lease agreement is that Evergreen will allow public use for the airport, which as far as I know, they have not done.

There are actually about 13 or so companies I think under the Evergreen umbrella.

I have been in there numerous times, and some Evergreen dude gives winds over unicom. Lots of trainers, etc in the area

 

[CSY Mon]

I didn't think Pan Am ever operated 737's

Well, somebody did, and painted them in Pan Am's colors.

 

[ATR-DRIVR]

I didn't think Pan Am ever operated 737's....sad seeing the ex-TWA L10's rotting away

Operated quite a few, mostly in Europe though.

http://airliners.net/open.file/714635/L/

 

[B747FR8DAWG]

Clipper 737

Pan Am actually had 737's here in the USA, I worked on them as an aircraft mechanic back in the late 80's, and we flew them out of MIA.

 

[TR4A]

I didn't think Pan Am ever operated 737's....sad seeing the ex-TWA L10's rotting away

They operated them out of Berlin. Then switch to B727's. The 737's then flew out of MIA and were retired by 1990.

 

[Spooky 1]

Pan Am B737

Well, somebody did, and painted them in Pan Am's colors.

Pan Am operated a small fleet (16) of B737-200's on their inter-European routes and up and down the Berlin corridor as part of the IGS fleet for several years. May have used them out of Miami later as well. It was one of Acker's deals that probably lined his pockets somehow before it was over.

 

[CorpLearDriver]

Marana Air Park, just outside of Tucson.

It's actually named Pinal Airpark in Marana, Arizona just Northwest of Tucson. Don't want to get folks confused with what is now Marana Northwest Regional Airport which for anyone who's been around AZ for any time thinks of it as Avra Valley. The two are only a few miles apart.

 

[TR4A]

May have used them out of Miami later as well. It was one of Acker's deals that probably lined his pockets somehow before it was over.

Yes they were in MIA in the late 1980's and were retired by late 1989 or eary 1990.

 

[CSY Mon]

Yes they were in MIA in the late 1980's and were retired by late 1989 or eary 1990.

Yeah, that seems about right:

I flew for Evergreen back then and ferried a 747 in and out of Marana.
Spotted some Pan Am 737s sitting out there in the sand.

From the pics on this page it looks like they were -100 series.

They will probably never fly again.

Sad.

 

[TR4A]

Yeah, that seems about right:

From the pics on this page it looks like they were -100 series.

They were -200's. When I flew there (89-91) we only a few left and they flew mostly up and down Florida (TPA-MIA & MCO-MIA). They came from Air Florida (some were ex-UAL 737-222's). Acker was gone when I was hired but he probably had a lot to do with it.

I had heard one of the 737's did a scrape and go (No gear down) probably in Europe.

 

[satpak77]

didnt they fly A-300's for some time also?

 

[B747FR8DAWG]

didnt they fly A-300's for some time also?

If you're referring to Pan Am, yes we had A-300's and A-310's, and were going to get A-320's also, but that never materialized.

 

[TR4A]

If you're referring to Pan Am, yes we had A-300's and A-310's, and were going to get A-320's also, but that never materialized.

We sold the orders to Braniff 2 and took their Fokker 100 orders. Then the FK 100 orders were canceled and we picked up more 727-200's. I think AWA got the 320's after B2 folded.

 

[satpak77]

Airbus'es

this was 90-91ish correct?

 

[TR4A]

this was 90-91ish correct?

We had A300-B4's and A310's. A300 Flew from 23 Dec 1984 to 4 Dec 1991 (PAA shutdown date). The A310 were flown from 28 May 1985 to 31 Oct 1991. The A310 and crews went to Delta 1 Nov 1991.