Evergreen Boneyard

[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.