MHV- Mojave Pictures

[C601]

I'm sure some of these pictures of the aircraft stored there, will be asad sight... If you search under the name you will find quite afew pics from late last year taken @ MHV......

Nice and too sad TWA aircraft still around in livery colors

http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.php?id=290158

http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.php?id=287778

http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.php?id=287550

 

[C601]

BTW did it ever fly ??

http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.php?id=298755

 

[PropsForward]

man that is a lot of money and history just wasting away...

 

[NJA Capt]

BTW did it ever fly ??

That helo is in SMO. No it never flew, unless you count hanging from a crane. It was a movie prop from one of the Governator's movies.


PS...I haven't seen a 727 in US Airways newest livery before. (1st picture)

 

[BizPilot]

Isn't there a big aircraft graveyard in ARIZONA somewhere too?? Mostly warbirds??

Anyone got links to pictures of the 'yard' in Arizona?

Pretty amazing lookin' at these pics.

Thanks

 

[Pugh]

I read cool book a long time ago called Desert Airliners by Graham Robson. It had tons of color pictures (which are by now outdated as it was published in '94). Wish I still had it but I remember it was pretty good.

 

[mattpilot]

Just curious.... why don't they destroy most of the graveyard planes? I realize they all have some value and that some bank or institution owns them, but seriously, who would buy such old planes? And in such a huge quantity?

Wouldn't a new company be better off buying new airplanes that are more fuel efficient? I doubt any airline could run a successful, low-cost, competitive airline business with such old planes.

:/

 

[NJA Capt]

Just curious.... why don't they destroy most of the graveyard planes? I realize they all have some value and that some bank or institution owns them, but seriously, who would buy such old planes? And in such a huge quantity?

Wouldn't a new company be better off buying new airplanes that are more fuel efficient? I doubt any airline could run a successful, low-cost, competitive airline business with such old planes.

That's it....no career for you! The only thing worse than jumping out of a perfectly good airplane, is cutting up a perfectly good airplane.

Not all of the planes out there are old. There are many brand new, never on the line aircraft. Others will be used by freight companies (such as AA DC10s going to FedEx), others will be sold overseas.