Another notable airplane graveyard is located in Southern California, at the Mojave Air and Space Port, where retired commercial planes are cannibalized for spare parts. Although fenced off with concertina wire and patrolled regularly, it is still possible to walk up to the fence and peer at the...
A small bush plane, also known as a single-engine plane, would hold two or more people, being economical to operate and maintain compared to multi-engine planes. These are the small planes we see! These planes would cost as low as $15,000 to as high as $100,000. ...
Davis-Monthan AMARG As Air Force, Navy and Marine planes become obsolete and need to be disposed of, or saved for future return to service, they are stored in the largest airplane boneyard in the world, in the Arizona desert. The storage facility is operated by the 309th Aerospace Mainten...
Boeing 747 airliners from Atlas Air and Southern Air in storage at the Mojave Airport in the California desert (photo courtesy of the Mojave Air and Space Port) Continental Airlines Express jets in storage in the desert at the Kingman Airport in Arizona (Staff Photo) Ex-Delta Airlines Boeing ...
Boeing 747 being reclaimed at the Mojave Airport in California (photo courtesy of the Mojave Air and Space Port) Other Inactive or Abandoned U.S. Aircraft Boneyards Airfield or Facility Name Purpose or Type City ST St. Augustine AirportUntil about 2010, a storage facility for U.S. Navy Grum...
This website includes coverage of several major storage, maintenance anddisposal facilities for commercial airliners, such as those at theSouthern California Logistics Airport in Victorvilleand theMojave Air and Space Portin the California desert. ...