as a huge aviation and engineering lover this make me sad seeing all these lovely birds on the ground forever especially the L-1011 witch is one of my all time favorites
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@ 1:24 Historic is that old TWA Convair CV 880 which was still there at the time this was filmed...
It's going to happen sooner than later... Most new aircraft are made of composites which have a lifespan of about 10 years, compared to aluminum which is pretty much indefinite if maintained properly... Look at DC-3s and -b-52s... Still flying
Boffis123 then at that time that's when we will probably all tell our kids nephews or others that (that plane used to be in top of the line at every airport now you know that your old when it's sitting their gathering rust and dust)
It's so strange to see aircraft sitting there, rotting away, waiting to be taken apart and made into soda cans when I see two airplanes that I've flown on before. There is a UAL 747 in the blue/white colors that I flew on in 2001 from LHR (London Heathrow) to IAD (Dulles). I was in business class, and it was such a nice flight and a really nice airplane. And now I see it just sitting there in the hot desert sun. The other airplane I flew on longgggggg ago: It is the Aloha 737-200 in the old colors that I flew on from OGG-HNL to catch my UAL flight home to the mainland. That was in 1985. Thanks for posting this video----so odd to look at these airplanes just sitting there. And to think that there are now 777s and 744s sitting there.....wow! How long until the first A380?
Great video. Some interesting airplanes here. A 4 engine jet Convair (880 may be?), the two Sabre jets in NASA colors. One gray DC9 sliced beautifully like it would make a great roach coach; the ATI DC8 fleet looked well preserved and ready to go, even some 707s that look good (on the outside anyway). It also makes me realize my age,...Thanks for posting!
I wouldn't use the word "rusting". These aircraft are stored at Mojave Airport because there is a low humidity grade there (it's a desert). And btw: not all the airframes standing @ Mojave Airport are getting scrapped. Some are just waiting for a new owner. And believe me, the Mojave desert is the best place to store airframes. I currently study Aeronautics close to Ostend Airport, Belgium (coastal airport) and I saw stored aircraft in worse state than in this video because of the high humidity and sea salt :) Greetings from Belgium (and my apologies for my bad English) :)
Re-engined Dc-8 super 71s I hope they are just waiting to be leased. I think Delta was the last to fly passengers on them (scheduled service). This Whole video makes me cry!
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Visited this place in the spring of 2002. It was as windswept and dusty as anyplace i've ever been. We were allowed to go in, and I was surprised to be able to identify by livery and tail number a couple of planes I'd flown in. There were a couple of old CO 747's, including one I took from LAX-HNL. Also a bunch of old USAir MetroJets. Amazing place. Dry and windy as hell. There are big commercial wind turbines in the area.
That was nearly 15 years ago, and we went to the office and simply drove in, parked, and walked around. Since then, the place has become much more than just a boneyard. It's now also a spaceport, used by folks from the private sector. I'm positive that security is much different now. I would google Mojave Air and Spaceport and contact them and ask about security. You might also want to contact one of the firms that does flight testing out of there. It's really out of the way, so I wouldn't want to send you there expecting to get in because we did so long ago. It's worth a trip, but make sure you have access and a point of contact before you go. Good luck!
Thanks for posting this. When I was in the Air Force & stationed at Edwards AFB in the late 1980's there was a lot of activity here. This facility is not far from Edwards, going out the back gate.
It may seem sad to watch these jets just sitting there. However, their useable lifespan is over. We should celebrate the fact that these planes carried millions of passengers safely to their destinations.
Yeah, I'm surprised most airlines are getting rid of their 747's. Most are also dumping their out of production planes too. And something tells me the 767 will be next too. I think they are gonna be next.
Love it. I flew a Tomahawk into here a few years ago when doing a solo cross country. I never did fly again after finishing the commercial but this was one of my best memories.
Kelvin Wang In April 2013 the Gimli Glider was offered for sale at auction with an estimated price of 2.75-3 million CAD. However, bidding only reached 425,000 CAD and the lot was unsold, it was dismantled in early 2014, but not scrapped.
I'm too lazy to look but I think that was the last one they retired around 01..........The L1011 really is the unsung hero of jet liners too.It never got the credit it really deserved.
Pranav Dhakal you'll need a couple of million dollars to just get the power plant, avionics and inspections.. Let's not forget the storage at airports and fuel prices lol. But still, would be something amazing to accomplish
I️ went there in April. I️ saw two KLM jumbos that day. Sad cause I️ went on one from LAX to Amsterdam this March. ;) also I️ feel bad for the Atlas Air
Does anyone remember Braniff? I'm an old guy. My dad was a pilot during WW2. When Europe was defeated, there were too many pilots and C-47/D-C3's, so lots of small airlines started up. He went to work for American when it was American Airways. About 1957, he went to train on the jets. Air travel was really special back then. I think back about walking through airports like I owned them, getting to go up in the cockpit and sit on the jump seat. It was an incredible life for a kid. Back to Braniff,, they were the forerunner to Southwest and they were NICE. They painted their planes all different colors and had the best looking stewardesses of all the airlines. No men and almost all single under 25. We lived in upstate Ny and he was based in NYC, but he would drive to Syracuse and then fly to NYC. If he bid on a flight from say LA to Hawaii, He would leave a day early to get to LA. Pilots always flew standby. So did the families, but it was free. If for some reason, you couldn't get on an AA flight, other airlines extended professional courtesy. That's how I learned about Braniff. Imagine just hitting puberty and being forced to get pampered by hot ladies for a day. It was a tough job but someone had to do it. Haha
Mojave is only 57 miles from Ridgecrest, Calif. I wonder if a lot of those planes fell off of the wooden ties holding them up. I live 140 miles from Ridgecrest and felt the earthquakes pretty good, though no damage.
I totally agree, it should have been preserved. I bet if every fan of ACI and those other plane crash porn shows donated a few quid there'd be enough to build a museum for it!
My wife's father, Mr Edwin Gessele was a 40 year Veteran of the Boeing Company in Flight Test in Seattle ..along with 6 years in WWII in Naval Aviation in the South Pacific... He was also the crew chief on the prototype number 1 747 RA 001 AKA "The City of Everett" and better known as the Queen of the Skies. That airplane is now headquartered at the Boeing Flight Museum in Seattle after under going a remodel/ transformation. Mr Gessele had the distinct honor of being the crew chief on all of the Boeing World Sales demonstration tours with Boeing Airplanes. . I believe I see a Boeing 747 SP identified with "Southern Air" in the bunch of airplanes there. SP stands for "special performance" . I think? He was crew chief on the Boeing SP World sales tour. For some reason the SP never caught on with the airlines and Boeing ended up with only making about 40 of the SPS. The SP was also named the "WORLD TRAVELER" it was a long distance plane and was very fast! Now retired to the desert....How sad...
At 9:49 is a rare Convair 990 "Coronado". Note the large anti-shock body on the upper wings which were designed to increased the critical Mach and reduce transonic drag. I saw one like this that you can walk through on static display at the transportation museum in Lucerne Switzerland, while two are owned by the Mojave Spaceport. Of these, one is on display at the airport's entrance, and the other is used for movie and television filming projects.
Most needed sparepart: nosecaps, cowling doors, engine parts, seats, and everything that still works but is no longer produced for aircraft still in service. Do these graveyards actually sell spareparts?
Great flight over some birds. One L-1011 was super well preserved. I only noticed that one at the end of the vid. Also a couple jets weren't shown, the other Convair 990 and an F-4 next to it.
Daniel O Carey That L-1011 was a mess inside unfortunately, the main cabin was full of bird droppings and the cockpit was gutted but what fun I had standing right next to it and climbing up the entry ladder just aft of the nose gear. L-10's are my favorite passenger jets. EDIT: Oh, never mind, I thought you were talking about that old Delta. Yes, that one is well preserved, looks to be in flying condition. I wish I was there to see that one up close!!!
Evan J I think the L-1011 was the most complete in design of any commercial jet. It just didn't have many (if any) faults. I, personally, did not like the RR engine sound when starting to rev. But those engines were very good. The DC-10 was a good airplane too, but was under-designed I think. The Convairs were amazing in some ways. But they had a lot of wing and engine for a small living space. Who could afford to fly them? Lockheed and Convair made the mistake of thinking that an "Nth Degree" design would profit them. Boeing skimps to make money. And Lockheed and Convair just could not compromise that much. They lost money and made exceptional airplanes!
Daniel O Carey Agreed. I would rather be on an L-10 but the worse plane won out in that bout. I also agree that kazoo like sound when the engines spooled up to maximum power was always a bit strange BUT you knew you were on an L-1011 when you heard that. Trent is having a hard time making engines as reliable these days as noted in a few recent incidents with BA and Qantas.
Evan J What's your take on the 787? Will it change the world? Will it be good for 30-years? Will there be a catastrophy from the electrical system or perhaps the composit structure?
This is weird seeing such iconic jets such as the Boeing 747, 767, Airbus A300, and almost every single McDonnell Douglas jet rusting away here. Also the L-1011 and DC-10 looking forward as they sit next to each other gives me a feeling that they say to each other, *We had a good run, but now it's time. I'm glad we'll go together.*
It is all about parts. When I bought my first old car which ran for another 500,000 miles I soon realized that there is a wonderful world of old parts. Some of the electronics on these babies are worth a fortune.
this is not a flight over the airplane graveyard... It's a slideshow set to music that only 1/3 of your audience will like and the other 2/3rds will either click back out of or mute.
I believe the plane you have with all the question marks at about 5:11 into the video is a North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco, I could be wrong but I don't think so.
7:49 Please tell me that extremely rare TWA Convair 800 wasn't scrapped. If it was, those bastards scrapped a historical artifact that should have been preserved.
That's too young, Delta is still flying N661US, the very first 747-400 produced, first delivered to Northwest Airlines in 1989 (also involved in NWA85 incident). The 747 if properly maintained can fly for 30 years if they do only long haul. It would be understandable if a 1997 747 is scrapped in 2013 if it flew domestic routes in Japan. Iran Air still flies a 747SP that's over 37 years old, proof that it's a robust design.
Damn I wish I could have lived to see the early jet age and actually watch these legendary jetliners which shaped the second half of the twentieth century fly
Is it possible to purchase these aircraft or parts of them? Could be a good idea to create something out of a 747. Maybe a restaurant, caffe or small house.
What is the airplane at 8;06? Wow thats a SAAB A32 Lansen at :54,and thats a good shot at 3:15 I didn't know there were any Douglas C-133 cargo master airframe's left!
😢. Sad to know probably most of the 747-4's I've flown on with United are now decommissioned/out of service. I flew them with the old blue-grey "battleship" livery. Absolutely awesome planes that I'm sad aren't flying with US carriers anymore.
Counted at least 4 Northwest DC9s there...99.99% chance I piloted all of them in my past. Most of those DC9 were parked when the pressure bulkhead AD was due. That AD Hand a price tag of about 1 million $.
Unknown aircraft with twin boom tail looks like a North American Bronco. They were built in Columbus Ohio, and I remember them very well, flying over when I was a kid, when we lived on Innis rd.
I think it was the early 80's , I would mt out north of LA. cut over at TEHACHAPI pass to Barstow and make my way over to El centro , I always would look forward to that airplane graveyard , it always seemed tranquil . Maybe all the people ,left their good thoughts flying to where ever , and somehow that soon to be scrap metal , has a bit of a soul.
as a huge aviation and engineering lover this make me sad seeing all these lovely birds on the ground forever especially the L-1011 witch is one of my all time favorites
@ 1:24 Historic is that old TWA Convair CV 880 which was still there at the time this was filmed...
Is she gone?
Min 8:10 Convair CV-990 Coronado in Spain is used for Spantax
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Wish I could have one of the 747s in my back yard so I could wake up and be like damn I love that aircraft
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I wish this was my backyard
Artistic Jay yeah if you have a spare $30mil
Christian Sandoval I wish that too I love airplanes so much I can play all day in side of these airplanes lmfao
Christian Sandoval you can buy one for about 100.000
Imagine this in the future when somebody flies over an airplane graveyard full of scrapped A380s, b787s, b777s, b747-8s and A350 and more...
Or maybe there will be 787s and A350s scrapped when airlines replaces their 40-70 years old 787s and A350 to some brand new.
It's going to happen sooner than later... Most new aircraft are made of composites which have a lifespan of about 10 years, compared to aluminum which is pretty much indefinite if maintained properly... Look at DC-3s and -b-52s... Still flying
Boffis123 then at that time that's when we will probably all tell our kids nephews or others that (that plane used to be in top of the line at every airport now you know that your old when it's sitting their gathering rust and dust)
tadhg burk And they will tell their kids about how they used to fly Airbus A370, A390 and Boeing 797.
oh god
AT 1:42 I SAW MY FAVORITE 2 PLANES , BOEING 707 AND L10 11.......THX 4 POSTING !
I remember watching this video in my childhood, man time *flies*
Lol same here.
When the sun goes down. All the planes come alive and tell old war stories to each other.
Wtf have you been drinking ⁉️!
Everything...
That's a great idea for a short story. Tales from the Planes?
Nah...Wait for a Tornado to sweep the area and then the planes will go flying again.
War? How about storm and crosswind landing stories?
It's so strange to see aircraft sitting there, rotting away, waiting to be taken apart and made into soda cans when I see two airplanes that I've flown on before. There is a UAL 747 in the blue/white colors that I flew on in 2001 from LHR (London Heathrow) to IAD (Dulles). I was in business class, and it was such a nice flight and a really nice airplane. And now I see it just sitting there in the hot desert sun. The other airplane I flew on longgggggg ago: It is the Aloha 737-200 in the old colors that I flew on from OGG-HNL to catch my UAL flight home to the mainland. That was in 1985. Thanks for posting this video----so odd to look at these airplanes just sitting there. And to think that there are now 777s and 744s sitting there.....wow! How long until the first A380?
Only if something replaces the a380. That jet is the reason why there's 747's in the boneyard
+TIE Fighter I hate to see those poor 747s
AS WELL THE B707 AND L1011!
Terry Melvin i come from the future to tell you airbus stopped producing a380s. RIP
Not long my friend.
This is George Air Force Base. My dad was stationed there way long ago. Now they just store airliners.
Omg the Aloha Airlines 737 brought back memories. I miss Aloha.
@Terry Melvin lol yes it was. I live and is from Hawaii and we used to always fly Aloha.
Ah, yes. The open roof convertible jet.
Great video. Some interesting airplanes here. A 4 engine jet Convair (880 may be?), the two Sabre jets in NASA colors. One gray DC9 sliced beautifully like it would make a great roach coach; the ATI DC8 fleet looked well preserved and ready to go, even some 707s that look good (on the outside anyway).
It also makes me realize my age,...Thanks for posting!
Isn't that the plane graveyard, where Singer Robbie Williams made his Bodise Music Video????
2:43 well someplane must have told him something funny!
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All these 747's rusting away. Too sad to watch.
I wouldn't use the word "rusting". These aircraft are stored at Mojave Airport because there is a low humidity grade there (it's a desert). And btw: not all the airframes standing @ Mojave Airport are getting scrapped. Some are just waiting for a new owner. And believe me, the Mojave desert is the best place to store airframes. I currently study Aeronautics close to Ostend Airport, Belgium (coastal airport) and I saw stored aircraft in worse state than in this video because of the high humidity and sea salt :)
Greetings from Belgium (and my apologies for my bad English) :)
***** Oh yeah it does rust but i understand what you mean.
Aluminium does not rust, it corrodes. Irons rusts.
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aluminium doesn't rust or corrode. it oxidises.
Re-engined Dc-8 super 71s I hope they are just waiting to be leased. I think Delta was the last to fly passengers on them (scheduled service). This Whole video makes me cry!
There is a very little chance that the DC-8's fly again.
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@Terry Melvin - 100% agree
Visited this place in the spring of 2002. It was as windswept and dusty as anyplace i've ever been. We were allowed to go in, and I was surprised to be able to identify by livery and tail number a couple of planes I'd flown in. There were a couple of old CO 747's, including one I took from LAX-HNL. Also a bunch of old USAir MetroJets. Amazing place. Dry and windy as hell. There are big commercial wind turbines in the area.
MrPerfesser how did u go in ? What I need to do to visit this place ?
That was nearly 15 years ago, and we went to the office and simply drove in, parked, and walked around. Since then, the place has become much more than just a boneyard. It's now also a spaceport, used by folks from the private sector. I'm positive that security is much different now. I would google Mojave Air and Spaceport and contact them and ask about security. You might also want to contact one of the firms that does flight testing out of there. It's really out of the way, so I wouldn't want to send you there expecting to get in because we did so long ago. It's worth a trip, but make sure you have access and a point of contact before you go. Good luck!
Thanks for posting this. When I was in the Air Force & stationed at Edwards AFB in the late 1980's there was a lot of activity here. This facility is not far from Edwards, going out the back gate.
So many classic airliners that I wish were still flying!
old abandoned buildings and machinery amaze me.
Thanks for watching the video
It may seem sad to watch these jets just sitting there. However, their useable lifespan is over. We should celebrate the fact that these planes carried millions of passengers safely to their destinations.
I agree!
the reason some of these are here, is because they struggled to deliver the passengers safely to there destination, or went bust
It breaks my heart to see those 747's out there, dumped and left to rot. (Well not really left to rot, but you see what I mean.)
Yeah, I'm surprised most airlines are getting rid of their 747's. Most are also dumping their out of production planes too. And something tells me the 767 will be next too. I think they are gonna be next.
1:24 I didn’t even realise that there’s an old TWA Convair CV-880 there 😍
thats a 990 but yes very cool and rare
No, TWA never had CV-990s, it’s a CV-880. The one at 8:00 is a -990, but that’s not what I’m talking about.
@@AviationLBA it has the cones on the trailing edge of the wing that only a 990 has 8:00
Convair CV990
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Love it. I flew a Tomahawk into here a few years ago when doing a solo cross country. I never did fly again after finishing the commercial but this was one of my best memories.
Lockheed Tristar 500. i like this aircraft.
they shoulda put the gimli glider as a memorial piece or something like that
It's just a plane that ran out of fuel for god's sake, there's nothing special about it.
Kelvin Wang In April 2013 the Gimli Glider was offered for sale at auction with an estimated price of 2.75-3 million CAD. However, bidding only reached 425,000 CAD and the lot was unsold, it was dismantled in early 2014, but not scrapped.
jose martinez nooooooo
I wish I had a DC-10 in my backyard. My favorite airliner of all time.
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YES!
I like that Delta L-1011
I'm too lazy to look but I think that was the last one they retired around 01..........The L1011 really is the unsung hero of jet liners too.It never got the credit it really deserved.
I can't wait to travel here and explore the planes when I'm all grown up!
Matty Daniyal you cant
Hurts to see my 707 & 727 this way :)
707 are bad planes because if they get hit by lighting they blow up. Unlike a380's which just take the hit.
Aaron Davies barlow what an incredibly stupid comment.
itsmegp46 he has no idea what he talks about
Haha, what a ridiculous comment. The Boeing 707 was one of the most reliable, robust aircraft ever made...
;( it breaks my heart to see all of these amazing aircrafts abandand...
That old Aloha Airlines plane looks great.
If I were rich enough, I'd restore some of the plane and fly it!
Same idea!
Pranav Dhakal you'll need a couple of million dollars to just get the power plant, avionics and inspections.. Let's not forget the storage at airports and fuel prices lol. But still, would be something amazing to accomplish
Pranav Dhakal hundreds of billions will be required
Connor Sutton he clearly wasn't being serious lol and the comments from 3 YEARS ago
Pranav Dhakal nah just what forza Motorsport said it’s a fun time if you can drift or drive really fast
I hate seeing a delta tri star in the grave :(
Joi
I flew in an tri star back in 1995
A plane that was WAY ahead of its time.
Those Southern Air and Atlas Air livery, very beautiful, I just added many of them in my FS2004.
I️ went there in April. I️ saw two KLM jumbos that day. Sad cause I️ went on one from LAX to Amsterdam this March. ;) also I️ feel bad for the Atlas Air
Does anyone remember Braniff? I'm an old guy. My dad was a pilot during WW2. When Europe was defeated, there were too many pilots and C-47/D-C3's, so lots of small airlines started up. He went to work for American when it was American Airways. About 1957, he went to train on the jets. Air travel was really special back then. I think back about walking through airports like I owned them, getting to go up in the cockpit and sit on the jump seat. It was an incredible life for a kid. Back to Braniff,, they were the forerunner to Southwest and they were NICE. They painted their planes all different colors and had the best looking stewardesses of all the airlines. No men and almost all single under 25. We lived in upstate Ny and he was based in NYC, but he would drive to Syracuse and then fly to NYC. If he bid on a flight from say LA to Hawaii, He would leave a day early to get to LA. Pilots always flew standby. So did the families, but it was free. If for some reason, you couldn't get on an AA flight, other airlines extended professional courtesy. That's how I learned about Braniff. Imagine just hitting puberty and being forced to get pampered by hot ladies for a day. It was a tough job but someone had to do it. Haha
Can I have a 747-400 cockpit for my simulator? I probably gonna have to kick my wife out of the house to have it in here. Lol
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7he Pilot6uy also a DC-10 along with a DC-8, DC-9, Boeing 727, 737, 747, and the 767 that was the gimli glider.
So sad to see them dumped and forgotten. These babies were beautiful back in the day :((
Mojave is only 57 miles from Ridgecrest, Calif. I wonder if a lot of those planes fell off of the wooden ties holding them up. I live 140 miles from Ridgecrest and felt the earthquakes pretty good, though no damage.
Hard to say, maybe some did
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4:34 is that an old convair bottom right?
The F-100 super sabre's and the Convair Coronado are museum pieces! And the Tri-Star L-1011 also!
Kind of sad really to see these lovely aircraft being abandoned in the middle of the desert like this
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Thank You!
Wow, amazing pictures!
Amazed the two C-133's, TWA CV880 and APSA CV990 are still there! The twin boom pusher prop is the Northrop Grumman Firebird (probably N241PR).
R.I.P beautiful birds!! We love you!! Thanks for your work
near Edwards AFB in California. about a two hour drive from Los Angeles.
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@@AirplaneMart I do have photos of the planes. I have a friend who is a pilot for NASA at Dryden Research Center
Would’ve loved to see a L-1011-600
Seeing those old Cargomasters make me teary-eyed.
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So disapointee for the Gimli glider, really...
I totally agree, it should have been preserved. I bet if every fan of ACI and those other plane crash porn shows donated a few quid there'd be enough to build a museum for it!
They tried but they couldnt get enough money for it.It was cut up but a lot was sold as "art" and custom luggage tags.
A wonderful video! Some of the old ladies are still in good colours and could be made restaurants or cafeterias.
My wife's father, Mr Edwin Gessele was a 40 year Veteran of the Boeing Company in Flight Test in Seattle ..along with 6 years in WWII in Naval Aviation in the South Pacific...
He was also the crew chief on the prototype number 1 747 RA 001 AKA "The City of Everett" and better known as the Queen of the Skies. That airplane is now headquartered at the Boeing Flight Museum in Seattle after under going a remodel/ transformation. Mr Gessele had the distinct honor of being the crew chief on all of the Boeing World Sales demonstration tours with Boeing Airplanes. . I believe I see a Boeing 747 SP identified with "Southern Air" in the bunch of airplanes there. SP stands for "special performance" . I think?
He was crew chief on the Boeing SP World sales tour. For some reason the SP never caught on with the airlines and Boeing ended up with only making about 40 of the SPS. The SP was also named the "WORLD TRAVELER" it was a long distance plane and was very fast! Now retired to the desert....How sad...
At 9:49 is a rare Convair 990 "Coronado". Note the large anti-shock body on the upper wings which were designed to increased the critical Mach and reduce transonic drag. I saw one like this that you can walk through on static display at the transportation museum in Lucerne Switzerland, while two are owned by the Mojave Spaceport. Of these, one is on display at the airport's entrance, and the other is used for movie and television filming projects.
THE OLD BEAUTIFUL DC9'S BREAKS MY HEART.
Sad to see them go☹️
Wow, there's even a Convair CV-880 ! And those DC-8 super 71 fitted with newer engines still look ready to go.
Most needed sparepart: nosecaps, cowling doors, engine parts, seats, and everything that still works but is no longer produced for aircraft still in service. Do these graveyards actually sell spareparts?
I'm sure you can buy spar parts from the companies that own the airplanes.
Yes
Great flight over some birds. One L-1011 was super well preserved. I only noticed that one at the end of the vid. Also a couple jets weren't shown, the other Convair 990 and an F-4 next to it.
Daniel O Carey That L-1011 was a mess inside unfortunately, the main cabin was full of bird droppings and the cockpit was gutted but what fun I had standing right next to it and climbing up the entry ladder just aft of the nose gear. L-10's are my favorite passenger jets. EDIT: Oh, never mind, I thought you were talking about that old Delta. Yes, that one is well preserved, looks to be in flying condition. I wish I was there to see that one up close!!!
Daniel O Carey en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargazer_(aircraft)
Evan J I think the L-1011 was the most complete in design of any commercial jet. It just didn't have many (if any) faults. I, personally, did not like the RR engine sound when starting to rev. But those engines were very good. The DC-10 was a good airplane too, but was under-designed I think. The Convairs were amazing in some ways. But they had a lot of wing and engine for a small living space. Who could afford to fly them?
Lockheed and Convair made the mistake of thinking that an "Nth Degree" design would profit them. Boeing skimps to make money. And Lockheed and Convair just could not compromise that much. They lost money and made exceptional airplanes!
Daniel O Carey Agreed. I would rather be on an L-10 but the worse plane won out in that bout. I also agree that kazoo like sound when the engines spooled up to maximum power was always a bit strange BUT you knew you were on an L-1011 when you heard that. Trent is having a hard time making engines as reliable these days as noted in a few recent incidents with BA and Qantas.
Evan J What's your take on the 787? Will it change the world? Will it be good for 30-years? Will there be a catastrophy from the electrical system or perhaps the composit structure?
Can people go inside the planes?
I don't think so due to insurance and liability concerns. I have driven by the perimeter of the airport a few times but its fenced off.
This is weird seeing such iconic jets such as the Boeing 747, 767, Airbus A300, and almost every single McDonnell Douglas jet rusting away here.
Also the L-1011 and DC-10 looking forward as they sit next to each other gives me a feeling that they say to each other, *We had a good run, but now it's time. I'm glad we'll go together.*
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Some of the planes in the yard are not retired yet.. they are just kept here. Thats why tour isn't allowed as some are still owned by the companies.
rocking some old school jets
It is all about parts. When I bought my first old car which ran for another 500,000 miles I soon realized that there is a wonderful world of old parts. Some of the electronics on these babies are worth a fortune.
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some very beautiful & air worthy there
Love the whole fleet of DC-8s at 3:19!
Hey guys looked it's my childhood.... Scrapped :(
Kaum zu glauben ! Daumen hoch
I watched this when I was 4
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Really heart touching. ...
iamsfa 777 Yeah such sweet memories - all those cabin crew I nailed in the toilets : )
guydecervens haha :-D
If I was rich, I would love to take 1 or 2 of those Delta L1011s
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WOW WHAT A GREAT GRAVE YARD
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i can tell the southern air and altas planes look like they will be refurbed , since the paint looks fresh
this is not a flight over the airplane graveyard... It's a slideshow set to music that only 1/3 of your audience will like and the other 2/3rds will either click back out of or mute.
Imagine buying one of these planes(I'd buy that L-1011) and converting it into a house!
Yes, every airplane lovers dream
I believe the plane you have with all the question marks at about 5:11 into the video is a North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco, I could be wrong but I don't think so.
It wasn't a Bronco. It was some kind of an experimental aircraft.
Awesome flying machines they did their job and they did a lot of hard work a man
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victorville (kvcv) has a lot retired airplanes too. amazing vid!!
7:49 Please tell me that extremely rare TWA Convair 800 wasn't scrapped. If it was, those bastards scrapped a historical artifact that should have been preserved.
TWA Convair 880 - www.baltimoresun.com/sd-me-bell-convair-20180929-story.html
All those DC-8s still look flyable, even that TWA Convair 880.
Hi, great video! :) Which company did you charter the Cessna overflight from?
Poor UA 747-400s, they are built in 1997 and scrapped in 2012/13. Quite young
That's too young, Delta is still flying N661US, the very first 747-400 produced, first delivered to Northwest Airlines in 1989 (also involved in NWA85 incident). The 747 if properly maintained can fly for 30 years if they do only long haul. It would be understandable if a 1997 747 is scrapped in 2013 if it flew domestic routes in Japan. Iran Air still flies a 747SP that's over 37 years old, proof that it's a robust design.
woowww histroy in a dessert. And was that air canada gimli glider flying after the crash? Or did Air Canada did the plane out of service
At 0:11 off to the left the hanger for the Stratolifter was under construction in 2012.
I must love this place, and the boneyard in Tucson, AZ. Do you know if one is able to pilot drones over this particular facility?
As you can see, it is an airport. As a drone pilot you should be familiar with the rules about flying near or at an airport.
Actually I didn’t know it was an active airport. Of course, how else would the planes have gotten there? Silly question, I suppose.
Damn I wish I could have lived to see the early jet age and actually watch these legendary jetliners which shaped the second half of the twentieth century fly
4:33 those two C-133's have been there forever. I'm surprised they haven't been scrapped.
Is it possible to purchase these aircraft or parts of them? Could be a good idea to create something out of a 747. Maybe a restaurant, caffe or small house.
Yes
U JUST READ MY MIND !
The gimli glider doesn't deserve to be sat in a desert, please will a museum buy it!
i wish these aircrafts to come back to life
What is the airplane at 8;06? Wow thats a SAAB A32 Lansen at :54,and thats a good shot at 3:15 I didn't know there were any Douglas C-133 cargo master airframe's left!
jose martinez Convair Coronado
Ineke Mateman CV-880 Coronado
😢. Sad to know probably most of the 747-4's I've flown on with United are now decommissioned/out of service. I flew them with the old blue-grey "battleship" livery. Absolutely awesome planes that I'm sad aren't flying with US carriers anymore.
I drive past this all the time on the way to Vegas from Paso Robles California
Nice! Drom what airport and company did you fly?
Looks like my 1/144 airliners collection after I moved them in a Uhaul trailer from NC....except these are in much better shape!
Counted at least 4 Northwest DC9s there...99.99% chance I piloted all of them in my past. Most of those DC9 were parked when the pressure bulkhead AD was due. That AD Hand a price tag of about 1 million $.
Unknown aircraft with twin boom tail looks like a North American Bronco. They were built in Columbus Ohio, and I remember them very well, flying over when I was a kid, when we lived on Innis rd.
Are those A340s at 7 minutes in the ATI livery? Sucks for them, I think not too long after those came out ETOPs was extended for 2 engine planes.
DC-8s
They are DC-8's. As you might remember, or not, in the old days they had real airplanes.
Pinal Airpark, near Mirana AZ has many large aircraft waiting to be scrapped. I once saw on there being flattened by a bulldozer!
I think it was the early 80's , I would mt out north of LA. cut over at TEHACHAPI pass to Barstow and make my way over to El centro , I always would look forward to that airplane graveyard , it always seemed tranquil . Maybe all the people ,left their good thoughts flying to where ever , and somehow that soon to be scrap metal , has a bit of a soul.
It’s the place where SF9 filmed ‘O Sole Mio’ and BiSH filmed ‘My Landscape’