The Boneyard, Arizona
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I am not sure since post 9/11 but before then, you could hire a Cessna from Genesis Aviation at Tucson international and fly over the Boneyard for some time and take piccies.
I did it 2 or 3 times with Sunday being the best day as the Davis Monthan circuit was quiet, one time there was even a couple of VC-10s and 8 or 9 Tornado F3s on the DM ramp, probably making their way home (slowly) from a Red Flag.
I did it 2 or 3 times with Sunday being the best day as the Davis Monthan circuit was quiet, one time there was even a couple of VC-10s and 8 or 9 Tornado F3s on the DM ramp, probably making their way home (slowly) from a Red Flag.
AR.....on a US Military Base.....when the National Anthem is played....or the Retreat Gun sounds and Retreat (Evening Colors) is played.....we stand to Attention, face the Flag.....or the Music....and if in Uniform.....Salute. All activity ceases....all vehicles pull to a stop....used to be all occupants exited the vehicle and rendered honors.
Playing golf is not the done thing as you found out it would appear.
Playing golf is not the done thing as you found out it would appear.
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SaSless.
The same rules apply here in Aus.
And god help if you don't because you'd be march up in front of the RSM (WO 1 Regimental Sgt Major) regardless of rank (up to a point !).
The same rules apply here in Aus.
And god help if you don't because you'd be march up in front of the RSM (WO 1 Regimental Sgt Major) regardless of rank (up to a point !).
SASless / 500N - I can't see that catching on in the UK. For one thing the station PA system probably couldn't cope - and for another, many of the people on RAF stations now are civilian contractors who've never served in the Armed Forces.
Besides, what would their unions say.....
It was bad enough avoiding being run over by contractors' vehicles which failed to stop during the daily ensign lowering ceremony.
Besides, what would their unions say.....
It was bad enough avoiding being run over by contractors' vehicles which failed to stop during the daily ensign lowering ceremony.
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As has been said Pima museum next to the DM boneyard is well worth a visit, as is the Missile silo which has been turned into a museum just a few miles down the road in Green Valley I think if memory serves me well.Pima had an SR71 when I visited in the late 90s, not too sure if that is still there.
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Hello all, from the commercial world...
I went to Pima a couple of weeks ago when I was on a PHX trip and it was really good. Well worth a visit. I also drove past somewhere else on the way, which I can't remember, which had some commercial frames having an elongated break in the sun.
I went to Pima a couple of weeks ago when I was on a PHX trip and it was really good. Well worth a visit. I also drove past somewhere else on the way, which I can't remember, which had some commercial frames having an elongated break in the sun.
That'll be Pinal Airpark, a few miles NW of Tucson on the I-10.
The missile silo mentioned earlier is the Titan Missile Museum. Another excellent visit and highly recommended.
The missile silo mentioned earlier is the Titan Missile Museum. Another excellent visit and highly recommended.
I am not sure since post 9/11 but before then, you could hire a Cessna from Genesis Aviation at Tucson international and fly over the Boneyard for some time and take piccies.
I did it 2 or 3 times with Sunday being the best day as the Davis Monthan circuit was quiet, one time there was even a couple of VC-10s and 8 or 9 Tornado F3s on the DM ramp, probably making their way home (slowly) from a Red Flag.
I did it 2 or 3 times with Sunday being the best day as the Davis Monthan circuit was quiet, one time there was even a couple of VC-10s and 8 or 9 Tornado F3s on the DM ramp, probably making their way home (slowly) from a Red Flag.
Most departures from Tucson are to the south, so if you arrange to go to the north of Tucson you have to make a wide left turn after take-off ... which means that the storage areas are all laid out off to your left as you climb slowly. Pick a high-wing Cessna, don't be afraid of telling the pilot what you want to do, and they will 'accidentally' keep it low, and allow you to have the window open so you get some good photos without glass reflections.
On the way back from the north, ask to overfly the Tucson central area, which means that you keep well to the east, fly past D-M again, and make a wide detour to the west of Tucson Intl before turning finals.
On a visit there in the early 90s we stopped to peer through the fence. I remember looking at numerous lines of F-4 Phantoms lined-up ... there were 19 in each line, and I counted 23 lines!
19 in a line! ... what was the standard complement for a RAF F-4 squadron?
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Pima had an SR71 when I visited in the late 90s, not too sure if that is still there.
I bought the T-shirt.
Now I hope they can get their lovely B-36 to inside exhibition.
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I could lose hours on that AMARC website.
I love the personal stories attached to this C5A and the incidents she was involved in:
AMARC Experience - AMARC Experience
I love the personal stories attached to this C5A and the incidents she was involved in:
AMARC Experience - AMARC Experience
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
I wonder what they would charge a foreign air force for open storage?
Ideal place for a spare E3D or maybe some redundant Sentinels.
Ideal place for a spare E3D or maybe some redundant Sentinels.
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Thought this might be of interest to some.
Found when looking for something else.
Military Aircraft Boneyards, Storage, Disposal and Scrapping after World War II
Found when looking for something else.
Military Aircraft Boneyards, Storage, Disposal and Scrapping after World War II
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It hooked me for about 15 minutes as well. I'll go back and look again later.
I knew a lot of aircraft were scrapped at the end of WWII and the start of
the jet age but I didn't realise that the US had so many different airfields
so close together in the Western US.
Looking at how many aircraft and how few now,
it's a shame more weren't kept - The B17's as an example.
It hooked me for about 15 minutes as well. I'll go back and look again later.
I knew a lot of aircraft were scrapped at the end of WWII and the start of
the jet age but I didn't realise that the US had so many different airfields
so close together in the Western US.
Looking at how many aircraft and how few now,
it's a shame more weren't kept - The B17's as an example.
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"And remember thats where the Caf'S B29 came from, flew down in a B24 with tool kits and worked over 5 B29's missed off inventory and finally flew FIFI back for full restoration. So it is a usefull place in 20 yeard someone will be reclaiming the last B52 or Harrier.
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Actually, "FIFI" didn't come from the boneyard. She was found at China Lake Navy Base.
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Actually, "FIFI" didn't come from the boneyard. She was found at China Lake Navy Base.
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"And remember thats where the Caf'S B29 came from, flew down in a B24 with tool kits and worked over 5 B29's missed off inventory and finally flew FIFI back for full restoration. So it is a usefull place in 20 yeard someone will be reclaiming the last B52 or Harrier.
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Actually, "FIFI" didn't come from the boneyard. She was found at China Lake Navy Base.
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Actually, "FIFI" didn't come from the boneyard. She was found at China Lake Navy Base.
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I spent a few days photographing Davis Monthan, Pima and followed by Mojave some years ago. It proved to be one of the saddest places I'd ever seen old aircraft.
I'd be pleased if you looked at a gallery on my archive site:
Rgds,
Richard.
I'd be pleased if you looked at a gallery on my archive site:
Rgds,
Richard.