The Boneyard, Arizona
BP....if those old Birds could talk....think of the stories they could tell! Imagine if you started recording the accounts back at the end of WWII and carried on till today what amazing experiences the old Girls had.
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Following that train of thought, and going off topic, sorry. Living in an old house built c.1900, I've often wondered the same about this house, especially with the centenary of the start of WWI next year.
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Boneyard Experiences
I've had the privilege of visiting several aircraft active boneyards recently, including Davis-Monthan AMARG in Tucson.
And looking through photos of the post-WWII boneyards, like the one at Kingman Army Air Field in Arizona, one thought keeps coming back to mind: the total differences in the assembly line and the smelter.
I can picture the attention to detail and thoroughness of those working on the assembly line, making sure every wire, dial, gauge, gun, gear, flap, and hundreds of more items worked to perfection. And then there is the end of the line, in the boneyard, where planes are unceremoniously stripped of equipment, cut in pieces by the guillotine, and pushed into a smelting furnace to be turned into aluminum ingots.
Here's what I have put together about Kingman after World War II, and the scrapping process used there, and at other boneyards.
Kingman Airport (IGM) in Arizona, storage site for jetliners in the desert, Kingman Army Air Field WWII aircraft boneyard at Storage Depot 41
And looking through photos of the post-WWII boneyards, like the one at Kingman Army Air Field in Arizona, one thought keeps coming back to mind: the total differences in the assembly line and the smelter.
I can picture the attention to detail and thoroughness of those working on the assembly line, making sure every wire, dial, gauge, gun, gear, flap, and hundreds of more items worked to perfection. And then there is the end of the line, in the boneyard, where planes are unceremoniously stripped of equipment, cut in pieces by the guillotine, and pushed into a smelting furnace to be turned into aluminum ingots.
Here's what I have put together about Kingman after World War II, and the scrapping process used there, and at other boneyards.
Kingman Airport (IGM) in Arizona, storage site for jetliners in the desert, Kingman Army Air Field WWII aircraft boneyard at Storage Depot 41
