disabled / decomissioned airframes in Australia

[sprocket check]

I think there was a red tail in Jakarta, wasn't there?

[Avgas172]

747 in Longreach and a 707. Since a Leprecaun trashed the brand in a desperate attempt to gain commissions for selling it, they could be available soon.

Methinks at the rate they charge for a wingwalk on the old girl, it's making more $$$ than it did flying

[onetrack]

So, what's happened with the APAS boneyard facility at YBAS, anyway? If you believed all the BS and media hype from 2011, the OP would have his choice of multiple big hulls from this boneyard - but it appears it's still in the same state as it was in 2011? - still waiting for its first client?
Perhaps all those fancy figures on the back of a table napkin from 2010, don't stack up in 2014??

APAS | Asia Pacific Aircraft Storage

Here's the very last news mention I can find about the facility (Aug. 2013) - and the tone is very subdued, from all the initial hype.

"One of the changes in recent times has been the development of an aircraft "boneyard" which, she (Katie Cooper, GM of Alice Springs airport) says, is looking positive and is expected to be a plus for both the community and the airport.

"They've built it well, they've invested quite heavily and we're just waiting for the first aircraft, whatever that might be," she says, noting it could become a tourist draw in its own right, depending on what aircraft come through and how long they stay.

"They've got the ability to go up to 100ha, so it could be significant."

Alice Springs back from downturn| The Australian

[an-124]

Thanks Guys.

We will also look at the costs of cutting up a US located hull for ocean transportation, and then reassembly.

[Capn Bloggs]

There's a dead 747 in Jo Burg:

http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/5...ml#post8322349

[Fris B. Fairing]

The 707 and 747 at Longreach are there to remind us of what made Qantas great. Thankfully they are sufficiently removed from the clutches of the fools currently running the airline.