What if I told you there was an aircraft boneyard with over two hundred abandoned planes of all types and sizes, all just waiting to be crawled around in? What about if it isn't a slideshow? Do you think that would be something you might be interested in?

That's way cool. I would love to be able to go mess around those things. Just to poke around and see all the parts of the planes you never get close to on a flight.

The little things in the far left, middle and right are opposing players. See if you can find them all.

Google Images: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Uncle Wiggly: [i1207.photobucket.com image 640x400]

The little things in the lower right, woven into a stack, are B-52s. See if you can find the helicopter in flight, the old Air Force 707 marked "United States of America", the B1 bombers, the rocket stages and the odd things that look like flying darts.

Google Maps: Davis-MonthanAFB

Amazing how close you can zoom in. They look like a lot of broken toys. Would love to ride my bike around in that place.

can you still get in trouble for posting those pictures? would that be considered proof of trespassing?

Flashbacks!

cpubus: can you still get in trouble for posting those pictures? would that be considered proof of trespassing?

Yep. And they left fingerprints behind, too. The pictures are cool and all, but they just posted a confession that the police don't need a search warrant to see. Of course, the guy writing this is in London, and it's damned unlikely the US would seek extradition on simple trespassing, but he could end up on a do-not-fly list for his troubles. The other guys are locals.

Uncle Wiggly: Google Maps: George AFB

Lol at the douche tailgating on Nichols Road despite no other traffic.

/ douche

lordargent: [static.wikigta.org image 640x512]

Flashbacks!

I heard hold the line by Toto on the radio the other day. Always gives me a mental image of riding a motorcycle across the desert at dawn to the airport from my safe house in Las Venturas.

Great game.

Just be careful. You never know who might meet out there...

Meet Us at the Stick: There's another one off CA-58 near Mojave, CA.

I could spend days there just walking around

/love airplanes

seen this one twice since i moved to the southwest.

/then go up to tehachapi

That's pretty cool. I love and/or am saddened by the bone yard in Tucson. Every time I fly in there, I drive by the place and have to stop and look.

I have to ask. Does anybody know what it takes to get permission to go inside there? I would just love to spend a whole day poking around.

Clockwork Kumquat: Uncle Wiggly: [i1207.photobucket.com image 640x400]

The little things in the lower right, woven into a stack, are B-52s. See if you can find the helicopter in flight, the old Air Force 707 marked "United States of America", the B1 bombers, the rocket stages and the odd things that look like flying darts.

Google Maps: Davis-MonthanAFB

Amazing how close you can zoom in. They look like a lot of broken toys. Would love to ride my bike around in that place.

Yeah the close view on the Stratofortresses is awesome

Schlock: Clockwork Kumquat: Uncle Wiggly: [i1207.photobucket.com image 640x400]

The little things in the lower right, woven into a stack, are B-52s. See if you can find the helicopter in flight, the old Air Force 707 marked "United States of America", the B1 bombers, the rocket stages and the odd things that look like flying darts.

Google Maps: Davis-MonthanAFB

Amazing how close you can zoom in. They look like a lot of broken toys. Would love to ride my bike around in that place.

Yeah the close view on the Stratofortresses is awesome

Ooh and to the far right there's some Warthogs and I think...F-14s? F-18s?

Uncle Wiggly: [i1207.photobucket.com image 640x400]

The little things in the lower right, woven into a stack, are B-52s. See if you can find the helicopter in flight, the old Air Force 707 marked "United States of America", the B1 bombers, the rocket stages and the odd things that look like flying darts.

Google Maps: Davis-MonthanAFB

I couldn't find the helicopter or the 707, but I was wondering what the hell the darts are. They don't look like US aircraft

If you're looking at what I'm looking at, they're F111s. Found the two D21 drones, but not any rocket parts. What are those near?

rotarymike: If you're looking at what I'm looking at, they're F111s. Found the two D21 drones, but not any rocket parts. What are those near?

Yeah, the ones I was looking at were just to the right of the...radar planes? Don't know what they're called, the ones with the large discs on top. Those are F111's?

So that's where boners go when they die.

okay, so when did the Air Force start flying Jedi Starfighters?

Schlock: Uncle Wiggly: [i1207.photobucket.com image 640x400]

The little things in the lower right, woven into a stack, are B-52s. See if you can find the helicopter in flight, the old Air Force 707 marked "United States of America", the B1 bombers, the rocket stages and the odd things that look like flying darts.

Google Maps: Davis-MonthanAFB

I couldn't find the helicopter or the 707, but I was wondering what the hell the darts are. They don't look like US aircraft

I found the 707, but I also found close to dozen Cessna Sky Masters parked there.

Schlock: Yeah, the ones I was looking at were just to the right of the...radar planes? Don't know what they're called, the ones with the large discs on top.

I believe they're called AWACS.

santini: okay, so when did the Air Force start flying Jedi Starfighters?

[santini35.com image 568x389]

[www.bathmodelcentre.com image 400x238]

Lockheed D-21 drones, used back in the 1960s.

Off-topic: why are old people moving to Florida, when the weather in California makes for superb storage conditions for old things? I've been to Florida, it seemed humid and hot, I think I would feel a whole lot better in Cali.

/Nice link subby, would love to visit one day.

santini: okay, so when did the Air Force start flying Jedi Starfighters?

It'd be fun to mock up a bunch of flying saucers, X-wings, etc in time for the next Google earth update photo, then sit back and watch the international hilarity.

Bing maps is sometimes better. And lets you rotate the image to let you look from the South, West etc Not just the same image, actually different POV.

Found the 707. What was that? The two 707 AF1's are both in museums.

flexflint: Off-topic: why are old people moving to Florida, when the weather in California makes for superb storage conditions for old things? I've been to Florida, it seemed humid and hot, I think I would feel a whole lot better in Cali.

/Nice link subby, would love to visit one day.

Its more regional than that. East coasters tend to move to Florida, Midwesterners tend to go to d the gulf states. West coasters often end up in Nevada and Arizona.

Uncle Wiggly: [i1207.photobucket.com image 640x400]

The little things in the lower right, woven into a stack, are B-52s. See if you can find the helicopter in flight, the old Air Force 707 marked "United States of America", the B1 bombers, the rocket stages and the odd things that look like flying darts.

Google Maps: Davis-MonthanAFB

Is this the 707?
Link

debo1683: Uncle Wiggly: [i1207.photobucket.com image 640x400]

The little things in the lower right, woven into a stack, are B-52s. See if you can find the helicopter in flight, the old Air Force 707 marked "United States of America", the B1 bombers, the rocket stages and the odd things that look like flying darts.

Google Maps: Davis-MonthanAFB

Is this the 707?
Link



Don't think so. Cant see any windows on the one I found, so it could be a tanker or a airborne command post type with blocked up windows. The paint scheme looks different, and the "America" is further back on the fuselage. On you link the wing meets the body under the "E", on the pic I found it is under the "C"

/Could have been repainted of course.

No thanks

mjbok: Schlock: Yeah, the ones I was looking at were just to the right of the...radar planes? Don't know what they're called, the ones with the large discs on top.

I believe they're called AWACS.

How many "AWACS" are guys seeing there? As far I know, only three E3 Sentries have ever been scrapped.

Charlie Freak: RatOmeter: mjbok: Schlock: Yeah, the ones I was looking at were just to the right of the...radar planes? Don't know what they're called, the ones with the large discs on top.

I believe they're called AWACS.

How many "AWACS" are guys seeing there? As far I know, only three E3 Sentries have ever been scrapped.

Probably looking at E-2 Hawkeyes

Yeah, looking at google they're E-2's. Anyhow, the planes I was asking about originally are at 32.15816,-110.830705. Are those F111's?

Flint Ironstag: Bing maps is sometimes better. And lets you rotate the image to let you look from the South, West etc Not just the same image, actually different POV.

Found the 707. What was that? The two 707 AF1's are both in museums.

You're right, in this case Bing is actually better.

Are those C-130's at 32.150082,-110.835692? farkers are huge compared to everything else in there

costermonger: Schlock: Are those F111's?

Yup. Could of EF-111s there too.

Cool, thanks. Don't think I've even heard of those before

Schlock: Are those C-130's at 32.150082,-110.835692? farkers are huge compared to everything else in there

C-5s. Largest US transport plane ever.

Uncle Wiggly: The little things in the lower right, woven into a stack, are B-52s.

See where all those C-130s are at the corner of Kolb and Escalante? Back before the Gulf War (the first one), there were B-52s clear out to the fence. Looked like a mess from the ground, but from the air you could see they had them packed in as tightly as they could possibly get. I think they pulled a bunch out for the Gulf War, and a good bunch of the remainder were executed guillotine-style. I think some of the remains are down near the "corner" of Kolb and Yuma St. In fact, I think the ones you're referring to are being executed in place.

/ I notice they've been moving F-15s and F-16s in :^(

Ooh, wait just a minute... here's the real Davis Monthan AFB prize (new window).

Note: When I click on this link, it first loads as a lower-res image showing two of the type, but the high-res then updates with just one. Doo-da doo-doo Doo-da doo-doo!!

factoryconnection: Note: When I click on this link, it first loads as a lower-res image showing two of the type, but the high-res then updates with just one. Doo-da doo-doo Doo-da doo-doo!!

The "low-res" is the overhead view; the "high-res" is the 45° view. They were taken at different times, since the 45° shows a bunch of C-141s that the overhead doesn't (I don't remember if they're still there right now). The overhead looks "low-res" because the exposure's screwed up, so the picture's completely blown out.

factoryconnection: Schlock: Are those C-130's at 32.150082,-110.835692? farkers are huge compared to everything else in there

C-5s. Largest US transport plane ever.

Oh, wow. Yeah I see the C-130's now thanks to Victoly pointing them out. They're tiny in comparison