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15 comments to "Where Vehicles Are Left To Die"
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DCer
September 26th, 2007 at
2:11 pm
Why can’t someone make money selling these wings as bar/pub signs? I mean, how many bars have you been in with parts of old cars on the wall?
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impu1se
September 26th, 2007 at
2:55 pm
Personally, I find this link to the aerial view more amazing:
http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&ie=UTF8&ll=32.160973,-110.842781&spn=0 .025359,0.041413&z=15&om=1
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Ali S.
September 26th, 2007 at
2:57 pm
Interesting idea DCer! I think I can trump that by suggesting that people should buy an empty/hollow plane out and then build a bar IN it! Imagine how that would look! You can call it “The Mile High Club”
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Chris
September 26th, 2007 at
3:27 pm
if you google earth the davis monthan air force base, you’ll notive Hi mom written upside down at the north east corner.
amazing waste. we need a good war.
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DaveySocal
September 26th, 2007 at
3:29 pm
Yes, the Google maps view gives you the true scale.
I think we should sell them to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Israel or any other country that wants them. I am sure that there is some country out there that would want to restore them and use them to attack their neighbors.
Isn’t that what we usually do?
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Chris A
September 26th, 2007 at
4:24 pm
There is nothing wrong with storing all of the old planes there. The caption under the video mentioned ships and stuff as well, those are kept there. The video just showed the airplanes. Those planes have been decommissioned and stripped of its armament, expensive electronics, engines, and other parts they can reuse in newer craft or for other reasons. There is no environmental hazard in that location. I can’t comment on anything else mention in the caption though.
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scottie jay
September 26th, 2007 at
4:25 pm
davis-monathan was chosen because of the climate…..lo humidity equals no rust. get your facts straight before crying about the waste.
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artbot
September 26th, 2007 at
4:31 pm
I think we’ve sold all the weapons systems we can to our “allies”. These are the leftovers. My understanding is these are basically moth-balled, not dumped. In theory, they could be resurrected if need be, like when Canada invades us. That’s why they are sealed up and crucial components covered up.
I used to dream of visiting this place when I was an airplane nut as a kid. I can still name most of the planes from the Google maps image.
This place was also “featured” in some shots in Koyannisquatsi.
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Chimpo
September 26th, 2007 at
5:48 pm
Many of the aircraft are also later restored for museum collections. That’s why they are sealed up.
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Ali S.
September 26th, 2007 at
7:05 pm
You should also go take a look at the website linked and see the high humidity areas (as in lakes, piers, seas, bays etc.) with all of the rusty boats and subs floating about. I feel sorry for the fishes.
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Gellner
September 26th, 2007 at
7:48 pm
Check this out on Google Earth. It’s friggin amazing!
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ted
September 26th, 2007 at
10:23 pm
Where’s Tuscon Arizona?
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michael
September 27th, 2007 at
12:17 am
This isn’t a big deal. Not only for the reasons mentioned above, the price of scrap metals has gone through the roof and continues to rise. As time goes on, the incentive to recycle them will overtake their value as a spare parts yard. Then no more metal graveyard.
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Matt Garrett
September 27th, 2007 at
10:52 am
Actually, they do sell the parts. Davis Monthan makes several billion a year selling parts to friendly nations. And the very reason Davis Monthan is in Arizona is because it seldom rains there and the conditions are ideal to preserve aircraft for long duration storage. So to say that these planes are left to rot is largely inaccurate.
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Ravi
September 30th, 2007 at
5:29 pm
What song is running in the background? It’s pretty nice.
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