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Last week
(2/25/10), we enjoyed a great visit from our Kiwi friends Robin and
Rhonda Scanes, New Zealand.
Along
with chasing trains from Vegas to Cajon, we took time to check out the
airliner "bone yard" at Southern CA Logistics Airport/George
AFB. So, here are the first pictures of my/our old base.
The
DC-10's and L-1011's will surely never fly again. I read in
Aviation Week that UAL retired all of their 737's and it appears that
they are mostly at SCLA. Pictures P-07, 08, 09 are of an
independent dismantaler who seems to
buy one plane at a time for the scrap value. They've been working on
Tower Air Lines 747's for years. P-08 also shows the new Dr
Pepper/Snapple bottling plant. P-10 & P-11 are of a repaint
outfit called "Leading Edge". A Delta/NWA A-319 and
several Aussie 767's will shortly be returned to service. P-12 is
of a General Atomics Predator or Reaper outside the old engine "hush
house".
Just for
grins --- if you were one of the few people who saw the move FACE OFF
with Travolta and Cage, this is the building the private jet "crashed"
int --- yeah so??
Boeing
will be testing the first three new 787's here and the new 747-8's at AF
Plant 42 in Palmdale. Will try to get some images of both --- or get
busted for being a spy or something.
The bad
news is that the LARGE new logistics buildings and the proposed
BNSF RR intermodal rail yard are victims of the economy. GGG
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| GGG 2/25/10 These DC-10's + L-1011's - P-01 | GGG - will never fly again - P-02 | GGG Mojave got competition! - P-03 |
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| GGG 2/25/10 Retired UA 737's - P-04 | GGG Endless string of planes - P-05 | GGG More retired UA 737's - P-06 |
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| GGG 2/25/10 Scrap yard - P-07 | GGG Scrap yard - P-08 | GGG Former Tower Air Lines 747 - P-09 |
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| GGG 2/25/10 New scheme: Leading Edge - P-10 | RS These 767's will go back to service - P-11 | RS Predator Drone - P-12 |
| Some photos of SCLA in 2011 | ||
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| GGG 6/02/11 Former UAL 737 and Qunatas 747-400 have reached the end of their of lives - P-13 | GGG 6/02/11 The new Boeing 747-8F launches for a test flight - P-14 | GGG 6/02/11 The DC-10 Fire Bomber - also on a test flight - P-15 |
