nice tour...I wish we'd known of this one...we had done the freebie at Davis-Monthan but this is a lot better.,..oh well...btw, my older cuz was a CPO pilot of a C-131 (convair)
good vid and nice you guys caught the audio as well :)
I have been there about ten years ago. Don't remember the admission fee but is not too bad.. It is a very facinateing place and well worth what ever the price...The shame is that most of these planes are flyable but also just wasteing away.
Is it in anyway a chance that the plains can be refittet and reinstated in service, like the F-14s and F-16. I see alot of plains that are still in service, can they be sent back to service after been here or are they to stay when they arrive?
its because they cost more to maintain, fuel and operate them, then what the military needs, new and better a/c take there place, why a f-18 is there to my best knowledge id say its for show or something with the frame integrity is ef'd up making it not worth replacing
Wow. What a sad but fascinating place. It really does look like you've just arrived at the aircraft show room and you've got pick what you want to take home. What's the score though? What is meant to happen to them?
Creepy, every aircraft there has an enormous history unique to itself. Strange... every plane landed there on its own. I wonder if the stunning Gimli Glder sits amongs the other living headstones.
No. This is the explanation as posted on the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base webpage. "Unfortunately AMARG cannot sell or donate aircraft for two reasons: government rules on sales and donation of government property do not permit such direct sales, and AMARG does not actually "own" the aircraft and aerospace vehicles stored at the Center. Ownership remains with the delivering military service or government agency, with AMARG functioning as a property manager."
nice tour...I wish we'd known of this one...we had done the freebie at Davis-Monthan but this is a lot better.,..oh well...btw, my older cuz was a CPO pilot of a C-131 (convair)
good vid and nice you guys caught the audio as well :)
granskare 1 year ago
I have been there about ten years ago. Don't remember the admission fee but is not too bad.. It is a very facinateing place and well worth what ever the price...The shame is that most of these planes are flyable but also just wasteing away.
nascar11000 1 year ago
Is it in anyway a chance that the plains can be refittet and reinstated in service, like the F-14s and F-16. I see alot of plains that are still in service, can they be sent back to service after been here or are they to stay when they arrive?
krigertom 2 years ago
HE said they are all kept in flyable condition, sooo I'm going with yes.
billburrsucs 2 years ago
aha, so if it suddenly would be a war, they could just get some minor refits and get up in the air?
krigertom 2 years ago
oh what they gonna do on those plane just leave it in there??/
MrUScommando 2 years ago 2
I am going here! Do they let you walk around and take photos?
WakeUpDummies 2 years ago
Can you buy anything from here?
andresq4545 2 years ago
i dont understand why they have some new aircraft like the F-18 in the grave yard?????? some pls explain
Cuan95 2 years ago
its because they cost more to maintain, fuel and operate them, then what the military needs, new and better a/c take there place, why a f-18 is there to my best knowledge id say its for show or something with the frame integrity is ef'd up making it not worth replacing
HydrauIics 2 years ago
Wow. What a sad but fascinating place. It really does look like you've just arrived at the aircraft show room and you've got pick what you want to take home. What's the score though? What is meant to happen to them?
FFTVAviation 2 years ago
Creepy, every aircraft there has an enormous history unique to itself. Strange... every plane landed there on its own. I wonder if the stunning Gimli Glder sits amongs the other living headstones.
hairyfatslobpig 2 years ago
i would like to buy 2 747-400.200,100 and a dreamlifter,ohh and a boeing 777
InfiniteSaviour49 2 years ago
Shit!! We need to fire all those bitches up ASAP!!
gdrbs427 2 years ago
They do have b52's there.
1SICK88LX 2 years ago
why the f-16s arent they still in service
shreddar56 2 years ago
Old ones
WakeUpDummies 2 years ago
sad
TxMade006 3 years ago
how much $ for the tour ?
Im glad adleast someone has the foresight to save adleast one example of each type of aircraft !
Think for the future avaiton diehards !
PLEASE !!!
apatheticempathy 3 years ago
The current cost (as of Feb 2009) is $15.50 to get into the museum and $6 for a one hour tour of of graveyard.
nclaus45 3 years ago
do they have the b-52's there??? i mean the ones which are in fully tact
niall430 3 years ago
he sounds like he hates his life
niall430 3 years ago
MORE LIKE, FRICKEN BURNT OUT !.HES PROBABLY BORED with this gig.
nukecat 2 years ago
could they have a more boring guy doing the talking, jesus christ.
belkly 3 years ago 2
I actually use to work at the museum giving tours.Most of the people who gave tours were much more enthusiastic than what you hear in the tape.
cdubois13 3 years ago
that is cool vid
addxc60 3 years ago
No. This is the explanation as posted on the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base webpage. "Unfortunately AMARG cannot sell or donate aircraft for two reasons: government rules on sales and donation of government property do not permit such direct sales, and AMARG does not actually "own" the aircraft and aerospace vehicles stored at the Center. Ownership remains with the delivering military service or government agency, with AMARG functioning as a property manager."
nclaus45 3 years ago
@nclaus45 So even if I offered the US Government £1 billion they wouldn't sell me one little tomcat for display in an inactive mode?
Trek001 11 months ago
do you know if parts of those aircraft are for sale? i would love to get my hands on a fighter jet cockpit section to restore it
BlikjeBier 3 years ago