Simviation Forum - Davis-monthan Boneyard

Sep 30^th, 2007 at 4:55pm

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Was driving home one say and had a few few minutes to waste. So I decided to stop by Davis-monthan and take some photos through the fence.

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Reply #1 - Sep 30^th, 2007 at 5:02pm

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nice pics! Tongue

Can see why its called a boneyard lol

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Reply #2 - Sep 30^th, 2007 at 5:22pm

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Ooooh, lots of spare Hercs...

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Reply #3 - Sep 30^th, 2007 at 10:56pm

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Charlie wrote on Sep 30^th, 2007 at 5:22pm:

Ooooh, lots of spare Hercs...

And A-6's, F-14, f-15's, F-4's, F-18's, even a YC-14. I could go on, cause on the other side they have the B-52's, (its painful to see them all broken up like they are) C-141's, a C-5 or two. And thats only from memory! Oh and A-4's a few F-15's. ok sorry I'll stop..

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Reply #4 - Sep 30^th, 2007 at 11:26pm

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All those P-3's. Cry

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Reply #5 - Sep 30^th, 2007 at 11:42pm

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Cool.
I was looking at some interesting derelicts myself, earlier today.

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Reply #6 - Oct 1^st, 2007 at 3:16am

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Nice photos.

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Reply #7 - Oct 1^st, 2007 at 8:51am

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BAW0343 wrote on Sep 30^th, 2007 at 10:56pm:

Charlie wrote on Sep 30^th, 2007 at 5:22pm:

Ooooh, lots of spare Hercs...

And A-6's, F-14, f-15's, F-4's, F-18's, even a YC-14. I could go on, cause on the other side they have the B-52's, (its painful to see them all broken up like they are) C-141's, a C-5 or two. And thats only from memory! Oh and A-4's a few F-15's. ok sorry I'll stop..

I don't care about anything else. A certain european country could do with the Hercs though... Grin

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Reply #8 - Oct 1^st, 2007 at 9:05am

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The Americans probably have more aircraft there than the RAF have in the whole force!

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Reply #9 - Oct 1^st, 2007 at 9:39am

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Nice one BAW. Wink

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The Americans probably have more aircraft there than the RAF have in the whole force!

That's an understatement if ever I saw one. http://www.swaviator.com/html/issued00j01/boneyard.html
"Davis-Monthan is the permanent or temporary resting place for over 5,000 surplus or inactive aircraft spread over 2600 acres."

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Reply #10 - Oct 1^st, 2007 at 11:11am

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.....you can find it on Google Maps, if you know where to look, and count for yourself......... Shocked

........the satellite view is good enough to ID most types there.........

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Reply #11 - Oct 1^st, 2007 at 12:07pm

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Hagar wrote on Oct 1^st, 2007 at 9:39am:

Nice one BAW. Wink

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The Americans probably have more aircraft there than the RAF have in the whole force!

That's an understatement if ever I saw one. http://www.swaviator.com/html/issued00j01/boneyard.html
"Davis-Monthan is the permanent or temporary resting place for over 5,000 surplus or inactive aircraft spread over 2600 acres."

lol that article is a little outdated!
"One truly unique display, which always draws big crowds, is a large tent covering an SR-71. You can walk right up to and almost touch the ultra-sophisticated “Blackbird.” This is probably the best chance you’ll get to an up close and personal look at the best technology to come out of Kelly Johnson’s “Skunk Works” back in the 60’s."

Almost touch? They have moved it 2ce since this guy was here, its now in a hanger with absolutely no restrictions on how far away you have to be. If I wanted to I could climb on top of it with no trouble. But thats a one-way ticket to banishment I would assume!

Google earth provides a good view of the boneyard, search for Tucson then move to the south side and its hard to miss, there are two parts to it. Good enough quality to make out almost anything. Though it is a little outdated.

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Reply #12 - Oct 1^st, 2007 at 12:18pm

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BAW0343 wrote on Oct 1^st, 2007 at 12:07pm:

Hagar wrote on Oct 1^st, 2007 at 9:39am:

That's an understatement if ever I saw one. http://www.swaviator.com/html/issued00j01/boneyard.html
"Davis-Monthan is the permanent or temporary resting place for over 5,000 surplus or inactive aircraft spread over 2600 acres."

lol that article is a little outdated!
"One truly unique display, which always draws big crowds, is a large tent covering an SR-71. You can walk right up to and almost touch the ultra-sophisticated “Blackbird.” This is probably the best chance you’ll get to an up close and personal look at the best technology to come out of Kelly Johnson’s “Skunk Works” back in the 60’s."

Almost touch? They have moved it 2ce since this guy was here, its now in a hanger with absolutely no restrictions on how far away you have to be. If I wanted to I could climb on top of it with no trouble. But thats a one-way ticket to banishment I would assume!

That's as maybe. As I understand it your quote refers to the Pima Air & Space Museum. I was using the article as an example of how big the Davis-Monthan Boneyard is & how many aircraft are in storage there. I assume that 5,000 isn't far out whereas the RAF has less than 1,500 aircraft in service. http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/uk/raf/ukaf-raf-current-inventory.htm

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Reply #13 - Oct 1^st, 2007 at 12:29pm

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There are some very good books about this place. I have "Desert Boneyard" by Philip Chinnery (He has written several on the subject). It is full of the pictures I wish I had been able to take Sad

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Reply #14 - Oct 1^st, 2007 at 12:58pm

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What I wouldn't do to spend a few days inside that place!!

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