Commercial airliners have limited lifespans.

Ultimately, they must be retired from service, stored in "airplane boneyards" or graveyards, and finally dismantled and scrapped.

Some of these boneyards are located in the dry deserts of California.

Others are located in Arizona, including Davis-Monthan AFB AMARG, Pinal Airpark and the Phoenix Goodyear Airport.




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The Southern California Logistics Airport is located in Victorville, California, about 80 miles northeast of Los Angeles.


Located in the Mojave Desert, Victorville has a warm and dry climate that make it the perfect place to keep aging airplanes for extended periods of time.

Airplanes here have been retired, out of service, or declared "surplus" not needed for immediate operations.


Jetliners eventually reach end-of-life due to airframe wear and/or obsolescence.


Some jetliners are temporarily taken off flying status, and must be stored in a environment that is conducive to preservation.

Others are kept for spare parts for flying aircraft.

To protect airliners during their storage from wind and sun damage, engines and windows are tightly covered with white, reflective materials.

A sealed airliner can thus be stored safely, for years, until the time comes to return it to active duty, or salvage.

Eventually, all airliners are removed permanently from service and must be "disposed" of.

Airliner "boneyards" in the deserts of the western United States serve several functions temporary storage, maintenance, parts reclamation, and scrapping.

After they arrive, some planes are preserved so they can, one day, return to service with the airline or be sold to another airline or countries.


Those planes have their windows covered in foil and their fluids drained as they prepare to sit in the desert for the long haul.

The aircraft's engines the most valuable parts of the plane are also removed.

Some are broken up and sold for parts.


After the valuable parts, such as the electronics, interior trim, and other reusable components, have been harvested, the remaining pieces are chopped up and sold for scrap.

As of March 2015, British Airways has quite a few 747s at the boneyard.

The airline has a massive fleet of more than 35 747-400s.

But as the average age of its 747 fleet nears 20 years, British Airways is slowly retiring its older birds.

The boneyard is an ever-changing aviation landscape.

As old tenants are broken up or sold, new arrivals fresh from mainline service are flown in.

Singapore Airlines, Air New Zealand, and Cathay Pacific have also sent 747s to Victorville.

Other airlines include Air China, Evergreen International, Lufthansa, and United Airlines.

FedEx is also a major tenant.

Lovely..

Airplane Boneyard is where our Nigerian politicians and wannabe yeyebrities go to acquire dead planes....

Some Nigeria business men will start eying these ones to import

Abuja, . Where Nigeria's Politicians go to die .

Explorers:
After they arrive, some planes are preserved so they can, one day, return to service with the airline or be sold to another airline or countries.


Those planes have their windows covered in foil and their fluids drained as they prepare to sit in the desert for the long haul.

African countries

If na naija, the plane won't retire until it falls off the sky.

EXPLORERS IS BACK!

My Igbo brothers don begin see business ventures on the planes now

Explorer....... You are amazing

Even though, there is racism, immorality and some other things I hate America for, I still respect them for...


Invention, innovation and development.


#Respect!

buhari needs to fly in one of such planes

Good business if u ask me ooooo......@Explorer let's do business naa, we can import and resell to Air_peace..

Nice one

Dismantling.

starbuck:
My Igbo brothers don begin see business ventures on the planes now

No be lie ohh.

Nice Explorers, you are doing a great job. Your posts are always informative and educative unlike all those BBN rubbish that have taken over Nairaland

Kudos!! Let the good work continue.

Eye opening!

Explorers any update from the Egypt's skull

Don't we have any in Nigeria Explorers?