D.M. boneyard google map link

Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:31 pm

The boneyard: I don't think this is recent photos but still......sometimes you just want to cry!!

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q ... iwloc=addr

Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:40 pm

11 B-1 Bones in the boneyard...hmmmm, did those get pulled out and back into inventory or are those just "parts" at this point?

Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:48 pm

That place is both depressing and fascinating...

Anyone else notice the "HI MOM" carved into the desert at the corner of S Kolb Rd and E. Escalante Rd. In the A-10 storage area :lol:

What an amazing variety of aircraft...

Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:54 pm

All is see on the link is beer cans and pots.

Jerry

Mon Sep 28, 2009 2:03 pm

There are also the chopped up B-52s left in place for the Russian satellites to verify.

Mon Sep 28, 2009 2:06 pm

I can still see a C-121, several C-47's/C-117, a C-119, the hulk of a C-133( :evil:

), several versions of the B-57, a whole bunch of HU-16's. A few years ago there was still a KC-97 there but I can't seemed to find it on the map. I guess the scap man got her! :cry:

Any idea what the plan is for the C-133 and HU-16's? Also looks like the A-7 inventory is about gone and the B-52's seemed to have been worked over good. I was hoping a few of the silver early model B-52s could be saved....

Yes its interesting but also sad! All the sad and mad smileys that are going to be on this thread!

Mon Sep 28, 2009 5:30 pm

How old is this image? I did find my buddys Willy Fudd that were suppose to go down and start putting engines on this winter.

Scott...................

Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:06 pm

RNDMTRS4EVR wrote:How old is this image? I did find my buddys Willy Fudd that were suppose to go down and start putting engines on this winter.

Scott...................

My guess is late spring or early summer of 2005 judging by where planes are located at Pima.

James

Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:42 pm

...someday I will have to digitize them...then you will really be crying

Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:13 pm

Here's a photo of the same location from Bing. It makes an interesting comparison with the other image.

http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v ... &encType=1

Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:45 pm

And the bird's eye view provides fantastic resolution!

http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v ... &encType=1

Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:46 pm

Dave Lindauer wrote:Here's a photo of the same location from Bing. It makes an interesting comparison with the other image.

http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v ... &encType=1

That one is a little newer. Around May 2007 I think. It is either a weekend or lunchtime because my car isn't in the lot at Pima.

James

Tue Sep 29, 2009 1:50 am

Yeah you can even see the B-36 out back at Pima. Interesting that it's more complete in the "bird's eye" view.

Tue Sep 29, 2009 5:56 am

Holedigger wrote:11 B-1 Bones in the boneyard...hmmmm, did those get pulled out and back into inventory or are those just "parts" at this point?

I believe those are A-models (if remembering properly from the tour).

Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:05 am

Dave Lindauer wrote:Here's a photo of the same location from Bing. It makes an interesting comparison with the other image.

http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v ... &encType=1

From that view they sure disposed of a lot of B-52s. I wonder how many are still in storage.

D.M. boneyard google map link

D.M. boneyard google map link

I have 100's of slides taken there