[Central Scrutiniser]

For old plane buffs. These boys will never fly again.

[Central Scrutiniser]

Could you ping the avaition pinglist?

Thanks

[Prophet in the wilderness]

To bad they can't remelt the aluminum down, and reuse it again on new aircraft.
How come they can't meltdown used aluminum for new aircraft ( If I am mistaken, then, please corrected me ) .
But, then again, the advances in new tech, and the use of composites, the issue of old aluminum will become mute in the future.

[The Other Harry]

This would have been interesting.

[Paleo Conservative]

Wouldn't the DC-6 and DC-7 airframes have fairly low flight hours considering that they were retired early due to the introduction of jets? Would any be worth restoring for private use?

[Pete'sWife]

Wow! The first plane I ever flew on was a DC-6.

[SamAdams76]

Where airplanes go to die.

[pops88]

Thanks for sharing! I love old planes. When I was a kid, a pilot let me sit in the cockpit of a Ford Trimotor on a trip to Kelly's Island. I doubt he realized he was spawning another pilot.

When I met my husband, he was flying a Convair. There's a fun date. Worked for me anyway.

[Ff--150]

Billbears,4CJ, flew these DC-6s [Navy C-118s] as an aircrewman and you find Jesus real fast on those LOL!

Central Scrutiniser, thanx for the pics from the Boneyard. Heck, slap some engines [Rolls Royces?? I forget] and 2 or 3 checkrides and those babies will be just as "good" [/sar] as new!=-)

[BluH2o]

The Denver Ports of Call DC7C was flying out of Denver's Stapleton back in the 1970's. A business acquaintance of mine was a member and periodically he and his wife would fly down to Mexican resort cities like Mazatlan on this aircraft. Denver Ports of Call had a membership drive at one point and invited those interested to visit their facility and airplane at Stapleton. Out of curiosity I dropped by one evening and went aboard the aircraft, which appeared to be in excellent condition; however, I didn't take them up on their invitation to join the travel club.

[BluH2o]

4 DC 4's, in various shape, belong to Biegert Aviation

This past weekend there was a special tribute to John Wayne on one of the TV channels. Since it was hot, humid and murky outside I decided to stay indoors and watch a couple of his old aviation related movies in A/C comfort ... "Island in the Sky" and "The High and the Mighty". Both adaptations from Ernest K. Gann books by the same title; anyway, in "The High and the Mighty" the aircraft featured was the DC-4.

[ken5050]

Thanks for the pics...evey time I see these "airplane graveyard" photos..I always remember the early scene from "The Best Years of Our Lives"..shot from the nose of the bomber flying over an airplane graveyard. Thousands of bombers, parked. One character says "man could we have used them a few years ago!"

[SunkenCiv]

Smithsonian Snubs Wright Brothers
by J. Wagner
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum: Wright Flyer

When you visit the National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian you see this famous Wright Flyer which made man's first successful flight December 17, 1903. What Smithsonian officials do NOT tell you is that they snubbed the Wright brothers for 45 years, refusing to acknowledge their great accomplishment and install this famous plane in the museum. They did this because their own head of the Smithsonian, Samuel P. Langley, built an airplane shortly before the Wright brothers...but it could NOT fly! Forty-five years is a long time for the Smithsonian to deny the truth. Wilbur died Spring 1912, weakened by his nine-year dispute with the Smithsonian. Orville finally gave up the fight in 1928 and sent his famous plane to the Museum of London as a gesture of contempt for the Smithsonian. American public pressure increased in the years that followed. Many people wondered why our famous Wright Flyer was in London instead of here in America. Orville died January 1948. Later that year the Smithsonian finally agreed to bring the plane back from London to be formally installed December 17, 1948. Unfortunately, neither of the Wright brothers lived long enough to know that their own country officially acknowledged their great accomplishment.