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Airlines including Delta and United send planes into storage at giant 'boneyard' airbase in the Arizona desert as they drastically scale back operations amid coronavirus crisis
UK Daily Mail ^ | March 20, 2020 | Sophie Tanno

Posted on 03/20/2020 9:01:18 AM PDT by C19fan

US airlines including Delta and United are sending their largest planes to a so-called 'boneyard' in the desert for storage as they significantly reduce operations due to coronavirus. Delta Air Lines, among others, are turning to Pinal Airpark some 90 miles south of Phoenix, to keep planes in good condition while they are not in use during the global health crisis. The 'boneyard' is home to hundreds of retired commercial and military aircraft that are stored in the dry desert conditions to prevent them from rusting. Major airlines have been forced to reduce their services near-on every day in light of President Donald Trump's travel ban, which was this week extended to include the UK as well as the rest of Europe.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Travel
KEYWORDS: airlines; covid19; virus
Going to need a bigger plane boneyard.
1 posted on 03/20/2020 9:01:18 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

I haven’t heard anybody talking about how much less cloudy the sky has been, how many less contrails (chemtrails?) there are in the sky, or how much less deadly CO2 has been pumped in the atmosphere.


2 posted on 03/20/2020 9:07:53 AM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity (A law means nothing if it isnÂ’t followed.)
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To: C19fan

I once had a relative that lived in Tucson. So I got to drive around a little and see Davis-Monthan, AFB. An aircraft aficionado’s dream! And it is practically endless.


3 posted on 03/20/2020 9:11:46 AM PDT by Spruce
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To: C19fan
Filling the skies with high speed diesel belching busses is not in anyone's best interest. That said, reliable reasonably scheduled service is vital for our economy and national good.

FedEx overnight or two day shipping is really just procrastination turned into a business model for a very spoiled and unplanned consumers.

4 posted on 03/20/2020 9:16:20 AM PDT by blackdog (Making wine cave appearances upon request.)
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To: C19fan

Greta Thunberg must be pleased. The world is being saved, by being destroyed....an eco freaks wildest dreams come true.


5 posted on 03/20/2020 9:18:20 AM PDT by Professional
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Well my certification class got postponed (again) to who knows when; back home to Seattle and put on reserve. Flight schedules are being reduced by 70% by the end of April if this stupidity doesn’t end. Our future bookings are flat and people are asking for refunds. Furloughs could be on the horizon. Two regional airlines have tanked already.


6 posted on 03/20/2020 9:21:32 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: C19fan

The boneyard is a nice place and on YouTube, they did a drone of it. I think I saw an L-1011 there...


7 posted on 03/20/2020 9:32:02 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: C19fan

I gotta go to the old airbase/airport here and see if the storage place has added planes.


8 posted on 03/20/2020 9:39:16 AM PDT by crz
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“Going to need a bigger plane boneyard.”

Agree, and waiting this long shows how lost people are on this. We’re talking years before a full recovery, if ever (I personally doubt ever). They should have been parking the planes a month ago.


9 posted on 03/20/2020 10:04:07 AM PDT by BobL (If some people here don't want to prep for Coronavirus, they can explain it to their families)
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity
After the 911 airline grounding they said the average temperature in the US was 2 degrees warmer during the day and 2 degrees cooler at night at the time.

I know we can have a perfectly sunny day in the morning and as the day wears on it become mostly cloudy because of all contrails 90 miles SW of O'Hare airport. Most of that happens during spring and fall with the cooler air aloft.

10 posted on 03/20/2020 10:07:49 AM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Spruce

My last PCS was to Davis-Monthan on the EC-130. I like the area but the lib locals were annoying. The city grew out to DM and the neighbors started complaining about the aircraft noise. The Air Force didn’t cave in to them. They were there first.


11 posted on 03/20/2020 10:07:49 AM PDT by Azeem (There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo.)
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To: crz

Pinal airpark is in Maranna AZ, outside of Phenoix. Evergreen works out of there. Evergreens owner has some awesome flying WWII aircraft hangered there.


12 posted on 03/20/2020 10:18:34 AM PDT by Pocketdoor
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To: Spruce

it’s yuge!


13 posted on 03/20/2020 10:35:07 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Pocketdoor

Their museum up in McMinnville, OR is really great too, AND has the Spruce Goose.


14 posted on 03/20/2020 11:16:37 AM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: Azeem

The city grew out to DM and the neighbors started complaining about the aircraft noise. The Air Force didn’t cave in to them. They were there first.


Not to mention the 18 liquid fueled Titan II ICBMs that were controlled by Davis-Monthan AFB until the mid 1980’s. One deactivated site is open as a museum south of Tucson.


15 posted on 03/20/2020 3:10:37 PM PDT by Skybird (Trump / Pence 2020---Promises Made, Promises Kept)
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To: SkyDancer

I’m thinking we’ll see the worst in the next 7, 10 days. Better after that.


16 posted on 03/20/2020 3:13:42 PM PDT by gogeo (The left prides themselves on being tolerant, but they can't even be civil.)
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To: gogeo

Hopefully so - unless the media sees things going for the good and will have to hype it up some more to keep people agitated and frightened.


17 posted on 03/20/2020 3:22:12 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Skybird

“One deactivated site is open as a museum south of Tucson.”

I was in Tucson when they were filming the Star Trek movie at that museum. They were also filming ‘Postman’ nearby.


18 posted on 03/20/2020 3:26:12 PM PDT by Azeem (There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo.)
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To: Spruce

If you ever get back to Tucson, be sure to go to the Pima Air & Space Museum.


19 posted on 03/20/2020 5:33:44 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Visited the Pima Air Museum a few years back with wife and son. I enjoyed it very much, wife not so much. Only place I know of where the Century Series of fighters are lined up in numerical order. Made this Old NCO’s heart race.


20 posted on 03/21/2020 6:53:28 AM PDT by ops33 (SMSgt, USAF, Retired)
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