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  • Visit to an Airline Boneyard

    07/18/2005 9:06:57 PM PDT · by Central Scrutiniser · 69 replies · 3,223+ views
    Me ^ | 7-18-05 | Me
    I went out today to visit a local airplane boneyard. It was damn hot, over 110 degrees. The airport is Chandler Memorial, a small aux. strip built during WWII for the nearby Williams AFB. During the Vietnam War, it served as a repair station for the infamous CIA "Air America" and today they run a C130 hangar there. DC7 "African Queen" So named as this plane was deployed to Africa as a pesticide sprayer, however, it was damaged by a missle and they managed to get her back home, its been sitting since 1988 DC7C "Seven Seas", from Denver Ports...