Hi, When I take a look at the beautiful aircraft stored at Mojave, I have some questions:
Are these aircraft for sale?
Are they still operational?
Why do they also dump aircraft tjhat are still good like the Fokker 100, Md-11 and B737SG?
By the way, where did the Sabena 743’s go?
By: Whiskey Delta - 29th September 2003 at 14:47
Wow, from their pictures you can see that USAirways gave up on their MetroJet service from all the parked red 737-200’s.
I remember reading an article about desert storage soon after 9/11 as airlines from around the world work flying in aircraft to park. They seal up the aircraft skin, cover the windows, remove all the fluids and put it out to storage. They quoted a turn around time that I can’t remember. It was something like 3 weeks between when an airline called saying they wanted to reclaim their aircraft to when the staff could get it back to flying condition. They parked 2 of our 3 turboprop fleets in the desert after 9/11. I know a few pilots who got to make delivery flights to Roswell. They said it was just awesome to see all the aircraft parked.
By: A330Crazy - 29th September 2003 at 14:07
By: steve rowell - 29th September 2003 at 04:28
Aircraft are stored there because the humidity level is very low and this prevents corosion
By: MINIDOH - 28th September 2003 at 14:28
From what I have heard from BA pilot he said that it is a cheap way of storing aircraf that may not be needed again.
By: T5 - 26th September 2003 at 21:26
The topic about the engineless British Airways 767 features the Mojave Desert. This aircraft has returned from there in the last 3 months or so.
Is it not just “storage”, where the airline can get their aircraft back as and when they want them?
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September 26, 2003 at 8:54 pm