Most western aircraft that are taken out of service for one reason or another end up in the Mojave desert because the low humidity and dry heat are ideal for storage
I was wondering what happens to the hundreds of soviet aircraft that are taken out of service
By: T5 - 13th August 2003 at 18:40
B777boy,
Are you right-clicking on the image to get the source?
Right click, click properties and the location of it will be amongst the other data there.
By: B777boy - 13th August 2003 at 06:08
aw crap they didn’t work, haha sorry about that everyone, if you could let me know how to get these pics up i’ll still have them, haha sorry everyone
By: B777boy - 13th August 2003 at 06:07
hmmm i can’t seem to get the hang of these postings so i’ll just send you the links.
This first one is a small facility in northern russia with a couple odd hangers lying around
This next one is on the larger side in the moscow area, note the large concentration of hangers.
The last one I found had no details on its location but if you look closely there are a couple aircraft near the hanger area (i think but my eyesight is lame so don’t hold me to it)
Hope that works.
Jeff
By: B777boy - 13th August 2003 at 05:59
I looked around the internet and found out some interesting things.
Unlike American and European Aircraft, which are stored in relativly one place, russian aircraft are stored in various different location in the north eastern hemisphere. Most used aircraft reside in various air force bases in russia. An interesting fact is that becasue of the climate they stay in ahngers and are stripped rather quickly to conserve space. Others travel to the middle east for there resting grounds. I’ve looked around and found these pictures that might be of interest
Here you can see various hangers lying around this northern russian base.
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