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Great photos from Davis-Monthan, well worth a look!

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  • Member since
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  • From: Towson MD
Great photos from Davis-Monthan, well worth a look!
Posted by gregbale on Sunday, March 23, 2014 4:40 PM

I posted the link under a particular question, but thought I'd repeat it in a more general-interest way.

I ran across this great collection of photos from Davis-Monthan storage facility in the (mostly) 1966-68 period, posted by a gentleman named Neil Aird. Lots of gorgeous color shots of familiar and less-so aircraft to drool over.

http://www.dhc-2.com/Monthan_Memories.html

The Davis-Monthan section is but part of a larger collection, assembled, as the author says, from a lifetime of plane-spotting. It's well worth spending some time exploring, something there for nearly every aviation era fan.

http://www.dhc-2.com/Aird_Aviation_Archives.html

Enjoy!

Greg

George Lewis:

"Every time you correct me on my grammar I love you a little fewer."
 
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Posted by Caveman on Sunday, March 23, 2014 5:37 PM

Great pics.  Thanks for posting!

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    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Sunday, March 23, 2014 5:46 PM

Stunning pics there Greg, thanks for sharing those. But it is a shame to see all those aircraft like that knowing that most of them have since been scraped.

Do they have a time limit on how long an aircraft is kept there before it is scraped or sold.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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  • From: Cave City, KY
Posted by Watchmann on Sunday, March 23, 2014 5:52 PM

All those poor, beautiful Connies and Beechcraft. :(

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  • From: Philippines
Posted by nkm1416@info.com.ph on Monday, March 24, 2014 10:34 AM

Great Pics! Thanks for sharing. How I wish there's  a collection of photos like these of the Kingman, Arizona scrapyard.

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    February 2003
  • From: Medina, Ohio
Posted by wayne baker on Monday, March 24, 2014 3:38 PM

When I was there, you could only tour the site by bus.  I don't know if you could walk it if you knew someone?

 I may get so drunk, I have to crawl home. But dammit, I'll crawl like a Marine.

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