BillD22 Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 (edited) In this series a retired American Airlines MD-80 lands at Southern California Logistics Airport (KVCV) near Victorville in the dry desert east of LA to go into long term storage. The low humidity and rainfall make this an ideal location for preventing corrosion and other damage to airplane structures and systems that are parked for long periods of time. Because many of the airplanes never return to service these kinds of airports are usually referred to as "Boneyards." In the real world most retired AA MD80s and other types of AA retired planes are stored at Roswell Airport (KROS) in New Mexico. AA retired all of its MD80s in 2019. Rolling out on the runway past a field of retired Fedex 757s, MD11s, and 727s Turning off the active to taxi to the ramp we pass between lines of Southwest 737s on the right and other airline 747s and widebodies on the left. Parked and shut down (maybe for the last time) on the terminal ramp. Soon a tug will arrive to tow the airplane to a permanent parking spot out in the sand and tumbleweeds and a crew will begin sealing it up for storage while the plane awaits its fate. Will a new owner arrive to put it back in service? Will it be parted out for spares? Or will the wrecking crane arrive to send it on a final flight to the Big Airport in the Sky? :( :confused: Edited August 7, 2022 by BillD22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugilist2 Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Great set of shots and storyline showcasing KVCV! Intel i-9 13900KF @ 6.0 Ghz Cpu, MSI RTX 4090 Suprim Liquid X 24GB Videocard, MSI MAG CORELIQUID C360 Water Cooler, MSI Z790 A-PRO WIFI Motherboard, MSI MPG A1000G 1000W Power Supply, G.SKILL 48Gb Ram @76000 MHz DDR5 Ram, MSI SPATIUM M480 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2TB Drive, Windows 11 Pro Ghost Spectre x64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downwind66 Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Pretty sad to see these great aircraft end up this way, after having a great history making money for the airlines!:rolleyes: Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 I enjoyed the trip to the Boneyard Bill. :cool: At least the MD-80 will have plenty of company. :( Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenvox Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 sweet stuff bill, keep up the good work WJA221, BFL0200, ASA2703 http://www.darrensfs9site.weebly.com http://darrensflightsimblog.blogspot.com/ https://discord.gg/6d5V7Qu << <<<fs9 discord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jankees Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 cool series of pics, I like them! Slapping paint on flightsim models you'll find all my FSX/P3D repaints here and all my MSFS repaints here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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