Feb 24 2010Largest Plane Graveyard On Google Maps
This is an Google Maps aerial shot of the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), AKA "The Boneyard", a 2,600 acre facility that serves as the final resting place for over 4,200 US aircraft (I'm gonna go steal a Warthog!).
Located in Tucson, Arizona, on the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, the facility was first set up shortly after World War II. It was chosen for its high altitude and arid conditions, that mean the aircraft can be left outdoors without deteriorating too quickly.
Officials at the base say that the parts reclaimed and aircraft withdrawn turns every tax dollar spent into 11 dollars in return.
Sure this is where all the good planes go when they die, but where do all the bad planes go? *clearing throat* I feel a song coming on!
Where do bad planes go when they die?They don't go to the Boneyard where the plangels fly
Go to a place of fire and fry
Shoot those dirty bastards right outta the sky
And into a f***ing volcano! PEW PEW, PEW PEW PEW!!
Hit the Google Maps link to explore the Boneyard yourself.
Google Maps
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The Boneyard: World's 'biggest' plane cemetery up close [bbcnews]
Thanks to sham and Remy, who have both sat in decommissioned aircraft and made airplane noises. Fun! "NEEEEEOOOOOOOWRRRR RATATATATATATAT!"
Reader Comments
1. The Oprah - February 24, 2010 2:00 PM
I know all, I am first!
2. Mr. Stranger - February 24, 2010 2:03 PM
This would be more exciting if this was a photo of a zillion tiny toy airplanes :-|
3. cabbo - February 24, 2010 2:06 PM
@1 OMG LET ME SUCK YOU NOW
'Where do bad planes go when they die?
The bottom of the ocean is where they lie.
With Anglerfish and Giant Squid dye,
squirting from the squid glands straight to their eyes
which they do not have, woah no....'
4. The Oprah - February 24, 2010 2:06 PM
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5. cabbo - February 24, 2010 2:07 PM
@2 Sucksy McSuckerson is Goatseified.
6. cabbo - February 24, 2010 2:08 PM
@4 Shut the fuck up and fuck the fuck off.
7. GiNa - February 24, 2010 2:09 PM
HAHAHAHA... Love the songs Cabbos included.
8. deadbodyman - February 24, 2010 2:10 PM
great song GW.
9. naas - February 24, 2010 2:10 PM
dead planes remind me of yesterdays taco dinner
10. SuperFRANK - February 24, 2010 2:11 PM
Oooh the Meat Puppets, nice choice.
11. jaime - February 24, 2010 2:12 PM
GW, congratulations on not making a joke like "we all know which is the best boneyard: my garden" or similar.
you must be growing up, finally! the doctors were beginning to worry.
12. atis - February 24, 2010 2:16 PM
What, no streetview?
13. naas - February 24, 2010 2:17 PM
@11 shut that yammer, GW has a lot of boney things in his garden you know
14. Richard McBeef - February 24, 2010 2:17 PM
@11 - the best boneyard: my bedroom. I can take you there and show you?
Jaime is a girl's name right?
15. cabbo - February 24, 2010 2:17 PM
Hmmm.. Lake of Fire, eh? If only I'd known that before posting...
16. cabbo - February 24, 2010 2:18 PM
@14 Zing!
17. STOMPY - February 24, 2010 2:18 PM
@14
ur the one with the... candy shell....
18. Closet Nerd - February 24, 2010 2:21 PM
@17 .... shut up richard....
not so much here... or here.... but right here...
19. STOMPY - February 24, 2010 2:22 PM
@18
http://content.ytmnd.com/content/0/5/1/051332892881eb6a82f7bd5d4e35e39f.gif
20. cabbo - February 24, 2010 2:25 PM
@19
...
...
...
...what?
21. naas - February 24, 2010 2:26 PM
@19 zomg those little busie monsters are insane. Thank you for taking away what I once knew as a good nights sleep. This is how I feel now
http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/original/ARG0006D.jpg
22. Closet Nerd - February 24, 2010 2:28 PM
@19 damn websense... i'll check it out when i get home tonight
23. mike - February 24, 2010 2:32 PM
sweet. now someone go and make tabs explaining each type of plane on the map.
24. Whask - February 24, 2010 2:34 PM
This may be where the bad ones go, there's some clunkers, but also operational ones for sale.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmcl/map/?photo=206156668&zl=3
If you search flickr theres tons more photos there, the link above is for some random user on flickr I found.
25. STOMPY - February 24, 2010 2:39 PM
@21
you made me rofl.... doesn't happen much... those fackin insane busey's will be waiting once you close your eyes tonight...
26. Babbleon - February 24, 2010 2:45 PM
I like how the land is 2,6000 acres.
27. STOMPY - February 24, 2010 2:49 PM
@27
I like ur mom
28. naas - February 24, 2010 2:49 PM
@26 same here man, .......and that thing with a stick in its nose will be waiting for you with an asshammer when you close your eyes tonight
29. naas - February 24, 2010 2:51 PM
I also never knew what an asshammer was before watching Ollie Williams & LSDiesel play dance dance revolution
30. STOMPY - February 24, 2010 2:52 PM
@29
same artist as the one who did "understanding joshua"? That man has such insight to human emotion...
31. naas - February 24, 2010 2:57 PM
@31 reminds me of GFS, god rest his soul.
By the way I don't recommend doing an image search for asshammer with the filter turned off, the results aren't pretty
32. naas - February 24, 2010 3:10 PM
some of you might be wondering 'who is GFS?' His attitude, input & commentary on this sight were always considered healthy....
Here is a small bit of what things were like when GFS was around........
http://www.geekologie.com/2009/08/billy_mays_was_oxycleaning_his.php#comment-133709
33. STOMPY - February 24, 2010 3:12 PM
his name was gordon shumway... his name was gordon shumway...
34. Closet Nerd - February 24, 2010 3:26 PM
@33 Now THAT is a rant!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Gordon Shumway like to eat cats?
35. STOMPY - February 24, 2010 3:28 PM
eat cats? oh yeah, he could "eat a cat" till the "cat" was satisfied...
I should know, i was initiated by GFS...
36. air2ringtonemissile - February 24, 2010 3:29 PM
Actually you can visit the AMARG. The Pima Air & Space Museum does bustours. I've done the tour last year and I'm not even an American.
http://www.marcel-jan.eu/reizen/usa2009/usa2009_amarg.html
37. naas - February 24, 2010 3:32 PM
Closet Nerd, he fucking ate everything... sometimes people
38. Closet Nerd - February 24, 2010 3:34 PM
@36 no... not that kind of kitty
i was refering to the tiny hair Gordon Shumway from the 80's who enjoyed eating cats.... he was from Melmack (i think)
39. anon - February 24, 2010 3:35 PM
That is impressive.
I'm impressed.
40. Brian - February 24, 2010 3:37 PM
Funny little "easter egg"...if you check out the open parcel of land that's directly southwest of the intersection of Escalante Rd and Kolb Rd (the very northern part of the base), someone wrote into the dirt in giant letters "HI MOM". It's upside-down in Google Maps but it's there.
41. Donkolous - February 24, 2010 3:42 PM
BS that it says "WOW IH"
42. Anemone - February 24, 2010 4:24 PM
I passed by that place all the time when i was a child
43. Carleton - February 24, 2010 6:14 PM
How is this news? It was made in the late 40's..?
44. ミュウミュウ - February 24, 2010 9:36 PM
http://www.brand-well.com/
brand bags online!
45. NVG - February 24, 2010 10:24 PM
North Korea would pay a billion dollars for that pile of junk.
46. old - February 25, 2010 12:35 AM
old
47. Katie - February 25, 2010 2:15 AM
Hahahahaha... Plangels ftw.
48. pro - February 25, 2010 9:51 AM
oh well, even planes have a resting place, never knew!
49. pro - February 25, 2010 9:59 AM
oh well, even planes have a resting place, never knew!
50. cabbo - February 25, 2010 10:56 AM
@44 This isn't fucking CNN
51. Ali - February 25, 2010 12:11 PM
I live less than a mile from there. I had no idea it was the largest. CRAZY!
52. The way I see it... - February 25, 2010 1:49 PM
Those are actually pretty good lyrics. I tried them out on a standard chord progression on my guitar, and it sounded really nice.
53. jaime - February 25, 2010 2:02 PM
@14:
a) No, Jaime is James in spanish.
b) that's kind of the joke i was trying to do. yard, garden, and bone well, we all know what bone is.