All Entries in the "Wrecks & Abandoned" Category
1986 Image Shows Crashed F-4 Phantom at Gulfport, Mississippi
This photo shows the aftermath of an incident in1986 at Gulfport, Mississippi, in which an F-4 Phantom sustained damage during an emergency landing and ended up in a field.
Wrecked B-52 Bombers South of Edwards AFB
Aircraft enthusiasts who frequent Edwards Air Force Base in California will likely be familiar with an NB-52B nicknamed Balls 8. But less well known are two derelict B-52 bombers located south of the dry lake bed.
Rare Brewster Corsair F3A-1 the Subject of Restoration Efforts
Seen here at AirVenture 2005, Corsair Bu. No. 04634 is a rare example of a surviving F3A-1 variant built by Brewster Aeronautical Corporation and currently subject of an ongoing restoration effort.
US Set to Lose Hundreds of Planes in Pentagon Budget Cuts
The mighty US Air Force is set to lose around 200 aircraft from its 4,000-strong fleet, in the latest round of Obama administration budget cuts. We assume numbers at “the Boneyard” will once again swell.
Nottinghamshire’s Infamous A1 Lightning Finally Scrapped
In what has been hailed by many as the end of an era, a derelict English Electric Lightning fighter that had become a landmark to travellers along the A1 road near Balderton in England has finally been scrapped.
Destroyed MiG-25 in Iraqi Aircraft Graveyard
This MiG-25 is one of numerous fighter planes of the former Iraqi Air Force liberally daubed in graffiti and left to rot in an aircraft graveyard – many of which litter the country’s airbases.
Images of Kalitta Air Boeing 747 Crash at Brussels, 2008
Thankfully this Kalitta Air Boeing 747 was a freight aircraft rather than a passenger jet. Four crew members and one passenger were unharmed when the Jumbo Jet overran the runway at Brussels Airport, breaking into two pieces.
Crashed US F-4 Phantom at Hanoi People’s Air Force Museum, Vietnam
The Vietnam War proved an effective way of stocking the People’s Air Force Museum in Hanoi with the most advanced American hardware of the day, like this battered F-4 Phantom which was shot down on May 14, 1967.
The Gray Ghost: B-17 Flying Fortress Wreck, Papua New Guinea
Located near Black Cat Pass, this remarkably intact Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, known as the Gray Ghost, is one of the most impressive and accessible Pacific aircraft wrecks in Papua New Guinea.
Photographer Discovers Plane that Once Ferried Him Across Atlantic in Tucson Scrap Yard
A photographer has discovered a Boeing 707, that once ferried him across the Atlantic, abandoned in a plane graveyard in Tucson, Arizona, not far from the famous “Boneyard”.
