ABX Boneyard Flights

[Jurassic Jet]

Rest in pieces 908 and 982. Another one leaves tomorrow morning. I wonder if these are the 3 we "sold" to DHL.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ABX2000/history/20071115/1551Z/KCVG/KMZJ

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ABX2000/history/20071114/1648Z/KCVG/KMZJ

 

[b707guy]

Where did the DC-8s go over the years? Boneyard, South America, etc?
Thanks!

 

[erichartmann]

Where did the DC-8s go over the years? Boneyard, South America, etc?
Thanks!

Most got beer canned.

 

[Bitter]

The sale refered to to, i think is actually the 'put' in the ACMI. Dhl had know choice.

My guess is this is a chop chop at the Evergreen air center, not long term storage!

 

[Jurassic Jet]

Where did the DC-8s go over the years? Boneyard, South America, etc?
Thanks!

There were a few sold to South American operators.

 

[shooter]

My guess is this is a chop chop at the Evergreen air center, not long term storage!

I dont think so, but who really knows? The rest of the fleet that were chopped up were at Grissom. Why send them to the boneyard for scrap when you already have done it so close to home?

I think they may end up as scrap, but there is a reason they went there.

p.s.- especially how efficiently Grissom worked. They were all lined up and less than one month later not one remained. Shocked many as to how fast they chopped so many aircraft.

 

[TWA]

At least some of the elevators from the 9s went to Motoart (from the show Wing Nuts a few years ago) to become desks or conference tables. You too can own a piece of ABX!

 

[b707guy]

The rest of the fleet that were chopped up were at Grissom.

Are you talking about good old KGUS Grissom? I flew tankers there years ago. Never knew they did chop shop work there now. Must be a nice deal for jobs in the area. It wasn't exactly depressed at the time, but it wasn't booming either.

Haven't flown over it during daylight hours in a long time, but if I had, I sure would have been wondering what all those planes were doing there!

 

[Jurasicpilot]

Jurassic Jet

Your Avitar has/can cause severe carpal tunnel syndrome. May be to my "power grip" ref:http://www.arthroscopy.com/sp04004.htm

Bought a set of those a while back and havent seen them in years. Hope someone is having a good time.

 

[TWA]

Here are a few pics of the teardown in Grissom. http://motoart.com/email/aug07/st2fislideshow.htm

What a shame.