In this video, we can observe how America is so wealthy that those F16 are waiting for disposal. Other countries are trying to get or buy some of those but America is hesitant because those are already used.
So glad to see one of my Tomcats from my old squadron VF-154 The Black Knights still survives 15:31. Was surprised to see they still have O-2’s there 35:22. Would like to get my hands on some of those parts to finish putting mine back together.
The 747 is the example in which I flew my first pro flight, in 1997, the VJ; The Mercure: only 11 were built; The DC-8 is a SARIGUE NG, a French electronic warfare aircraft, only two built, promptly retired due to its huge operating cost; The Rafale proto: actually one meter longer than the operational version, first flew with US engines because the M-88 wasn’t ready yet; The Transall: this example flew combat operations in Kolwezi, RDC; In the Concorde hall, the Mirage IV is equipped with JATO pods, you can see them at the back; The fighter hall: on the ground you’ll notice that a French roundel is painted; The Mirage 2000 is a prototype and actually isn’t a predecessor of the 4000 but was developped as a cheaper version of the 4000; The SNCAC Mistral is of course a license built de Havilland Vampire; The Triton was indeed the first French jet to fly and its pilots said of it that it flew quite well and that they enjoyed doing high speed low passes with it at the end of their test flights; The Leducs: the 010 had to be launched from a flying platform while the heavier one could take off on its own, thanks to a coaxial turbojet-statoreactor, not unlike that of an SR-71; The Mirage G.8 was Dassault’s swept wing proto, deemed too expensive it wasn’t ordered; Right before it you can see a strange pylon like thing: it’s the “ATAR volant” or flying ATAR, basically a jet engine with a seat on top; The “Mirage III five” is in fact a III V (for vertical), an ADAC/V bird, supersonic but with an incredibly short range due to the added weight of no less than eight engines that would only be used for vertical transition; The “big helicopter” is a Super Frelon, designed with the help of Sikorski; The WWII hall: The FW-190 is in fact a French built example, dubbed NC-900, they flew horribly since the French workers sabotaged them as they were originally intended for the Luftwaffe; The “French fighter” is one of only three remaining examples of the Dewoitine 520, the best French bird the armée de l’air could oppose to the Luftwaffe in 1940, on par with the first versions of the me-109, but it arrived in too small numbers and too late. There was a flying example that sadly crashed in 1983. Too bad you couldn’t film the WWI section as there is one of the SPADS flown by our most beloved ace of the period: Guynemer (not the best though, that title belongs to Fonck, but he was put in the shadow somewhat, for his dubious activities during the German occupation in the 40’s), on his bird, “le vieux Charles”, you can spot a repair done on one of the wings: a postal stamp put on a bullet hole. Another aircraft worth admiring in this hall is an all metal Junkers, a type that frightened the allies so much that upon the end of the war they ordered them all to be either seized or destroyed. Last: there is what I believe is the only surviving command nacelle of a Zeppelin. You could climb in it when you filmed this, not anymore, sadly, but it remains visible in the new configuration, VERY steampunk! The terminal itself is remarkable in the sense that it is I think the oldest one to still be visitable. Last anecdotes: there is, somewhere in the restricted areas of the airfield, the remnants of Chuck Yeager’s mustang, when he crashed there, and by remnants I mean puddle of molten metal left where it fell. Also, if you get the chance to return, go to the opposite side of the runway, on the Dugny commune; you will find some hidden treasures there, first of which two remaining French navy hangars that are now use by NGOs rebuilding old airframes, notably a Lancaster, or a gearless French proto jet: the Baroudeur, alongside other marvels. In front of these hangars there a lawn where some German concrete training bombs lay scattered as they were found in 1945, a number of not yet refurbished birds (a Concorde test fuselage, an ONERA test space shuttle, very planet of the apes like, a super Constellation, an AT-10 Kansan, THE Caravelle of de Gaulle, an Air France 707 and plenty of others) and finally, the museum’s restoration workshops, with a civilian Sunderland, a B-26, both almost finished and sooooo many other gems. There! I think I gave you pretty much everything I know about this museum that has filled my childhood week ends, and keeps seing me quite often :)
Thank You for this video.... I am an 80 year old Air Force Vet. Lots of memories here, some good and some bad. Kinda like going through a cemetery with all graves being relatives....!
All those amazing planes that have fought hard for their country and it’s people, just sitting there rotting. Guess it’s gotta happen, but it’s still a sad sight.
I flew on one of the C27s in Panama. It came in landed and took off from the little LZ on the Main post of Ft Sherman. We were told we would be flying to Howard/Ft. Kobbe, we expecting Hueys or Chinooks, which we flew on regularly, instead in flew the c27. Was pretty cool, had never even seen a c27 before.
considering the deficit spending by our government, most of those aircraft aren't even paid for... Its kinda like taking a 84 month loan on a new car, then sending it to the junkyard after 24 months... and you continue to make payments on it
What material do they use to cover glass surfaces and to seal up the planes to keep outside dirt and other stuff from getting inside? // One question: does the extreme heat of the Arizona climate take a big toll on these planes? Those interiors, being sealed up, must get incredibly hot.
Im not sure what they use to cover the glass but it is heat reflective. It still gets hot inside but its better to have them in a dry are that doesnt have freezing weather or so or temperature extremes.
I was part of the initial QF-102 target drone program that flew out of Tyndall AFB in NW Florida. It was strange to see the videos of some of those planes as they blew apart after being hit. Once hit and deemed too unsafe to bring back to land there is a safety charge inside the plane and it rips the plane apart in the middle. The F-102 and the F-106 looked very much alike and the easiest way to tell them apart was to look and see if the top of the vertical stabilizer had a point to it or not. The F-102 had that point but the F-106 was flat.
I grew up in Tucson. Dad was stationed at DM and after he retired, we lived virtually across the street, across Golf Links near Wilmot. When we lived on the base and across the street in the 1960s, there were WWII aircraft there, early large cargo planes like the C-124 which sat near the corner of Golf Links & Wilmot behind a simple, mostly broken down crappy barbed wire fence and the APs drive around the perimeter all day and all night. Everything south and east of GL & Wilmot was open desert. I hear they have run craycroft and wilmot tgrough the base now. I looked on a map today and see that the housing area we lived in back then has been plowed under and no longer exists and the elementary school is also gone. Bummer. I attended that school, Lowell Smith, for my first 2 years. Just memories now. I won't relaye the sad story about the house. Perhaps the memory is best gone with the house. Great video! I enjoyed calling out the aircraft models before you did! I'm an aviation nut! Got it from living on the base and attending every air show from 1960 to about 1970. Love them air planes!
It would be interesting as if our Mac is saying they could bring anything back in the service I would challenge him to pick the oldest F4 phantom and put it back in the service. Just to see if they could?
I grew up around the boneyard in Tucson, Arizona and to watch this brings back a lot of memories and I miss home dearly. As I wipe a tear from my eye and just smile and remember what it was like. Take the tour, ( I highly recommend it) see my beloved Tucson, and you will always remember it forever. Haven't been home since 89. Tucson lives in my heart and will ALWAYS be a special place to me!!! I miss home........
Pienso que todo este material metálico, debiera pasar a reciclaje, en vez de mantenerlo almacenado. En todos los paises hay de una u otra manera, cementerios de naves aereas que debieran pasar a reciclaje.
for their engines sound, i would say the first one is the 109, probably e3 for its rear non retractile landing gear (u can barely see it) and shape of its wings
Why is the naming culture in Azure so strange? In Cosmos DBs, a partition is a logical grouping, in Event Hubs, a partition is effectively parallel processing. Why can't you guys think of some different names?
Phil Burton in Event Hubs, a partition is logically grouped and separately stored data that can then be processed in parallel. I don't think the concepts are that far apart.
Awww thanks for this video ☺️ I just found a bunny who’s back legs aren’t working. I was worried he would die but when he ate and drank I felt so much better 🥰🥰
3 days to get a lot of those F-16 10 F-15 than a TENS all the ones that are newer model airplanes only 3 days to get them back in Action that's pretty good
