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Cool $Billion - As Close As I Could Get!

Well, the other day I posted a photo of Pinal AirPark...actually a photo of the mountains & the sunset - with Pinal AirPark part of the foreground. Don't have a big ol' zoom on my little Kodak to really get the planes close-up.

Readers asked me to get better photos of the mothballed passenger airliners (plus I felt a little guilty - just a little), so I went by the entrance on my way out elsewhere to get a nice shot to share. The guard at the gate told me that photos weren't allowed! Hmm...sounds pretty stupid to me...(my first instinct was to laugh & say, "Whatever" but even rent-a-cops have guns sometimes - and not much of a sense of humor most of the time).

Today I happened to have a little time on my way back from Maricopa, AZ - so I went just past the entrance, pulled over by a field & took this shot. Best I can do folks - hope it helps satisfy that craving! LOL

Pinal AirPark - lines of passenger planes in a mothballed fleet

Now THERE's that "Cool $Billion or More" I promised ya!

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Posted by Kent Simpson REALTOR® and some other alphabet soup on 06/29/2009 11:41 PM

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5 Comments on Cool $Billion - As Close As I Could Get!

JUN

Hi Kent,

Missed your other post, but this is very interesting. So where do they go from mothballs? Sold to other countries perhaps? I thought I'd read something like that somewhere before.

Lynda - thanks for stopping by! Some go to other countries, some are held until needed later and some are stripped & recycled. When the price of copper is high, there's a fortune in those miles of wiring!

Here's a link to the previous post

JUN

Kent - Thanks for the follow-up. Here are a few YouTube links:

No photos from the gate but couple of guys buzzed the place by the air and another enterprising fellow used Google Earth to paint a picture of the site from the air.

JUL

Now THAT's a good look at it - thanks for the links, Ryan! (I think that rent-a-cop was just feeling a little lonely & Barney Fife-ish when I came to the gate LOL)