Aircraft salvage yards?

[exhaustgases]

So are there any good ones left? Ones that have old airplane parts and not the small general aviation stuff or jet liners?

[phil65]

I think the only one is the Dodge Ram commercials...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdmf-kfUrKM

Phil

Last edited by phil65 on Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:34 am, edited 2 times in total.

[Chris Brame]

Check with WIXer Forgotten Field - he has a lot of interesting bits and pieces:
http://www.forgottenfield.com/amg/
(When you check unidentified parts, #2507 is from a Northrop YC-125 and #3619 is the rudder trim tab for a Cessna Bamboo Bomber.)

[ZRX61]

I think only one is the Dodge Ram commercials...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdmf-kfUrKM

Phil

That's Mojave, altho I'm pretty sure the part at the end where the Hellcat is pulled out of the hangar & then takes off is California City.

[Forgotten Field]

Chris,
Thanks for the vote of confidence into the ranks of the junk yards of America. Unfortunately, it will remain clandestine for the time being until the BT-13 gets on its landing gear. Also, don't forget to collect your discount for your ID's any time.

Back to work on the pile,
Forgotten Field

[menards]

So are there any good ones left? Ones that have old airplane parts and not the small general aviation stuff or jet liners?

Aircraft "salvage yards" specifically...or derelict, forgotten air frames left out in hard to access places? I think they are two separate questions. Operators up north still have there own private "salvage yards" to keep the fleet of still working round motors going. Many of these are in and around the Fairbanks airport as well as Yellowknife.

There are also numerous forgotten derelict air frames lying around the lower 48. Abandoned and Forgotten Airfields websites will provide great detail where these are at. Also, some of the more funding-challenged museums and air parks possess vast array of different types and are usually pretty liberal about letting people walk around the yard and in and out of the planes.