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| Thread ID: 130365 | 2013-04-07 04:08:00 | I abhor waste. | Cicero (40) | PC World Chat |
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| 1335801 | 2013-04-07 04:08:00 | Obscene waste in it's worst form.............. goo.gl |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1335802 | 2013-04-07 04:48:00 | They're just resting? They are queuing for takeoff? They are made of paper and plastic? Helen Clark sent them there? Seriously they are used for parts and scrap processing. But as you point out it is a lot of waste. Fascinating pictures though. They park them in such straight lines too. |
Richard (739) | ||
| 1335803 | 2013-04-07 05:10:00 | Count them again Richard, and tell me use them for parts. No pal it's just an obscene waste. Countless billions rotting there whilst people sit on food queues, throughout USA. It aint right, out of balance, surely.! |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1335804 | 2013-04-07 05:44:00 | If you read the Wikipedia article about the Davis Mothan airbase, you will see that it is fact that metals and parts are salvaged for further use, and some planes are refurbished for sale to other Air Forces. The reason for using this site in Arizona is that the planes DON"T rot due to the dry atmosphere and alkaline soil. Sure there are a huge number of aircraft there, but all planes have a finite service life, and through necessity will end up on a place like this. Davis Mothan is by far the largest of these sites world-wide, and aircraft end up here from all over the place. There is another site at Roswell in New Mexico, but it is peanuts compared with DM. Believe me it looks worse than it is. If all the planes were just piled there, they wouldn't be parked so that any particular plane can be easily moved. Study the way they are all arranged. They would be much closer together if dumped. This is an organised scrap and recycling site, run by the US Air Force. "309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), (Air Force Materiel Command) - This group is responsible for the base's aircraft "graveyard", the largest in terms of number of planes in the world,[1] where old military and other aircraft are stationed either to be stored indefinitely, pulped, stripped or restored for service." Wikipedia |
Richard (739) | ||
| 1335805 | 2013-04-07 05:46:00 | I'll take one or two off their hands happily | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1335806 | 2013-04-07 06:11:00 | You are right of course Rich, not a bit of waste, just a mere 1000000 + planes sitting there being very useful. Did you know, the USA spend more on weapons, than the rest of the world put together, but as you say, all very useful. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1335807 | 2013-04-07 06:18:00 | Was during WW2 Cic. And well after too I guess. | Richard (739) | ||
| 1335808 | 2013-04-07 06:52:00 | Was during WW2 Cic. And well after too I guess. If you were to do the sums on weapons built after ww2 I think it would be on the excessive side. Richard, do consider the waste |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1335809 | 2013-04-07 09:38:00 | Perhaps we could buy of some of the aircraft for our airforce? | QW. (15883) | ||
| 1335810 | 2013-04-07 09:51:00 | Perhaps we could buy of some of the aircraft for our airforce? Perhaps if anyone could just buy one. I'd drop uni right now, stow away on a container ship and send one back ASAP. Don't know what I'd get, so much choice!! B-29 is nice, but very costly. DC-3 would be lovely. Any of those fighter/bomber jets. It's a cross between being able to take people up with you/cost effective flying (running a B-29 as a "daily driver" :eek:) and being able to actually use it. Wishful thinking |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
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