Around the ramp at the home field, MZJ

[Bear]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_livery Some background on aircraft

livery,

“An aircraft livery is a set of comprehensive insignia comprising color, graphic, and typographical identifiers which operators (airlines, but also governments, air forces and occasionally private and corporate owners) apply to their aircraft."

 

[FlyingAccountant]

Ok?

 

[inventor]

Got any Grumman amphibians left out there?

 

[MikeD]

Got any Grumman amphibians left out there?

The Chalks Albatross planes? Still 7 of them here, sitting on the south side of the field.

Beautiful birds.

 

[inventor]

The Chalks Albatross planes? Still 7 of them here, sitting on the south side of the field.

Beautiful birds.

Sweeet! C'mon invention checks, inventor needs a new Grumman!

Albatroses...Albatri? Thought they only had Gooses at day's end? Geeses?

Got any pics?

 

[MikeD]

Sweeet! C'mon invention checks, inventor needs a new Grumman!

Albatroses...Albatri? Thought they only had Gooses at day's end? Geeses?

Got any pics?

l'll snap some and post 'em up. I too was trying to figure out the plural when I was typing my response to you.

 

[Bear]

Background piece on your home field at http://www.airplaneboneyards.com/pinal-airpark-airliner-storage-boneyard.htm and many other boneyards in the US and around the world.

 

[MikeD]

N526US, a 757-251, formerly of Northwest Airlines and with the remnants of the "Coors Light can" livery.

Entered service May 1987, retired to here July 2010. Now in the north scrapping area.

 

[MikeD]

N522US, another 757-251, formerly of Northwest Airlines, but which made the transition to Delta Air Lines. This is its second, and sadly last, time in storage. Entered service with NWA January 1987, retired to here August 2003. Reactivated for service with Delta Air Lines as ship #5522, December 2005. Retired for last time back to here September 2015. Now in north scrapping.

 

[Maximilian_Jenius]

@MikeD. You delight in this, lol!

 

[MikeD]

N677DL, a 757-232 of Delta Air Lines as ship #677. Entered service May 1992 with Delta, retired to here December 2011. In north scrapping following parts removal.

 

[MikeD]

@MikeD. You delight in this, lol!

I'm just documenting history before it disappears for good.

 

[MikeD]

N124DE, a 767-332 of Delta Air Lines as ship# 124. Entered service with Delta November 1987, and saw two storage times: the first at VCV in May 2009 to March 2011 when it re-entered service; then again from September 2012 to April 2013, when it re-entered service again. Finally retired to here for its last time, September 2015. In north scrapping following parts removal.

 

[etflies]

N526US, a 757-251, formerly of Northwest Airlines and with the remnants of the "Coors Light can" livery.

Entered service May 1987, retired to here July 2010. Now in the north scrapping area.

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In a previous life I washed RON aircraft at my hometown airport. We cleaned both of those airplanes, among others, more than once when they still had the 'nwa' scheme on them.


And now I have a sad.

N522US, another 757-251, formerly of Northwest Airlines, but which made the transition to Delta Airlines. This is its second, and sadly last, time in storage. Entered service with NWA January 1987, retired to here August 2003. Reactivated for service with Delta Air Lines as ship #5522, December 2005. Retired for last time back to here September 2015. Now in north scrapping.

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[Bear]

N677DL,

 

[Mattyg36]

Probably already asked an answered but can you take a tour of it?

 

[knot4u]

Probably already asked an answered but can you take a tour of it?

Back in the early 90s my line service buddies and I would rent a 172 out of KBUR after work and fly up to KMHV in the middle of the night. We'd park at the base of the tower and just walk out into the boneyard. I can remember being happy that the work issued sweatshirts were light grey as I snuggled up against a 747 MLG to avoid the sweeping eye of the security guard trucks spotlight. We meant no harm and I guess we might have been guilty of trespassing but we never got into any trouble. Fun times.

 

[Cptnchia]

N522US, another 757-251, formerly of Northwest Airlines, but which made the transition to Delta Air Lines. This is its second, and sadly last, time in storage. Entered service with NWA January 1987, retired to here August 2003. Reactivated for service with Delta Air Lines as ship #5522, December 2005. Retired for last time back to here September 2015. Now in north scrapping.

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N677DL, a 757-232 of Delta Air Lines as ship #677. Entered service May 1992 with Delta, retired to here December 2011. In north scrapping following parts removal.

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N124DE, a 767-332 of Delta Air Lines as ship# 124. Entered service with Delta November 1987, and saw two storage times: the first at VCV in May 2009 to March 2011 when it re-entered service; then again from September 2012 to April 2013, when it re-entered service again. Finally retired to here for its last time, September 2015. In north scrapping following parts removal.

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Flown all three of those birds at one time or another.

 

[FlyingAccountant]

Is the last liveried TWA 747 still around?

 

[MikeD]

Is the last liveried TWA 747 still around?

129TW still there, check a page back or two in the thread. The elements are starting to take a real toll though.