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I grew up just north of Chino California and spent every spare minute at the early days of Ed Maloney's Planes of Fame doing all sorts of odd jobs and mechanics and learning to fly. I've never outgrown my aviation fixation.

@EthanSmidt32 @Boneyardsafari Oh- you got me then! Just going by memory, I thought I was looking at this: (Skyshark circled)

@bclemens @Boneyardsafari These are in North Carolina (at the time of the photo anyway)

I've got a quiz for @bclemens today. Any ideas where these live? In the USA

"Tis the Season" to repost this thread! x.com/bclemens/statu…

Here’s a 1973-vintage ex-Aeroflot aircraft that currently flies in Russia as a test bed for a novel superconducting electric engine with a liquid nitrogen cryogenic cooling system. The No. 2 engine has been replaced by a gas turbine and generator to drive the electric motor. 5/5

By all accounts the Yak-40 is a good solid aircraft with a fine safety record. It’s a shame this one was left to vandals and the elements through no fault of its own. 4/5

Here’s a cute little tri-jet abandoned at Roberts Field — the airport serving Monrovia, Liberia, in West Africa. Yakovlev Yak-40s were common in Eastern-bloc nations and Africa. It was a tiny three-engine jet made in the Soviet Union carrying about 30 people. 1/5 #planespotting

@maurypobitch Google Gemini says: It's difficult to give an exact, real-time number, but as of late 2024, the best estimate for the number of L-1011 airframes that still physically exist (either flying, stored, or preserved) is between 25 and 35.

@bclemens How many 1011 air frames still exist?

The boarding stairs are in place but this L-1011 isn’t going anywhere soon. TT-DWE bakes in the relentless sun of the Rub’ Al Khali desert, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 1/6 #planespotting #avgeek #aviationlovers #aviation

If you like L-1011s, see these other threads about this iconic tri-jet: 6/6 x.com/bclemens/statu… x.com/bclemens/statu… x.com/bclemens/statu…

It became TT-DWE in 2007 flying out of Chad in Central Africa. By then more fuel-efficient twins eclipsed Tri-jets. TT-DWE, and most other L-1011s & DC-10s, retired for good. In 2009 it came to its current location near the Emirates National Auto Museum, where it will remain. 5/6

I first posted this on Sunday which isn't a great day of the week to post threads. So I'm reposting this in case you missed it.🧐 x.com/bclemens/statu…

Connies abandoned in the wild are increasingly rare. Here’s an older thread about one that is still out there: 10/10 x.com/bclemens/statu…

After raising USD $1.5 million, they moved it to their facility where it got a fine 2 1/2-year restoration in retro Qantas colors. Museum boss Tony Martin said it is “an important addition to our collection enabling us to tell a significant part in the history of Qantas.” 9/10

It seemed like a good idea at the time…Using a 37-year-old complex 4-engine propliner to haul fish over the ocean. What could go wrong? Lockheed Super Constellation N4247K seen abandoned at Manila Airport in 2015. 1/10 #planespotting #avgeek #aviationlovers #aviation #milair