"Cemetery": stroll through the world's largest airplane graveyard Bashny.Net

The superior resolution desert of Tucson, Arizona, there is an interesting place where one after another lined majestic planes.









The land area of ​​10,519,600 m², equal to 1,300 football fields, is a cemetery for military aircraft from different generations, so the database dubbed the "Boneyard". And the total cost of all aircraft located there reaches 35 billion dollars.

Through search engine Bing from Microsoft is an eerie sight can be seen in three-dimensional image that reproduces amazing "megapixel" image with the help of satellite images. On the "Boneyard" you can find everything - from freight aircrafts to the bomber A-10 "Thunderbolt", "Hercules" and F-14 "Tomcat».





Why base is located precisely in the desert? Such an arrangement is considered an excellent place for storage of aircraft, as in the dry air of the desert metal is not exposed to humidity, and rainfall is so low that almost no parts are rusting. Thanks to solid ground is no need to build concrete ramps. The landscape of the air base is so unique that they are interested in, even Hollywood. And so it appears in the movie "Transformers».





In the world there are many similar places, but this base is the largest in the world and employs 4,400 units. Aircraft required to wash to clean off salt and petrol from all fuel tanks drained, remove the explosive devices. Engines close special tent, and themselves planes painted white to the sun's rays do not damage the surface.

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