dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 Just found this whilst trawling the net. http://www.sliptalk.com/abandoned-war-airplanes/ Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 A sad sight indeed. What a shame. Some are probably restorable, barely, but.... Sigh! Why can't people in the media who write about airplanes ever get things right. The planes that Jonny Joo found in this abandoned airplane graveyard are all fighter planes from World War II. No, they are not. John 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 Good catch, Al' - and some interesting comments including "... no b52s there, a liberator though and yes a sabre ..."! Cheers - Dai. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Coffee 2,030 Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 Article writer probably thinks all "fighting/military" planes are "fighters". 1 Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 The photo of the 727, acknowledged as a 727, sort of puts doubt on the technical writing of the article! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted May 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 I think the author of the story was just a travel writer or something. Clearly he had very little knowledge of aviation , the aircraft with the long nose strut is an F7U Cutlass by the looks of it. Link to post Share on other sites
MyPC8MyBrain 273 Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 I’m just curious, how sad is it really from 1 to 10 if this is your back yard? Like this lucky bustard... Top Gear season 16 went to Albania they came across this amazing deserted airfield full of abandoned 15/17/19 Migshttp://www.topgear.com/uk/videos/949658138001(starts around min 3:30) Link to post Share on other sites
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