What Happened Inside the Airplane Graveyard?
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- I visited Mojave, California which is a famous airplane graveyard in the desert. More than 100 planes are stored here and it is end of the line for most planes that arrive in the graveyard. I went inside an ex Thai Airways B747-400 to take a look at the interior, much to my surprise the interior had been kept intact. Then I step inside an ex-Qantas B747 and found my way to walk on the 747 wing! I could almost touch the winglet!
Then we drove to Victorville to meet up with an airplane scraper Huy, Huy gave us a tour and explained how they tear down airplanes using an excavator. The useful parts, such as the engines, the avionics and the interior, are usually stripped out for sale . We went inside an ex United B747-400 and ex Singapore/VIM B777-200 to take a look.
Talaat Captan, owner of Air Hollywood, and Anthony Toth, co-owner of the Pan Am Experience, appear in this video as tour guides of the airplane graveyard storage.
Nearly get tears in my eyes when I see Thai 747 how I fly both from Arlanda and Kastrup several times to Bangkok. Now I living in Bangkok with my wife. Nice Sam.
Woo! I am Thai. I am so glad that you like the Thai's Boeing 747 and very thank you for showing Thai aeroplane to the world. I've worked for Thai Airways for 11 years now. 😍😍🥰🥰
It's a scrapped plane. You're high
He showed the Thai plane for like 30 seconds. Chill
@@Kudabear1Its on thumbnail, what are you on
@@Kudabear1He seems to be older than you
Wooo yeah baby
You know it has to happen & every plane has a date to be scrapped, but it still tears at your heart to see these amazing machines go. Great video!
The only place where I can afford a First Class seat
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Nausheen Ch hahahahhaahha
Lol
Hahahaa
Facts
18:37 Goes to aircraft boneyard to the envy of every avgeek in the world and potentially has access to every square inch of ANY aircraft:
“TRAY LINERS!”
But legit their enthusiasm and love for aircraft is heartwarming
100th like
5:04 Imagine the terror if the plane starts rolling down the desert after doing this
This plane is already dead bro 😂
😂 good place for a movie bro
Without the 4 engines? 🤦
I was scared
"Parking break...."
*"Release"*
when I see all those planes, I get this nostalgic feeling. It hurts a bit.
It does. I was excited to be around all these planes (Flown many) but felt sad at the same time.
Same here. Like a race horse taken to slaughter when it's not needed anymore. Sad
Cas Plomp I agree with you it's cool history the sad part is the people in charge of disposing of these aircraft want 10 X plus the amount scrap metal to sell them and you remove them I would love to get a giant piece of one I can move it myself but they don't care about the past they just want the cash🤑
Me too
Cas Plomp dont be sad they are donating their spare parts to keep their sisterships alive and some of them will live on as aerial firefighters test beds government transports etc after the last passenger and frieghters are gone. The Kc-10 fleet will be around for years the last big concentration of Dc-10s after fed x retires theirs.
Introducing our new 747-400neo
No engine option
so the 747-400 glider edition. very full efficient.
@@dreiton991 then i want to fly it after the crash. 100% safe according to your claim.
still more safer than max
I would buy that!
Earth friendly aircraft
I love the queen of the skies, the beautiful 747.
This just breaks my heart.
No plane will ever compare
I flew Thai Airways many times. When boarding, the music and atmosphere was so refreshing. After landing, they gave each flier a fresh orchid.
Peggy
The graveyard is about to get very crowded
Sam's love and tribute for 747s is immeasurable be it on air, ground or graveyard ✈💥
indeed 747 is the plane most people (my generation) grew up and travel with!
@@SamChui When people dressed up to fly.
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One of the few times Anthony needs correction:
Not all 747SPs had the longitudinal galley. TWA’s SPs were delivered with galleys that ran left to right between doors 1 L and R rather than the longitudinal galley between doors 1 R and 2R.
You're just being pedantic. Always has be a know-it-all going around correcting everybody over stupid, insignificant, or boring details.
@@MrRobarino Cries of pedantry always arise from the ignorant.
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try not to remember what happened to jal123s sp
I’m imagining the excitement the crews felt on their first trip on one of those planes after it was placed into service. Just think of all the memories that were created (sad and happy) on many of those flights.
7:05 the moment they stepped on the wing, makes me realise how huge the wingspan of 747 are!
guyfromkk absolutely, now imagine a a380
@@TheThailand101 Umm I can playing Soccer With my friends In wings Of A380 i think :v
imagine ants doing tours like this in our dead bodies in our graveyard xb😂
Yes exactly!!!! Very good point
Loool
Ain’t gonna happen. I’m getting cremated when I kick the bucket.
"Let's look at the old girl one more time..lets go Inside her" Daym, Sam is really enjoying himself out there ain't he
He should have said lets bring my meat into these old girls again.
Too funny
lol 😂 I knew our audience would love these lines :)
copart for airplanes ✈️ lol 🤣🤣😂😂
WOW Amazing job! What about this B767 graveyard or boneyard @airport22r you can check it out!
18:28 Inspiration for the next Ryanair seat configurations
yea and you sit on top of 1 chair like a true russian gopnik squatting
LoL 😂
😂
You are right lol
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I enjoyed it Sam. These old airplanes were one of the workhorses in the sky. It’s fun exploring this place 😎
5:05 imagine that throttle is not entirely gone....
i wished the same lol !!
copart for airplanes ✈️ lol 🤣🤣😂😂
It doesnt got a engine tho so
Ameer Shafiq the engines are gone and most likely there would probs be no fuel in the plane?
@@ahmennation3760 r/woooosh
That` s an awesome video. Thank` s for showing us the most famous US aircraft boneyards. Amazing footage!
Fuck you for putting those wierd spaces in.
justinl458 weird*
justinl458 they might not be fluent in English.
@@theenzoferrari458 what did you say??
Everyone wants to discuss grammar but I just think it’s cool that Cargospotter is here.
It pained me to see the 777 disassembled
I did a landing gear swap on that 777 ja708a
Dude: These are the excavators we use to crush planes.
My Brain: I will fly there and destroy those machines of destruction.
GamePlay M4ster give them a taste of their own medicine 😂
It is the circle of machine life, do not blame them for doing their job.
MJBull515 he was just kidding
copart for airplanes ✈️ lol 🤣🤣😂😂
Leinard James Mariano bahahahaha
I think that it's every avgeek "paradise"!
@Kardos András I personally think that everything related to aviation is a paradise for avgeeks🤣
Indeed going there must be both a dream and a nightmare...
Indeed. It was so fun that we didn't realize we spend an entire day out there!
@@SamChui OMG i was going to say that you are super geeky but you admited that you are. They are just normal airplanes and not even cool old ones.
I saw that United 74 fly her farewell over the Golden Gate Bridge and turn low over the bay in 2013. I’ll never forget it.
Sad seeing her here.
Seeing all those airplanes that are never going to be back on air makes me so sad and weirdly gives me goosebumps... Great video, Sam.
I would really love to visit there one day..
To see one the most iconic aircraft ever built in the Boeing 747 in a boneyard is very haunting and nostalgic. My favorite airplane overall. Thank you for taking me on this amazing tour! Sub'd
747 is also my favourite plane
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I feel the same. Why can’t they keep using 747s? They’re beautiful.
@@sian2337 mostly because there's faster airplanes and the A380 kinda took it out also my favorite plane such a good plane go to waste
@@eetrizect7407 The a380 didn’t kill it, efficient twin jets did. Also the speed had nothing to do with, it's actually amongst the fastest airliners.
This is my ideal Disneyland...my happiest place on Earth!
Aviationland
Am I the only one who thinks it'd be awesome to make one of the 747's a house or into a hotel people could stay at...
Yes, that is something I'd like to do Actually, getting one to Australia is going to be expensive though
@@coconutpalm1631 ua-cam.com/video/ivmqBizMu7w/v-deo.html
www.jumbostay.se/ Check this out, it's iin Sweden. Right next to the Arlanda airport they made a hotel from a 747
Hell I'd live in an old 747, but I'd have to chop up the side of the fuselage to install some floor to ceiling windows, as I'd imagine this thing parked in some rural/forested setting and I'd need to be able to look out at the awesome view.
I think someone's already done this somewhere in Europe
Gamestop would offer you $7.43 for one of those planes...(in store credit)
JAZ THE SAGA wrong ( for all of them)
Lololol I'm dead
*$7.47
@@planewire2153 missed oppurtunity
Can't wait for Brightline West!
7:10....how small a man looks in the wings. The 747 is engineering marvel...
Mr. Sam.. Is there a plane in the world in which you haven't travelled... ☺️. You are really a lucky person. God bless you with more and more of ✈.
that is a good question. so far i think that he has travelled with all the commercially available air lines. and some more rare once. So the only thing i am not sure about are ether plains that have been taken out of service before he was old enough to fly at all. some small regional aircraft's. and air-planes that are off limed (think of militarily or governmental owned aircraft's) I am also curious if Sam has ever been flying in helicopters and the likes.
He's off exploring that's why he didn't reply ... 🛬✈🛫🛩
Wow very nostalgic, I have flown on those China Airlines and Thai 747-400s. Thankfully there are still a few around in the air for a few years to come. Next you need to visit the Boeing Everett factory where these jets are born. Got to see the last Lufthansa 747-8i and the Future Air Force 1 under construction there a few years ago. No pics sadly.
Sam, how do you gain access to airplane graveyard? I would like to find a way to get behind those fences!
Sam : I'm jumping out of the plane
The other guy : oh my God
Sam : come
Quite a good evacuation plan
Heartbroken for those giant's 😭😭😭 thank you sam for your hard work🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️
This was a fun video....a bunch of enthusiasts wandering around a derelict airplane! I've done this so many times and it never gets old!
Sam goes from delivery flights of A350's to plane graveyards... How amazing is his life
soon there will be the first Airbus A380s deliveries as soon as 2030s. Watch the space!
This is honestly kinda sad to see. ☹️ Happy to know though that they’re recycling at least some parts and not all going to the landfill.
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It’s my dream to go into an airplane graveyard one day. Just staying there for a few hours, admiring these beautiful planes that are now having a well deserved peaceful rest after all those years of serving the sky.. this is just heaven. I like to think that all the birds chilling on the aircrafts are their souls.. weird thing to think but that’s just how I see things I guess.
That Boeing 707 at 1:24 is a very rare bird. She was originally N408PA, Jet Clipper Morning Star. That aircraft has been at Mojave for a long time. I still hold hope that she will find a way to a museum for static display - in 1965 Pan American colors, of course.
The joy all of the men in this video are showing over these planes is absolutely beautiful!
U need man
@@ducoqabe1225 no. Do you?
@@Kaz.Williams I need to u dear
Im Thailand people and thank for the love for my national airline❤️❤️
Are they selling those seats? I'd love to have one of the First Class ones at home.
Airazz maybe don’t know
Just take it
@Comrade Spots good items will be reused.
imma buy one from a 747
Try sending an email to Thai aircraft trading. They’re selling all their current 747s right now so you might just be able to buy a first class seat.
Sad to see that where the QANTAS final queen of our skies in Australia going to this week . The flying Kangaroo never be the same again .
Very sad indeed.
Lynley Jones yes but roles Royce bought them so they won’t end up like these one s
It retired :(
Fly high queen
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Thanks Sam, I feel sad when I see majestic machines like these being scrapped but at the same time it's fascinating to see, wish we had places like that in Australia, I would love an aircraft parked on my property.❤
I was waiting for Mike Rowe's voice to Narrate the whole episode when hearing that music
this would be the best airsoft map. I mean come on
With some trees it would be awesome
Absolutely
Yesss !!
Ok boomers
@@Lord_Alhaitham Dude , I'm Centennial Wtf?
I wish i was there. In full captain uniform, making airplane noises while sitting on the captain's chair.
Same lol
Rip 747 you will be missed but not forgotten
Hi Sam. I am very impressed by your coverage of all the aircraft located in the Californian desert! I was very surprised to see a Qantas Boeing 747-400! My father used to work for Qantas and I have flown on many jumbo jets of Qantas in the past! Keep up the good work Sam and thank you so much for this very interesting download vlog!!
In Mojave?
Direct to my favourite videos 👍 , Sam is my best UA-camr forever
United 747 brought up so many memories 😭
The guy who says we’re gonna crush it really enjoys his work! 🤣
Wow, I have been on some of those Thai 747s since 2001, was sorry to see them go but welcomed the A380 which has since stopped flying, just love flying the BIG planes!
Those poor 747s :(
I know all those queens 😔😔😟 I love the 747.
There all fucked airframe has to many hours on them
Wait maybe 5 years. You will probably see A380's in that airplane bone yard!
Some of the 380s are already in some grave yards because there fucked already worn out no times left on them
The reason why some A380s are already being retired is because they are just not economical enough for some of today’s airlines. It has nothing to do with the airframes or flying hours.... because the retired A380s still had many decades of live left in them. They just aren’t efficient enough, and they are also too large for many airports. This of course decreases versatility, and the amount of routes that the aircraft can execute.
Check 'em out on satellite view:
Victorville: Southern California Logistics Airport
Mojave: Mojave Air & Space Port
There is another airplane graveyard/storage are outside Tucson, AZ.
Janice Sullivan pinal airpark
@@janicesullivan8942 Davis-Monthan Air Force Base - Military boneyard
@@Raze145 Pima
I grew up in Mojave, CA.
We had an airplane at Mojave Airport.
My family is friends with the guy who is in charge of the bone yard.
Class of '92, Go Mustangs.
The graveyard is about to get very crowded
RIP
Your comment is NOT funny, but it is......
Yeaaaahhh sad really
This is not funny you could of put it for the 737 max
@@Sheroo21 no the 747 klms rip klms 747s
As an A&P who used to work on these aircraft, install engines, landing gear, rig flight controls etc... It’s a bit sad to see them in such disrepair lol.
Air India Queen 👑❤️ B747
Oh, an actual airplane graveyard. I thought this was about Boeing’s 737 max production line...
🤣
Ronny Gordon almost funny kid... almost... almost...
No Max's there 🤔
1990 I traveled on Thai air from Lahore to Bangkok .. amazing service
Thanks for bringing this to us. Its so very rare!
Truly special place that breaks my heart as an *avgeek* every single time :(
747-400 THAI Airways always in my hearts 💜
Chano Chnpyn I could wander around there all day!!! Sad to see the Qantas and Thai airways 747’s though
Ive flown on this one too, must have done on account of 25 return flights on Thai 747s 400s, mostly in economy but a few upgrades to business class upstairs. Thai was always my favourite airline between Australia and the UK. The seat pitch in economy was 34''. I did the BKK to Phuket in that odd business class alongside the long galley.
Inspiring with the image of thai airways, now it's truely almost at grave.
ทำไมต้องมาทำกูเจ็บขนาดนี้ แต่ก็คือความจริง5555 it hurts me but it’s the truth.
Imagine if when he pushed the throttles forward the plane started moving
Ghostly 😱
Weee
ROTATE, ROTATE!!!
Lmao
Eli_2020 use less drugs bro.
You have no idea how envious I am. I hope I get a chance to visit there. It's every aviation geek's fantasy. 👍✈
8:32 Qantas has just painted over the Kangaroo 🦘 logo on the tail of their planes before they fly them here all the way to the other end of world. Another way to tribute respect to the retired airplanes 👌
I doubt it. Qanats has respect for nothing or nobody anymore. More a symbol of embarrassment, as if trying to hide something, bit silly really.
Great video Sam! I spent many years crawling around in the confined spaces and fuel cells of over a dozen types of aircraft. I actually worked on Spirit's ship 133 in the late 90s! Like you, I could go there and spend a week just milling around, like a kid in a playground! Thanks for the out of the ordinary, aviation video. Your videos are a gift to aviation enthusiasts the world over. Cheers!
I would love to see inside those MartinAir MC-11s ... the were convertibles... could be changed from passenger to cargo configuration, often done seasonally when they'd fly their MD-11s to the Dutch Islands in the Caribbean.... or for charter. I think they were used more for cargo, at least when I was working there.
Sad to see an airplane graveyard. But Sam put it into the most interesting light. Great playground for avgeeks - would love it. Thanks and huge like!!
So Good! Keep up The Good Work!!!✈
The Queen of the Skies remains the Queen of our memories too.
The 747 is a monster, basically a flying apartment building.
The A380 is like a flying NFL football stadium!
Well have u ever seen a dreamlifter or the an-225 (yes I know their both Heavy cargo planes but im saying their the true monsters the 747 is a baby compared to the an-225)
Back in the late 80s to the mid-90s, I worked for a couple of airlines in flight operations. I remember several times where we ferried aircraft to park in the desert, though most of those were going into storage. But it's nice to see the end-of-the-road where they go at the end of their flying career.
It is incredible to remember the year of the first flight of the 747s, and what a shame it is to see them in the cemeteries of planes being destroyed.
In a way it's nothing, think in comparison about the dreadful, deadly crashes they were involved in (esp. the 747-100 and -200 that weren't very safe compared to the -400s and nowadays -800s) until around 1996.
Areat deal of 747 fatal crashes were due to pilot error or shoddy maintenance. For example, JAL 123 was due to bad maintenance while the Tenerife Airport Disaster was largely pilot error (weather and communication breakdown too). There are many other examples like this: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747_hull_losses
The 747 brought about a huge increase in passenger jet transporation which at the time was relatively new so there were a lot of safety issues that we didn't know about before these crashes. I would say that the 747 just got 'caught up' in these statistics and if it were to have been another plane that democratized air travel instead of the 747, then similar crashes would have happened anyway.
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That 744, HS-TGN was the first 747 i flew from Sweden to Thailand in 2002. Sad To see her scrapped like that. 🥺
Nice video though!
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❤️Just loved it 💞... Love from India 🥰
Hi India I’m from the UK
love from india SAM
Whoa, just after I watched Half As Interesting's video about this area, Sam actually uploaded this. Amazing video as always, greetings from Indonesia!
Jokowi hore
Love this youtube video about your visit to the Mojave desert in California state, where they parked all those B747 airplanes, never know about this parking place in that desert overthere. Is so sad to watch all those huge airliners laying in that hot sun and dust .....waiting for stripping of parts, motors etc.. Nice work done by showing us all those sights. Watching from Paramaribo !
I really enjoyed this video Sam. Awesome as always! Someone should buy one of those planes and make a house in it. That would be cool.😊
I remember when these planes were newly delivered. It is scaring.
This is great to see these retired birds, and also loved the broken english too. made it educational and entertaining. Excellent. Thank you.
Amazing video Sam, I really enjoyed! Just one quick question are you actually allowed to be in the plane? Thanks
as a flight attendant seeing the planes like this makes me sad =(
Till today and in future, the mighty 747 will be the queen of the skies!!!
Nice .Aviation Legend Sam Chui.
NOW THAT WAS SOME EXTREME AVIATION CONTENT OH BABY
You go sam!!
Because you people, I could have a free ride, though sitting in far corner of India. But for you, I would never have made it to this spot. Thank you so much. Also it is amazing to see the photo of Thai airhostess still in good condition. When you landed on the wing and made merry, I was virtually with you on the wing....
17:25 Ха-ха, за ВИМ-Авиа спасибо, порадовали :)
а какой бортовой у него был,вы знаете?))
@@oureolyakevin563 VP-BVY
Привет всем русским! ))
so sad to see beautiful birds being reitred. My first 747-400 flight was on Thai and seems so familiar.
Thanks Sam for this. I knew of the 'boneyard' in Mojave; passed by it many times for my former work. However, I was unaware of the one in Victorville, Wow! Such a sad end to these iconic multi-million dollar aircraft. But, at least some of the parts are being recycled.
When I lived in Tucson, I would often visit the huge airplane graveyard that they have there. Nothing cooler than historic aircraft. It’s spooky and nostalgic at the same time.
I lived 1 block from the tucson graveyard , they have about 5500 aircraft, I could see the tails of the b52 s from my yard.
So many stories affiliated with these airplanes.but nothing is forever.
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You know what? This is your best video evaaaaaaaahhhhhh!
Trueee, I usually camp here and James Asquith channel for aviation memes! Try his channel too :D Cheers!
Imagine the home you could make out of some of those :)
Agreed xD
6:46 in a Museum in Sinsheim (Germany) you can walk on a wing of a 747 too.