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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2009 5:25:57 GMT
We've all seen photos of it before, but it consistently fascinates me. Mojave graveyard |
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Post by imec on Sept 22, 2009 12:39:27 GMT
Ha! I'm a fan of these places too - I sometimes look them up on Google Earth - the ship breaking yards at Chittagong too.
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Post by imec on Sept 22, 2009 12:42:03 GMT
One of them is near Tucson - maybe T63 has been there...
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 22, 2009 13:39:14 GMT
The photographs themselves are outstanding -- lots of texture, contrast, interesting juxtaposition, etc.
What was that movie about the little robot trying to clean up the whole world by himself? A couple of the plane cemetery photos looked like stills from that movie.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2009 13:52:44 GMT
That was Wall-E.
I have been to the ship dismantling center in Baluchistan. The gigantic supertankers are pulled to the beach by a hundred or more men actually pulling on ropes and digging their feet into the sand.
Some day I will find my photos of that.
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Post by traveler63 on Sept 22, 2009 14:07:33 GMT
Yes Imec we have been there. As a matter of fact, when I was selling construction supplies one of my clients was an Air Force detachment that worked on putting the planes into storage there. It is on Davis Monthan Air Force Base and you can take a tour. Our next door neighbor works in the office there as a civilian employee. It is truly fascinating. If you go to the Tucson International from our house you drive right by it. We also have Pima Air and Space Museum, about 400 airplanes, including a SR71 BlackBird. Mr. T just mentioned that there were a lot of C130's all wrapped up and standing in line. By the way, all of the airplanes on DM are military, so you see just about anything. Here is the link: www.amarcexperience.com/Scrapyards.asp Also on this is Pima Air and Space Museum. we also have a Titan Missile Site open too. |
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Post by imec on Sept 22, 2009 14:35:22 GMT
Cool! So I might have even seen it if on my one (hastily planned) trip to Tucson, I didn't listen to the idiot that told me to fly in and out of Phoenix  . |
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 22, 2009 14:38:26 GMT
I have been to the ship dismantling center in Baluchistan. The gigantic supertankers are pulled to the beach by a hundred or more men actually pulling on ropes and digging their feet into the sand. Some day I will find my photos of that. I would love to see those pictures! Really, who would have thought that was even possible? They must look like ants next to those ships. I imagine it like a scene from the building of the pyramids. |
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Post by cristina on Sept 22, 2009 17:07:17 GMT
Cool! So I might have even seen it if on my one (hastily planned) trip to Tucson, I didn't listen to the idiot that told me to fly in and out of Phoenix . imec, if you ever get back to Tucson, you really should plan an extra day to visit the graveyard and the Air Museum. The first time I went to the Air Museum we were there for a good four hours. It is one of the most fascinating museums I have ever been to. |
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Post by imec on Sept 22, 2009 21:41:10 GMT
I'll keep that in mind cristina, thanks.
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Post by imec on Sept 22, 2009 21:44:23 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2009 22:02:06 GMT
France has also repatriated some big ships that were supposed to be cut up in Asia, notably the ex-France, ex-Norway, current name 'Blue Lady' and also the former aircraft carrier Clémenceau. There was too much publicity about the asbestos hazards and just the general crumminess of the slave labor in Asia, so they brought them back, but I think they still don't know what to do with them. It's all well and nice to not want to fob this stuff off on other countries, but they should at least have the balls to create a credible dismantling center in Europe.
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Post by imec on Sept 23, 2009 4:52:25 GMT
I have an ashtray from the France (Mrs. i's grandmother's) - I'll post a pic when I get home.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2009 5:00:39 GMT
Me too -- blue glass.
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Post by imec on Sept 23, 2009 5:01:27 GMT
Same!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2009 5:05:21 GMT
Google has them....  |
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Post by imec on Sept 23, 2009 5:11:03 GMT
Ha! At least I know where mine came from - that's what makes it valuable to me (LONG before Google, eBay etc.)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2009 5:22:38 GMT
We must have had a half dozen of them at one time. They were clearly meant to be taken as souvenirs, and various family members took the France at least 6 times. Probably the others got broken over the years so there is just one left.
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Post by fumobici on Sept 25, 2009 2:50:10 GMT
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Post by imec on Sept 25, 2009 3:08:50 GMT
Never seen one of these - very cool!
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