![]() "As a pilot, you can clearly understand why there were so many difficulties in that area." "It's Greenland's 'Bermuda Triangle' … the weather there shifts in a matter of minutes," Salazar said. servicemen whose planes crashed in the same area were not so fortunate. Wilson and the other airmen from the lost squadron warplanes were rescued from the ice, but other U.S. The rediscovered fighter has been identified from its crash site as P-38 "Echo", piloted by Army Air Corps Lt. Salazar said that the area was known to pilots as Piteraq Alley because of its tendency to spawn severe snowstorms that can arise in minutes - called "piteraq" in the Greenland Inuit language.Ī similar storm kept the search team in its tents on the glacier for three days during this summer’s expedition, Salazar said. aircraft flew this route during World War II as part of Operation Bolero, which delivered warplanes, pilots, equipment and supplies for the planned Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe.īut after flying into a severe blizzard, the eight aircraft from the lost squadron were forced to crash-land on the surface of the glacier beside Køge Bay in southeastern Greenland. They were traveling through a chain of secret airbases in Newfoundland, Greenland and Iceland known as the Snowball Route. Ben Bloker/US Airforce)īoth aircraft were part of a group of two B-17 bombers and six P-38 fighters flying from the U.S. It was eventually restored to flying condition. Many are now being returned to active service.A P-38 fighter from the same Lost Squadron known as "Glacier Girl" has also been recovered from the ice. Thousands of planes were put into temporary storage. ![]() ![]() Airliner Storage During the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020-2021Īs anyone that flies, has ties to the aviation industry, or watches TV knows, the worldwide outbreak of the Corona Virus had a major negative impact on airlines and their fleets, worldwide. List and Maps of Boneyards Around the WorldĪ list and map of major airliner storage boneyards is also provided as well as a review of boneyards in the U.K., Spain, France, Australia and around the world. military planes are stored in the largest airplane boneyard in the world, operated by the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group AMARG at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson. Newer aircraft such as the B-29 Superfortress were held in long-term storage for future recall to active duty during the Korean War and the Cold War. USAF C-141 Starlifters in storage at Davis-Monthan's AMARG facility (Staff Photo) We also cover boneyards in Europe and Australia. This website includes coverage of several major storage, maintenance and disposal facilities for commercial airliners, such as those at the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville and the Mojave Air and Space Port in the California desert.Īlso included are reports on airliners in storage at the Phoenix Goodyear Airport and the Kingman Airport, as well as the Roswell International Air Center. And the last Qantas 747 flew to Mojave in July of 2020 for storage. Eventually, all airliners are removed permanently from service and are scrapped for parts and materials.Įven the Boeing 747, the "Queen of the Skies", sometimes meets the boneyard, like the last of the United Airlines 747 fleet ferried to SCLA in Victorville in 2017. To protect airliners during their storage from wind and sun damage, engines and windows are tightly covered with white, reflective materials. Airliners in storage at the Pinal Airpark in Arizona near Tuscon (Staff Photo)
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