The largest aircraft cemetery
The world's largest cemetery aircraftis located in the city of Arizona in the territory of Tucson in the US. Its official name is "309 group for maintenance and repair of aerospace equipment." The area of the object is about 10 km2. There are more than four thousand airplanes andabout forty spacecraft, which were conserved at one time or another. Engines, ammunition, wiring, electronics and other equipment, which is a state secret, have been removed from them. The total cost of all equipment here is estimated at more than $ 35 billion.
Aircraft storage conditions
Aircraft Cemetery in Arizona is part of thethe Davis-Montain airbase, built almost immediately after the end of World War II. It should be noted that the area is at a considerable height above sea level. In this regard, the climate here is very dry, which makes it possible to save the hulls of aircraft from corrosion even in conditions of storage under the open sky. About eighty percent of them have already been cut to scrap metal. The remaining aircraft are sealed with polyethylene and can be used at any time in case of need.
Importance for the US economy
The Arizona aircraft cemetery also performsfunctions of the present processing plant. In particular, over the past years, the database specialists have reconstructed about nineteen thousand items and spare parts that can be used in the future or sold. Their total cost is over 568 million US dollars. According to the policy of the US government, other countries can acquire here not only component parts, but also whole airliners. According to economists' calculations, every dollar invested in this aircraft cemetery, in time, allows returning to the state treasury eleven times more. The fact is that after the repair carried out by local specialists, many of them are again used. In particular, based on official statistics, over the past 25 years, about 20 percent of the liners returned to the system have returned to service. This cemetery is also known for the fact that it was here that some of the scenes from the fantastic movie "Transformers. Revenge of the Fallen. "
Russian Cemetery of Aircraft
A similar place exists in our country. At the Khodynka field, which is not far from Moscow, there is an abandoned airfield. On its territory there are helicopters and airplanes that did not take off since 2003. Currently, access to strangers here is closed. Initially, it was planned to open a museum of aviation equipment on this site, but later the project was frozen and in this condition is in our time. Now the cemetery of the aircraft in the Khodynka field represents a huge territory, which is surrounded by barbed wire and protected. Despite this, some still manage to agree with the guards for a fee and make here unique photos against the backdrop of half-decayed aircraft. Despite the fact that most of them are deprived of paint and glass, they look all the same bewitching.
