[simpits-tech] Az Boneyards (was More real aircraft parts)

[Matt Bailey]

I was there a couple years ago, plenty of sim candidates in AMARC. :) I
think at the base they were running up an engine, sounded like a
sustained F-16 takeoff or something. Pretty cool. I also really liked
that Nieuport replica hanging in the main hangar at the museum, neat
little plane. Would be nice to build one someday...........

I noticed at some military center nearby (national guard I think?)
there's a sim sitting in a trailer in the parking lot.......anyone have
any idea what's up with that? I always wondered about it.

That area has some pretty cool stuff........the museum, the military
base and AMARC stuff, and the Learjet FlightSafety center. 8)

	-Matt Bailey

> Chris Brace wrote:
> 
> Justin,
>  ARMAC are doing tours still. I have over there in Aug/Sep last year
> and drove down from SanFran to AZ just to do that tour. It was very
> cool. They  just started accepting deliveries of B1B's when I went
> thru.
> It sure is awful to see all those planes get the cut and all those
> parts/sections etc. If only........
> I expecially like watching the A-10's come and go in pairs. They had
> an A-10 re-wing programme running on base when I went thru the place.
> I recommend anyone who gets the change go thru it, its a couple of
> hours well worth the effort.
> Of course i spent the rest of the entire day at Pima Air&Space. In all
> the great place to get up close.
> 
> Cheers
> Chris.
> 
>      -----Original Message-----
>      From: simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org
>      [mailto:simpits-tech-bounces at simpits.org] On Behalf Of
>      Justin Messenger
>      Sent: Monday, 1 March 2004 4:51 a.m.
>      To: Simpits-tech at simpits.org
>      Subject: [simpits-tech] Az Boneyards (was More real aircraft
>      parts)
> 
>      Man,
>       I would  be there all the time!!! Of course I used to live
>      an hour from there for 6 months and only made it once, but
>      made it back several time after I had moved to Arkansas
>      again. Last I knew there is a night once a week or once a
>      month where you can bid on stuff AMARC is selling. The
>      building is located right by the entrance where the museum
>      tour but used to enter AMARC, I'm not sure if the tours have
>      started again after 9-11 stopped them. If they still do it
>      it is worth the money! What a sight to see so many fighters
>      parked in long rows. That includes rows of oldA-10s  F-14s,
>      F-15s, 16s, and 18s and a ton of F-4s, although the G and
>      the late model Es are rapidly getting shot down as drones.
>      There are a lot of C-130s and B-52s too.
> 
>      If you want to by stuff from the salvage companies K-tech
>      and Haveco seem to be the biggest.
> 
>      DM is also great for watching fighters flying in the
>      pattern, ecpecially if you like the A-10.
> 
>      North of town is the Evergreen operation with a large amount
>      of old Airliners including 747s, but I never managed to get
>      in the gate. :)
>      Justin