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WELCOME ABOARD 2006
A dead DC6 propliner at Aviation Warehouse. Dusk, red and green-gelled strobe flash, sodium vapor light. Canon 20D. See more images from Aviation Warehouse.

 

AMPUTEE 1990
DC8 being rendered at the Mojave Airport boneyard. This plane is long gone. Night, full moon, 160T film 8 minute exposure, pink and green-gelled strobe flash.

 

JOSHUA SAYS GO! 2006
A 30s twin-tail Lockheed Electra does the big sleep at Aviation Warehouse. Night, full moon, red-gelled strobe flash. Canon 20D. See more images from Aviation Warehouse.

 

DB COOPER STAIRS 2003
FedEx 727 tail section at the Mojave Airport boneyard. Night, full moon, 100VS film 5 minute exposure, red-gelled strobe flash.

 

DINOSAUR 2006
Junk airliner, broken and painted for use as a movie prop sleeps under fast moving monsoon clouds at Aviation Warehouse. Night, full moon, 2 minute exposure, red-gelled strobe flash. Canon 20D. See more images from Aviation Warehouse.

 

FROM THE LAND OF JETS AND JOSHUAS 2006
Chopped-up Hawaiian Airlines 737 and Joshua Tree at Aviation Warehouse. Night, full moon, 2 minute exposure, red and green-gelled strobe flash. Canon 20D. See more images from Aviation Warehouse.

 

707 TAIL 2003
Broken to simulate a plane crash for a movie. The junk pile at the Mojave Airport boneyard. Night, full moon, 160T film 8 minute exposure, red-gelled flashlight.

 

GOLD LEAR 2006
Used up Lear jet glows under fast moving monsoon clouds at Aviation Warehouse. Night, full moon, 3 minute exposure, Canon 20D. Available light only. See more images from Aviation Warehouse.

 

AIR INDIA 2003
Center section of a first generation 747 at the Mojave Airport boneyard. No trace of this airframe remains. Night, full moon, 100VS film 4 minute exposure, pink-gelled strobe flash.

 

CROWS NEST 2006
Spiral-staircase to the upper deck, sectioned out of a Boeing 747, at Aviation Warehouse. Night, full moon, 2 minute exposure, yellow and purple-gelled strobe flash. Canon 20D. See more images from Aviation Warehouse.

 

NO BEVERAGE SERVICE ON THIS FLIGHT 2006
A 727 fuselage at Aviation Warehouse. Night, full moon, 2 minute exposure, green-gelled strobe flash. Canon 20D. See more images from Aviation Warehouse.

 

 

HAWAIIAN 2003
Parted out DC10 at the Mojave Airport boneyard. This plane ended up in the smelter. Night, full moon, 100VS film 4 minute exposure. Available light only.

 

 

CLIPPED AND HEADLESS 2006
A mutilated Delta 727 fuselage on it's belly at Aviation Warehouse. Night, full moon, 2 minute exposure, red-gelled strobe flash. Canon 20D. See more images from Aviation Warehouse.

 

STAR AND STARS 2002
A decrepit KC97 Strato-tanker gate guard at sleepy Fox Airfield in Antelope Valley, CA. Night, full moon, 160T film 8 minute exposure, red-gelled strobe flash.

 

APOCALYPSE NOW 2006
Viet Nam era Huey and incoming aircraft at Aviation Warehouse. Night, full moon, 2 minute exposure, red-gelled strobe flash. Canon 20D. See more images from Aviation Warehouse.

 

THE FINGER OF DOOM 2006
Heavy equipment used for plane breaking at Aviation Warehouse. Night, full moon, 2 minute exposure, yellow-gelled strobe flash. Canon 20D. See more images from Aviation Warehouse.

 

TF-102A 2003
This Cold-War era "Delta Dagger" fighter sits in a field behind Castle AFB museum awaiting restoration. Night, full moon, 100VS film 4 minute exposure, red-gelled strobe flash and green-gelled flashlight.

 

LAWN ORNAMENTS 2006
Airliner engine nacelles among the Joshuas at Aviation Warehouse. Night, full moon, 4 minute exposure, Canon 20D. Tungsten balanced. Available light only. See more images from Aviation Warehouse.

 

F86D TIP 2006
The California Airframe Parts Co., Oakland, CA. A cavernous aircraft parts warehouse with shelves stocked with parts dating all the way back to the 40s. Flashlight painting in a completely dark environment. Canon 20D. See more images from California Airframe.

 

EJECT! 2006
Just sitting in the dirt at Aviation Warehouse. Night, full moon, 10 second exposure, natural flashlight. Canon 20D. See more images from Aviation Warehouse.

 

GROUNDED 1999
This fleet of tired old TWA L1011s has had their engines removed prior to dismantling. These Kingman, Arizona planes have all been sent to that big tarmac in the sky. Night, full moon, 160T film 8 minute exposure, red-gelled strobe flash.

 

AIRLINES 2006
Junk airliners under fast moving monsoon clouds at Aviation Warehouse. Night, full moon, 2 minute exposure, Canon 20D. Tungsten balanced. Available light only. See more images from Aviation Warehouse.

 

PRA 2006
The fuselage on the left was broken and painted with black paint to simulate the remains of a crashed and burned airliner, and the "PRA" (Indiana Jones?) logo was painted on the nose section of a DC6 at Aviation Warehouse. Night, full moon, natural and red-gelled flashlight. Canon 20D. Composite of 2 images. See more images from Aviation Warehouse.

 

CROSSED TAILS 2003
2 more worn out airframes await their inevitable day in the smelter, all part of the junk pile at the Mojave Airport boneyard. Night, full moon, 160T film 8 minute exposure, green and red-gelled strobe flash.

 

BAGGAGE DOOR 2003
A pair of parted out wide-bodies at the Mojave Airport boneyard. Night, full moon, 160T film 8 minute exposure, red-gelled flashlight.

 

SAHARA 2006
On it's belly in the dunes, a twin-tailed Lockheed Electra propliner does the big sleep at Aviation Warehouse. Night, full moon, sodium vapor light, 2 minute exposure, Canon 20D. Available light only. See more images from Aviation Warehouse.

 

707 AND 880 1990
These early 60s airliners baked in the sun for many years before their dismantling process began at the Mojave Airport boneyard. Night, full moon, 160T film 8 minute exposure, pink-gelled strobe flash.

 

COFFIN DOOR 2006
Twin Tailed 30s airliner at Aviation Warehouse. Dusk, 30 second exposure, red and green-gelled strobe flash. Canon 20D. See more images from Aviation Warehouse.

 

DESTINATION MOON 2006
Propliner fuselage and Joshua Tree at Aviation Warehouse. Night, full moon, 4 minute exposure, red-gelled strobe flash. Canon 20D. Tungsten balanced. See more images from Aviation Warehouse.

 

CONNIE TAIL 1999
A tattered Lockheed Constellation lies in a field next to Davis Monthan AFB near Tucson. It still appears on the Google Earth map . . . but for how much longer? Night, full moon, 160T film 8 minute exposure. Available light only.

 

TWISTING IN THE WIND 2006
Insulation and wiring sway in the wind inside a destroyed Southwest Airlines 737 at Aviation Warehouse. Night, full moon, 2 minute exposure, red-gelled flashlight. Canon 20D. See more images from Aviation Warehouse.

 

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