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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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more images from Aviation Warehouse.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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