Airplane graveyard

© Yann arthus Bertrand Before they are put to rest, airplanes undergo funeral-esque rituals known as 'pickling'. Their engines are removed, the windows covered and the fluids drained. But of course these giants are too big to bury. In the parched deserts, where a dry climate is an old machine's b

The evolution of travel has truly reached a different height, both literally and figuratively, with the discovery and success of the airplane.

Of 79th AEW&CS with 55-0139 EC-121D 79th, 53-0537 EC-121H 552nd, 52-3411 EC-121T 552nd, 53-0556 EC-121Q 552nd, 53-0541 EC-121Q 552nd - Photo taken at Tucson - Davis-Monthan AFB (Municipal) (DMA / KDMA) in Arizona, USA on October 7, 1976.

These are very sad images of, now priceless, warbirds that were left to rot outside to be recycled later. During and after WWII crash landed and

B25 in a scrap yard in Ohio

Twenty-five years before the Malaysia Airlines mystery, one of the most dramatic events in aviation unfolded in the skies over Iowa as heroic pilots battled to land a crippled DC-10.

The Il-76 freighter caught fire on the ground while it was being loaded in preparation for a flight to Brazzaville (BZV). Thanks to my friend Igor for this photo.. EX-093. Ilyushin IL-76TD. JetPhotos.com is the biggest database of aviation photographs with over 6 million screened photos online!