Abandoned Airplanes: Kingman, Arizona, Season 1, Episode 2

[@StartBelieving.14.21.]

I work there as a mechanic and they're not abandoned, their in storage and a lot of planes we return to service to fly again. And then there's also planes that are torn down for parts and then get crushed for scrap.

[@luv2fly452]

SB, are all those old Comair CRJ's still there. Any ASA/ExpressJet CRJ -200 out there?

[@mcguireonfire7942]

Do you clean seat tracks

[@opdrvr]

Scott, can anyone visit the airport and walk around, or do you need special permission?

[@Iflyarizona]

That’s actually a twin bonanza! Not a travel air. Wicked cool airplane. They’re huge!

[@kenclark9888]

They’re not abandoned. It’s a boneyard, much like Davis Monthan AFB. Some even fly out while others provide parts

[@gr6e]

I worked for the company that's dismantling those planes. While it's true that the planes aren't "abandoned", they aren't being used for parts. Once they get to the teardown pad no more parts will be removed from them to use on other planes. They are actively torn down, loaded into dumpsters, and taken to a recycling facility. EDIT: I actually watched the video and saw that they never even went to the teardown area. Yeah, all the planes you see in the video are owned and operated by locals. They are actively flown.

[@ImNotADeeJay]

6:14 Beechcraft Bonanza... like the one in which B. Holly and Richie Valens died sixty years ago

[@scottjohnson1640]

I didn't know Kingman was an airplane junkyard. I drove through it once. I wondered about all those DHL planes parked there. I figured it was some kind of cargo hub. Guess I just learned something new.

[@cluelessbeekeeping1322]

In one of your videos you showed a Mooney with fabric wings, can you direct me to that video?? Thanks! I love this series of abandoned planes.

[@timstime1970]

A lot of ww2 aircraft made their final landing there.. Some made a takeoff from there into civilian operation..Altus AFB was another spot for reclamation.

[@scottrobbins6216]

Thank you I’ve always wondered what those planes were off to my right going to Vegas ....

[@bfmcarparts]

You couldn't figure out the "Twin Banana" reg? Put one side to the other and Voila! N4356D

[@loupcityairservice9740]

Yep not a travelAir but a twin Bonanza

[@knuckleheadentertainment5801]

I happen to be in kingman right know visiting my Aunt and when I saw the boneyard I thought awesome but would love to go visit the grave yard some day

[@frankthomas855]

Love the R.A. Bob Hoover reference!

[@mcguireonfire7942]

I work here and love it!

[@luispru945]

Twin Bonanza, not Travel Air

[@armandoguzman7838]

My home town

[@robertcringely7348]

That's not a Travel Air, it's a Twin Bonanza.

[@sandraweilbrenner67]

I live in kingman there is a nice cafe at the airport , good food.

[@FlyingRagilein]

We will visit Kingman soon, so that's a great tip !

[@MrKalebholden]

Not anymore..

[@kennymacdaddy]

When I worked at the Kingman airport, it was called Maggie's Flight Line Diner.

[@anchorpoint3631]

@@MrKalebholden ?

[@kennethcohagen3539]

Kingman Airport was a graveyard for WWII way back when.there were rows of P39’s there waiting to be melted down. What a crime!

[@Hugh1966]

I was hoping you’d check out the old md80’s . Good job man

[@BumbleBee55R]

I don't understand why you keep calling these "Abandoned" aircraft. Derelict, yes. But someone, somewhere owns them.

[@BumbleBee55R]

@Horse Renoir just type in the tail number into Google followed by FAA. Aircraft information is public.

[@davidduganne5939]

Some body pays the monthly tie down rent. Those things would get pushed out in the weeds/impounded if the tie down fees were delinquent.

[@davidduganne5939]

"Abandoned" is not a synonym for "ugly."

[@BumbleBee55R]

@Horse Renoir I would assume there is, but don't really know. If there is, the airport would have rights to the aircraft, not someone visiting the airport.

[@FourSeasonsHD]

That is an Aero Commander 560 with geared Lycoming GO-480 engines and three bladed constant speed Hartzell props that look in tact.

[@rouser301]

Clickbait title - most of the aircraft there are being stored. Some are being parted out, but they haven't been abandoned by any means

[@Thomas1980]

wow...very nice video!

[@rmgf1005]

N4356D, No Aircraft Information. Owner: Charles B. Sherrill Jr., Mojave Valley, Arizona

[@davidduganne5939]

1956 Beech D-50 Twin Bonanza. Serial number DH-119

[@ronaldwarren5220]

I live here. Thanks for the video! The city is trying to have the contaminated soil cleaned up from where the WWII aircraft were smelted down. Great place to start a business as the airfield is now under new management and the industrial part is doing well. Close to I40, Laughlin and Las Vegas Nevada too.

[@johnfortes2171]

I'm 70 - I remember when I was 7 or 8 that there was miles of WW-2 aircraft in Kingman- don't know if it was the same airport or not !

[@julioagomez8050]

John Fortes yes, is the same airport, is only one in Kingman

[@davidduganne5939]

I remember too, (as a kid) when route 66 came into town from the NE and the airport was visible off the left side of the car. I-40 comes west from Seligman, and passes south of the airport. That finally dawned on me when I drove the route as a young adult!

[@mxyzptlyk]

I was hoping more of the DC-8.

[@luv2fly452]

TT, sweet video. Whats all the extra stuff on the dash. I've been out of small airplanes for a while.

[@johnpaul9606]

I'm sure some of those planes are not abandoned.

[@christophergoggin5524]

Abandoned? Free? No? Please explain

[@MachTuck]

@4:12 Travelair???!! ..not right

[@harishkumarhp314]

Airport is not working what is resan

[@garyhand4701]

Tim, N21940, and N8974G are registered to Donald and Doris Manifee of Black Canyon, AZ That is a nice 182. Wonder what he would for the 182 What do you think?

[@chriscusick6890]

$22,500

[@marlinkojak9882]

so sad to see these airplanes left like that

[@gr6e]

5:15 that is a parcel plane chartered by UPS that flies from Phoenix to Kingman every morning, mostly delivering Amazon Prime two-day packages from their fulfillment center in Phoenix.

[@robertbowman3406]

Jay Lewis, at 5:15 is shows that worn out Aero Commander. Is this the plane that UPS used?

[@gr6e]

@@robertbowman3406 uses* as in it is being flown twice a day every day, at this present time. It's not abandoned or decommissioned, it's in active service.

[@rmgf1005]

N2775B, No Aircraft Info. Owner: John MacQuiddy, Imperial Beach, California

[@davidduganne5939]

1956 Aero Commander 560A serial number 275.

[@ronjohnson9507]

It burns 60 gallons an hour of fuel

[@kennymacdaddy]

You should carry one of those fold up bicycles...

[@FlyingWildAZ]

Hey Kenny I actually have one, I should do that!

[@valterp528]

great video

[@hash46176]

Can poeple just go there and pick up air planes or buy airplanes to rebuild

[@mikeford137]

dude, the N number is on both sides of the vertical.

[@dobiedude7479]

Memories. I worked at that airport for a while in the late’90s. The company had a medical helicopter based there. I enjoyed my time there.

[@victorvictor8587]

Dobie Dude How Many Kilos Did you Count While you wereThere?

[@laertrabelo9829]

friend, I would like to have your contact, I am looking for King air B200 and Cessna CJ. Can I explain the details to you via email or WhatsApp?

[@ellischernoff8603]

Not a Travelair. It is a B-50 TwinBonanza.

[@snowbunnymimi]

Can my son 18 ride along In a plane with you please he wants to gets hiss ppl. And wants to feel it out

[@sandraweilbrenner67]

And the fed ex ups and any freight planes are not abandoned they ship and receive from here.

[@rmgf1005]

N8673A, Beech A-35, Built 1949, Owner: Arizona Aircraft Services Inc., Kingman, Arizona

[@donfarlan214]

Jesus says keep your eye on that plane its going to zoom up to heaven soon

[@salimkhanjm1457]

You can buy one big aircraft then customize your interior , ull get your private jet

[@raulvalladares9078]

How I can purchase 1 of this airplane s

[@andrewwatson9805]

Given all the negative comments and that you haven't--at least that I can find--produced a subsequent episode, i guess the haters got the better of you. I for one enjoyed these two episodes. Sorry that you gave this up.

[@FlyingWildAZ]

Appreciate the comment Andrew. We did three episodes so far and two bonus videos. There is a playlist on my channel home page. Haters are gonna hate, I can take it.

[@WildBillFlysRC]

@@FlyingWildAZ Glad you can, Tim. enjoyed the Bagdad video earlier today. my buddy works at the mine. Make some more videos! San Manuel Airport is calling!

[@barbmelle3136]

The 150 , 24Xray has a new owner

[@jackdeth2558]

at least they could do is tour the indoor pot farm

[@mrpaulgrimm6129]

Everything wears out

[@Briggs1700]

Seen any Lockheed 18's?

[@jeffreyrobinson3782]

Why would you leave a perfetly good airplane to rot in the sun

[@davidridding4698]

No money

[@jeffreyrobinson3782]

@@davidridding4698 Thats what i thought what a waste

[@tombeilman5579]

They are salvage planes

[@FourSeasonsHD]

@@tombeilman5579 Is there some way to buy the Aero Commander, put it in smaller pieces and ship to my address? It would be used as structural model.

[@AtheistCook]

The parts are valuable and the dry desert is perfect against rust.

[@ImNotADeeJay]

So... those planes are let to rot for years in that yard, rigth? using so much space... were is the catch?

[@gr6e]

Only the Embraer jets are in storage. There is no rot, as this is the desert. All of the small planes that are seen in this video are owned by people who live in and around Kingman, and they are actively flown. The DHL planes are being torn down.

[@davidduganne5939]

Come and get it? Security, report to the ramp!!

[@FlyingWildAZ]

Anyone have any information on the Yellow Pine Ranch Taxi Service?

[@traw9865]

I've driven up to the Yellow Pine Ranch many times. Nestled in the Hualapai Mountains. You can drive through it to get to BLM land and county rec parks nearby for camping. There's a small landing strip there, doesn't look active. The ranch is still operational with cattle and horses from what I can see.

[@TubeBrowser2]

Still up and running after 100 years yellowpine.us/

[@originalfiremancancelled7303]

I'll take that beech Bonanza is it free

[@chriscusick6890]

Free for only $15,000.

[@Eagleoneradiogod]

Yep I can see those dhl planes from my house. And all I get is the weather report on my scanner along with the Moris code beacon.

[@tombeilman5579]

Not many DHLplanes left there

[@mwesner]

Why would you go to Kingman Arizona I grew up there used to be nice but now it's just a California cesspool the armpit of Arizona

[@donnamariedavidson5065]

Why not

[@anchorpoint3631]

You are correct. I'm overjoyed that I finally left that shithole. I was in Kingman lately for almost 3 weeks due to the job I have but just got transferred the day before yesterday to another state. I thought California was bad but kingman is literally WORSE!

[@TheChief005]

Why is there a southwest 737-700 there?

[@sillyrandomness683]

That could be the plane that something broke on the flight from Las Vegas to Burbank. You never know.

[@aaronsmith5600]

They are sent here to be recycled

[@tombeilman5579]

It had a problem was being worked on

[@AreeyaKKC]

Some of these WN 700s are the oldest in the fleet and have high cycles. Time to part them out.