Abandoned Airplanes: Southern Arizona, Season 2, Episode 3

On this episode of Abandoned Airplanes we travel to three non-towered airports in the Phoenix-Tucson area of Southern Arizona. We come across the shocking burned remains of a Cessna 414A, find an Ameriflight boneyard, discover the mother load of Lockheed C-130 parts, along with many other interesting finds.
Please help us find the history on these aircraft and hopefully help find new homes for the restoration and return to flight! We need your help!
Aircraft in this episode & viewer submitted details:
Cessna 414A - Hangar fire (Ref: L. Portouw)
Diamond DA-40 - Was removed from Benson by a flat bed truck (Ref: L. Portouw)
Luscombe 8A -
Douglas DC-3 (N34AH) -
Lockheed C-130 (N119TG) -
Piper PA-31s (N27426, N27677, N59820) - N59820 flown by Ellis Chernoff both in scheduled passenger service, charter, and cargo for Air Carolina. She was then known as "Carolina One"
C-119 Flying Boxcar (N15501) - manufactured by Fairchild Aircraft Company in 1968 and was formerly owned by Hawkins & Powers of Greybull, Wyoming. Hawkins and Power's, once renowned for their aerial firefighting aircraft, flew N15501 to Africa to film the opening sequences of the 2004 remake of the film Flight of the Phoenix. Three other ex USMC C-119Fs were used in various wreck scenes. (Thanks to Kevin Hedspeth)
The C-119 Flying Boxcar (N15501) has the logo painted on of the fake 'Amacore Oil' company from the movie, "Flight of the Phoenix" (2004). That plane was last flown ~2007?
The [2004] film is a remake of the 1965 film of the same name, both based on the 1964 novel The Flight of the Phoenix, by Elleston Trevor, about a group of people who survive an aircraft crash in the Gobi Desert and must build a new aircraft out of the old one to escape. It stars Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Tyrese Gibson, Miranda Otto and Hugh Laurie. (Thanks to Emmanuel Goldstein)
Filmed in 2020. Copyright (c) All Rights Reserved 2020

[@lenmilbyer3461]

I rode along with 30 other Marines in a C-130 from K-Bay Hawaii to Chu Lai VN. Sat on a sling seat with a jeep bouncing against my knees the entire way. Never once over all that water did I feel fear. Those engines lulled me to sleep and kept me safe. Great plane, Great pilots.

[@jeanetteroth1665]

The fact

[@bohemoth1]

Yes LORD

[@johnfarmer9993]

Still one of the best ways to fly unless the air force decides to prank the army leaving Baghdad international headed to Kuwait they decompressed the cargo area and let off flares and both wings were vertical guy next to me got sick good day though cause we were starting our trip home that day

[@elijahwoodward4242]

The other aircraft (the C-123, DC-3, etc...) at Buckeye are privately owned by a collector who has been in discussions with the City of Buckeye to open a possible air museum at the airport. If you go out there early on a Saturday and bring a few dollars for a donation, you can get a tour inside the hangar from the extremely nice caretaker who has a ton of cool and crazy stories. The good folks at Buckeye Skydive also know the folks over there and they're all good people. Absolutely amazing history tucked away in there.

[@geraldmartsy2165]

Juan Browne from Blancolirio is the guy to ask about Luscombe quirks and features!

[@bdr3125]

Hawkins and Powers was an aerial firefighting company they used to contract bombers to the North Carolina forestry service where my father was a seat pilot and a lead plane pilot and he also flew the support plane witch was a DC-3 I remember in the late 70s and early 80s the bombers that came here from Hawkins and Powers was b-17s they had the only still flying pb4y i uesd to play in it and still have pictures of it sitting on the ramp in Kinston NC they used to bring cases of Coors beer to the guys at the forestry serves every year when they would come, it was a dream growing up around all these great airplanes and all the amazing pilots like my dad

[@57629589]

Most of Hawkins and Powers aircraft were sold off years ago. My son and I visited the Greybull airport just before the auction. We were given permission to climb on anything we wanted. 119's, KC 97's, A couple of Privateers one that has now been restored. It was airplane lovers heaven!

[@bikepig13]

The PBY is the one used in Aways the A-26 that Richard Dreyfuss flew was also there at one time. The C-119 was used in the remake of flight of the Phoenix

[@dalesmth1]

My Favorite film.

[@indyscubadiver]

The 414A used to belong to my family, this happened LONG after we sold it.. no idea what happened, but it makes me physically sick to see our old bird in that condition.

[@frankthomas855]

It kinda makes me want to cry for the loss of such a bad*ss aircraft.

[@joestephan1111]

My father flew C-130s in & out of every dirt landing strip in Vietnam so it's sad for me to see them all cut up.

[@ellischernoff8603]

I flew N27677 when it was brand new with a plush executive interior. I also flew N59820 both in scheduled passenger service, charter, and cargo for Air Carolina. She was then known as "Carolina One"

[@FlyingWildAZ]

Thanks Ellis, I'll get that info published in the show notes!

[@besiktasim81]

From Austria , i have been there for my flight training and i love it. Great Content !

[@FlyingWildAZ]

Thank you Serhat. I have been to Austria many times gorgeous, gorgeous country!

[@pwrplnt1975]

Arizona definitely has some badass aircraft boneyards! I'd love to walk through some of the larger ones!

[@DELTA757200]

The Delta air lines museum flew the DC7 out of coolidge that had been there forever.

[@FlyingWildAZ]

Yes I remember that airplane! I just posted a picture of the DC-7 that I took in April 2012 in the Community section of my channel.

[@Gator_Bait_Motorsports]

The item in question on top of the aft fuselage of the Luscombe 8A, is the fuel tank cap with a raised vent tube. The 8A 's fuel tank was behind the cockpit. The 8E model with metal wings had two 12.5 gallon tanks in each wing, and no rear fuselage tank.

[@FlyingWildAZ]

Thanks Rod!

[@gb9926]

For the diamond DA20 The main landing gear touched down on the runway surface first and as soon as the nose lowered, they heard a loud noise. The PUI held the control stick aft in an attempt to keep the nose up as the airspeed was slowing, but they soon heard the strut scraping along the runway.

[@TRPGpilot]

Very nice! Thanks for uploading.

[@eclipso104]

Almost forgot to tell you the story of N414V. Its a short story really. It was being worked on and the mechanic was using a drill not approved for use near fuel tanks. When the mechanic noticed fuel running out of the panel he was removing he quickly reversed the drill and that's when it ignited the left hand fuel tank.

[@brisiobrien1]

You are correct! that is what I understand happened to it as told to me by the guy who did it! An unfortunate mistake.

[@beaterstang0898]

An expensive unfortunate mistake.

[@frankthomas855]

Can't imagine how helpless the mechanic must have felt.

[@JustaPilot1]

The wind deflector by the door also looks like where the JATO packs would mount.

[@edilbertosantana8307]

Great CONTENT. Very Nice Thanks. I have being flying a DC 3 in 1958 from North East Brazil to Rio ...and a Constellation. I love this VIDEO....-- From Sweden.

[@jonb6417]

Wow! A DC3! Ever since I learned to fly it has been my dream to fly a DC3.

[@briancorty4348]

They use these in A Alaska and Canada still today flying people and cargo

[@geraldmartsy2165]

Love these Mr. Tim! Happy Holidays from me and my pugs!

[@FlyingWildAZ]

Thank you so much! Happy Holidays!

[@alvaroduarte7673]

This video has an 80's flavour

[@topturretgunner]

That Super DC-3 is interesting.

[@walt8089]

I flew for almost 9 years as a FE/FM on C-119C's C-119G's and C-119L's. The "C" had the R4360 "corncob" engines with electric gear and the "G" and "L"s had R3350 engines with hydraulic gear. (the twin row engine in your video was a R3350 with 3 exhaust PRT's - power recovery turbines, 3500hp each engine) The "L"s were converted "G"s with 3 bladed Hamilton Standard props off of C-121C Connie's. A more efficient prop than the 4 blade Aeroproduct props. Our Unit was the very last USAF Unit to fly the C-119's and we took them to the boneyard in Sept. 1975. Our Unit then got C-130E's and later C-130H's and now in the process of getting the new C-130J-30 "Super J's". Love these kind of videos, Great video ! Thank You !

[@jeffhicks1008]

you can bet every single part there is cataloged and recorded somewhere.

[@LarryPortouw]

..The Diamond went out on a trailer.

[@ben3989]

even with deflated tires, that DC-3 has such a cool stance.

[@williamlewis5326]

That DC3 has been there forever, it is abandoned. it was there in 2012 when I worked there for a short time.

[@brianglade848]

A long time ago my dad worked here picking up cigarette butts

[@vinniemoreno704]

I love planes so a walk around there would be heaven.

[@alwatt9367]

Great videos. Happy holidays Tim

[@FlyingWildAZ]

Thank you Al, Happy holidays!

[@AreeyaKKC]

The 414 has a sale reported as of 2020 to BC.

[@ferebeefamily]

Thank you for the video.

[@chrisryan3400]

The C130’s are owned and operated by IAR out of Phx Mesa Gateway and are used under contract by oil spill operations. Many of them have bad wing boxes and are parts support for the fleet. They were purchased from HP back in the 80s. N119TG did indeed have a gear up landing last year. The parts are mostly from DC4s as well, IAR recently sold its last legacy DC4 back to Delta in Atlanta for their museum.

[@kevinhedspeth4303]

That C-119 shown near the end was used in the remake movie of "Flight of the Phoenix"

[@FlyingWildAZ]

Wow great work Kevin! Thank you for the info, I found the details and posted them under the show notes.

[@cageordie]

Those Navajos are why one of my friends flies jets now. He was based out of ABQ and got two unserviceable aircraft one morning. So after loading his third aircraft of the day, with the same cargo, he was climbing in IMC and had just noticed some icing when his starboard engine started to overheat. The tops were just below his service ceiling at his takeoff weight and he was already crawling up. Fortunately the engine stabilized before it got too hot and he made it out on top. When he landed he called one of his friends who flew CRJs for a regional and took him up on the offer to interview. A couple of months later he took off from Denver in the first real CRJ he'd ever set foot in, in the right seat. Oh, you know all about them! He had over 2,500 hours when he started there, having started on banner tow and flying his parent's aircraft. He used Foreflight to supplement the steam gauges. They didn't even have ADS-B and the deadline was approaching.

[@golfnovember]

The Flying Boxcar at 32:51 was the same plane that appeared in “Flight of the Phoenix” with Dennis Quaid in 2005.

[@walkaway6353]

AAaaa NO. The "Flying Boxcar" is a fairchild C-119 known as Ol'Shakey. (Sides of the cargo fuselage rippled in flight) It was pre C123 - 130 cargo - troop trans. - and for tossing out meat missiles. (paratroopers) and one ugly ass twin tail boom AC.

[@jstoney6471]

H&P was an outfit in Greybull that did Air Firefighting but had a bad history of poor maintainenceof their fleet. I did a story with them for Japanese TV back in the mid 90's.

[@1320fastback]

8:57 the rudder on the Luscombe swings by itself.

[@av8tore71]

Mena Aircraft Painting painted my Mooney. They do excellent work!

[@thesunrisechannel]

Great to see you back with the latest installment...now with narration! Back in the day my friend Bill Drake was the Piper dealer at Carson City, NV. He was a real seat of the pants "pilot's pilot"...teaching me about crazy canyon flying in his J3 Cub...and many other "risky" flying adventures. My favorite was a trip from Carson City to Barra de Navidad in the state of Colima, Mexico...in one of his Navajo's...as part of a group of 4 planes. On the return trip we flew to Ciudad Obregon, an industrial town, for our overnight stay. Next morning while waiting on the ramp for fuel, with a King Air...one of 2, with a group of wild TX oilmen, we found ourselves lagging pesos with them against a line on the tarmac. On the homeward bound trip I was in the right seat...clearing Customs in Calexico and with half of the flight at night...flying alongside live fire military training and other amusements along the way...love night flying! The Navajo was as solid as it gets...a great and stable performer...a real pleasure to fly.Thanks to Bill Drake also for teaching me about severe crosswind landing conditions at one of the worst crosswind fields in the US. Keep up the great work!

[@FlyingWildAZ]

Awesome story! Texas has some fearsome winds. I guess if you don't learn to deal with wind and x-winds you don't do much flying in Texas.

[@elosogonzalez8739]

Hawkins and Powers is a fire fighting contractor for the USFS. I believe they are based in Graybull, Wyoming.

[@almoulinet6537]

hi from Chandler, AZ. I enjoy your videos. My career was in aviation A & P since I was 20 yrs old. I love old airplanes especially with radials which I worked on for many yrs. I really like the Old Fokkers T shirt you had on, can I ask where you got it? I have to have one because I'm an old Fokker. Thanks and keep the videos coming. Al

[@FlyingWildAZ]

Thanks Al. I got that shirt in 2019 at the Fantasy of Flight museum in Florida.

[@james94582]

Sad to see the classics sitting left to rot... As far as the H&P 130's...might be safer to let them sit.. There are a few interesting aircraft situations going on with this video... The C414A has been registered this year out of BC...

[@cj5driver551]

Your commentary about the AMF PA31s and the experience both they and the pilots have was enjoyed and pretty spot on. Interviewed with them at PHX, trained at Burbank. Flew for them for a year as my first non-CFI job coming from AZ and put in 800 hours in those Chieftains based at Portland PDX and Seattle BFI. Amazing experience but required a very steep learning curve from the conservative world of flight schools. The saying was “why do we check the weather, we’re going anyway”….and that was about right. Flew in EVERYTHING because you’re not going to scare the boxes. Pacific NW weather was IMC and icing all the time it seemed. I don’t think I’ll ever be as IFR proficient as those days hand-flying ILS approaches to minimums 5x/day on the worst weather days with just dual navs, a DME, and an ADF. Most of those PA31s, the only “digital” avionics was the DME readout. Analog everything else. Thx for documenting them!

[@FlyingWildAZ]

Thanks for those comments CJ5. I am glad I could shed a little light into an area of a aviation that gets little coverage. You survived the gauntlet and came out the other end with mad piloting skills for sure. One of, if not the best pilot I know was a former box runner, and his accounts match up with yours. You guys don't need to embellish any of your stories because you have seen it all and done it all. Much respect!

[@leefithian3704]

Super DC 3 !

[@ChakkyCharizard]

That bright orange Luscombe is gorgeous. It's a shame to see it in such rough shape.

[@alancarter8396]

Great interesting video, now subbed.

[@emmanuelgoldstein1918]

@32:50 The C-119 Flying Boxcar (N15501) has the logo painted on of the fake 'Amacore Oil' company from the movie, "Flight of the Phoenix" (2004). That plane was last flown ~2007? N15501 was manufactured by Fairchild Aircraft Company in 1968 and was formerly owned by Hawkins & Powers of Greybull, Wyoming. Now part of the Lauridsen Collection at the Buckeye Municipal Airport, February 2010. The [2004] film is a remake of the 1965 film of the same name, both based on the 1964 novel The Flight of the Phoenix, by Elleston Trevor, about a group of people who survive an aircraft crash in the Gobi Desert and must build a new aircraft out of the old one to escape. It stars Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Tyrese Gibson, Miranda Otto and Hugh Laurie.

[@FlyingWildAZ]

Thanks Emmanuel for additional details on N15501. They have been added to the show notes.

[@YojimboZantetsuken]

There used to be a DC-7 at the Coolidge Airport there, sad to see it's gone. Was last there about 3-4 years ago for a fly-in.

[@FlyingWildAZ]

Yes, see other replies to this video to see where the DC-7 went. Don't worry it is being taken care of and is better off now then when it was at Coolidge.

[@eclipso104]

Wow 532FL is famous now, wish I knew the owner ! Lol jk its me. She is hangared now so you must have been out to our home base at E95 before november last year. My buddy with the covered Cherokee and myself are out there frequently along with several other folks. I once wrote an emailed to Mikey McBryan from Buffalo Airways Canada. He said the DC-3 had been flown in E95 from South America where it was used as a drug smuggling plane.

[@myfavoritemartian1]

7:22 A mount for an RDF perhaps? In Casa Grande, on the highway going out to the county fairgrounds, not too far from I-10 is a home on the north side of the road. It has a carcas of a mid sized twin of WW2 vintage just sitting there.

[@gordonlindsay1812]

B-18 Twin Beechcraft.

[@myfavoritemartian1]

@@gordonlindsay1812 Nice! Too bad it was just a hulk.

[@valterp528]

excellent video

[@tombmaster972]

the big radial engine you inspected could be from a lockheed constellation because you can see the wideness of the exhaust inlet. thats because it has a turbo-compound system. in each exhaust pipe there is a small turbine wheel, which is obviously powerd by the exhaust gases. these power turbines are connected to the crankshaft and reduce the load for the engine to turn the propeller.

[@walt8089]

Each PRT (power recovery turbine) produce an extra 150hp each on takeoff and had a fluid coupling with a shaft directly to the crankshaft much like a torque converter in an automatic transmission. The "Connie" and the C-119L in the video had this same engine, a R3350. I was a FE/FM for almost 9 years on C-119's. Lot's of moving parts in those radial engines.

[@TRPGpilot]

Nice!

[@Chalupa6059]

The tall cap on the gas tank for that luscombe is to maintain positive pressure in the tank so the engine won't starve on takeoff/high attitudes.

[@fetengineer9151]

Those old C-130's are very dangerous to fly now days... it's best to keep them on the ground where they now belong.

[@rafaelarias4832]

Nice vídeo

[@ianmangham4570]

VERY COOL

[@LCMNUNES1962]

CARMY CAM RESTORATIONs 👍👍

[@deanlockamy2087]

I always wondered where those C23B airplanes went, now I know and I probably wrenched on every single one of those.

[@edgrigsby8610]

Wow, what a shame seeing all those Piper Navajos rotting away. Seems like a good opportunity for someone to pick one up cheap and refurbish it.

[@fw1421]

Costs too much to get planes like those airworthy again. They’re not like a 69 Camaro waiting to be restored. A P-51 yea,not a Navajo.

[@SlimPickins_07]

If you could get one cheap enough it could be a nice project. Super clean ones sell for 200k or more. You would have to do most of the work yourself or it wouldn't make any sense financially. They are pretty robust airframes so I highly doubt they have major structural issues.

[@CZrv4]

hawkins and powers was a fire suppression company operating all kinds of cool aircraft

[@jesseg8920]

Flew on the Cessna Conquest, seems like the 414 is very similar.

[@davecrupel2817]

The 414 Chancellor is basically the recip version of the conquest. Using turbocharged Continental 6 bangers, rather than PT6s. Not too much difference between them other than that. And the 441 Conquest has fairly better range, even at max takeoff.

[@AreeyaKKC]

@@davecrupel2817 441 is more like a 402. Many have Garrett's. The 425 is more like a 441

[@MonkPetite]

I love to restore the 8a .taildrager The DC 3 is special model.. a rare modified version .

[@farsproductions3749]

That Luscomb used to be based out of LaCholla airpark years ago when I was a kid. Of all the aircraft parked at La Cholla this orange luscomb is one I remember best from my childhood. I have wondered in the years since where it went, I have my answer! its very cool to see it in the video. id sure like to own it!

[@davecrupel2817]

Definitely won't cost you much to buy it. Restoration and registrations can come later. :) Heck, you could flip it.

[@rustynkennedy]

the company had one C130 in mid flight that the wings ripped off the plane and it crashed with all three on board passed, this caused thee FAA and the California forestry service to investigate and found lack of maintenance being done. The whole fleet was grounded until the maintenance could be brought up to spec and ultimately grounded the fleet.

[@chadmcvlad9794]

my dad flew these exact planes for Ameriflight , and we found these planes a few months back. after he left, about 5 months after, somebody crashed on his old route.

[@beaterstang0898]

What route did he fly?

[@chadmcvlad9794]

I believe it was through vegas, but I do not really know

[@blimpcommander1337]

The part sticking up on the Luscombe is the fuel cap with vent. As mentioned most if not all these airplanes aren’t abandoned. It should be explained to your viewers that touching someone else’s airplane is frowned upon, and could be a criminal act.

[@65SATisfaction]

I think that’s a pressurization vent. I.e. the closed appearance of the back end, looks like its open end faces the air, providing a slightly positive pressure into the tank. My same vintage Ercoupe had this feature.

[@Flies2FLL]

That radial at 20:38 looks like an R3350 turbo-compound engine. Rare, used on Lockheed Constellations and DC-7's.

[@boomermg]

And Navy P2V's

[@Flies2FLL]

@@boomermg Very touchy engine; The captain of a DC-7 would bring the engines up to takeoff power over a 20-30 second period with the brakes held because these were notorious for huge surges of power that could damage the engine. Turbines were badly needed on these planes, and the 707 solved the problem.

[@mpgofast]

As a R4360 engine mechanic, R3350 was a 4 row of 7, 28 cyls. This could be a R2800, biggest double row

[@Flies2FLL]

@@mpgofast Wrong, go look it up. The R3350 was a two row 18 cylinder engine. This one has the blowdown turbines, the round parts with exhaust pipes sticking out. These were NOTORIOUS for surging and blowing apart! The only four row radial built in any number beyond prototypes was the R4360. The airlines hated the R4360 because it was expensive and had electric propellor pitch control which caused several crashes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_R-3350_Duplex-Cyclone en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_R-4360_Wasp_Major

[@captiandemocracy]

if someone hasnt given info on the buckeye planes in the NE corner they are owned by HANS LAURIDSEN and he is trying to make a museum of flying airworthy aircraft but keeps running into issues.

[@mouser485]

I’d love to see those Navajos back in the air. UAS TransServices owns those Navis

[@terryshutt1044]

I think the first herc 119TG was a fire flying support aircraft based at Santa Maria CA, flying down the coast,stopped at Santa Barbara CA, re-fuel took off and had a in air problem,came back and made a poor landing and ran off the runway and crashed. Plane sat at sba for about six months and was CUT-UP for transport and was gone one day. that was year and half ago.

[@ko9446]

The report says otherwise. Plane was coming back from overseas, stopped in Santa Maria for fuel from Hawaii on its way to Arizona when a engine issue caused a issue with electrical and hydraulic. Emergency landing at Santa Barbara.

[@terryshutt1044]

@@ko9446 you are more than rite than I am. Did not know about the Hawaii flight,just the crash at sba and a sad ending to a great aircraft.

[@ko9446]

@@terryshutt1044 just painting the big picture. Hard to believe it flew from Malaysia to Hawaii, Hawaii to Santa Maria without issue. Then after take off the #3 bleed air duct was breached causing the electrical and hydraulic issues. A flight of 30 minutes over land and there was a issue, hours and hours over water, no issues.

[@oldthudman]

Wow, the DC-3 is a Super DC-3 (or R4D-8 USMC version).

[@jasonjacobsen3964]

I wonder how much that douglas would cost to buy and then what would it cost to get it able safely fly?

[@cageordie]

25 August 2019 N119TG had a right gear collapse on landing after an in flight emergency took out the hydraulics and a bunch of wiring. The aircraft was returning to base from deployment in Malaysia for a C check with an extra pilot and a couple of extra engineers for the long over water legs. Just after a refueling stop the pilots heard a pop followed by a lot of warnings, the engineers in back heard a bang and saw a mist of hydraulic fluid. They diverted to Santa Barbara. There was a post landing fire. I am not going to try to summarize the whole report. "Two Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspectors inspected the airplane and identified the number 3 bleed air duct had failed, which blew hot air onto the surrounding electrical wires and hydraulic lines."

[@jayskinner4828]

Looks like a military version of the C-117, DC-4

[@133dave133]

Hawkins and Powers flew the C130 that the wings came off due to cracked wing boxes while firefighting. There's video of that on YT. Company went out of business soon after.

[@escotthollingsworth6074]

I used to work at H&P. What a corrupt outfit to work for.

[@133dave133]

@@escotthollingsworth6074 Really? It would seem like a cool place to work, but I know how that goes. I believe that it's a firefighting museum now. I could be wrong about that though.

[@escotthollingsworth6074]

@@133dave133 FAA shut them down due to too many C-119 wings coming off on take-offs. They never really repaired anything, just make it look good enough to pass inspection. No FFA rep would come around, but the USFS came around to sign off on the antique A/C's maintenance logbooks. I was told not to do any repair or change settings on a jet engine on top of a C-119 because it was in bad enough shape as it was.

[@133dave133]

@@escotthollingsworth6074 Did they ever update any of the wing boxes on thier C130s? My brother was in the air gaurd back then. He told me that it was a very expensive and time comsuming process. The AF decided to sell off the these old models, and H&P bought some.

[@escotthollingsworth6074]

@@133dave133 That is something I am not able to say. I was gone from that cheating place by the time they cheatingly procured those 130s.

[@ronanderson1816]

wow!

[@mouser485]

N414V has been sold as of Jan 2020 to an individual in British Columbia. Plane has been deregistered so it’ll probably be parted out and rest sold for recycling. N386MA is back flying and looks like it’s still a training aircraft due to the number of flights it has. N45641 is owned by an individual living in Tuscan. Apparently it’s still not flying although it’s registered with the FAA until at least 2024.

[@LarryPortouw]

The C-414 was in a hangar fire. It has STC'd water cooled engines.

[@vernonturner3113]

I have flown a Cessna into Benson , my Cessna did not have a powerful de-icing system as the one in your story.

[@davidduganne5939]

Must be the Ameriflight Navajos that were parked in Albuquerque for some time...

[@gabrieldavies-clark6628]

Imagine if buffalo joe caught a glimpse of that dc3, he’d be in tears

[@ben3989]

C-130's uses Allison turboprops of various HP ratings

[@av8tore71]

That N414V was for sale in 2020

[@tomsamuelson8512]

There has got to be 100's of snakes living amongst those parts. Be Careful......

[@luisbatista1103]

No icing on that first aircraft wing

[@james94582]

The Luscombe was registered a few months back... So hopefully it'll be revived soon... I don't understand why the Navajos weren't sold off... Instead of left to rot..

[@beaterstang0898]

The Navajo’s and Chieftain’s were old, tired, and worn out when they were parked there. I believe some of them are for sale though.

[@spannaspinna]

Ex cargo planes big hours worn out , broken and fucked as well

[@Robert-tt5tg]

Interesting

[@wackaircaftmechanic2312]

8:49 this is a Lycoming powered Luscombe.

[@papabits5721]

There's millions in abandon parts, there is no way these are abandon.

[@randygoodspeed6460]

can these be bought?

[@Michael-to7oz]

Someone should do a " will it run " for aircraft.

[@pclayton5063]

What was going on with those C-23 Sherpa's at Coolidge?

[@FlyingWildAZ]

Military contract jump planes

[@davidwesley1256]

Are any of these for sale ?

[@flyoverfredusa]

the DC3 at 33 mins is N94449

[@johnmajane3731]

I bet the Luscombe still flies, note the tires are full of air.

[@Paul_MuadDib]

It's an Eldorado for Hobbyfotographer.

[@geddon436]

Me: I want to restore this airplane Mechanic: how much money you got? Me: how much do i need? Mechanic:

[@rmcnasty7319]

That's is a Oscalating thrust Conitser valve off the Gyromanipulater . Hope this helps. Good Video Thank you for sharing.

[@650gringo]

Sure it's not just rusty fallopian tubes?

[@marlinkojak9882]

so sad to see all the airplane not taken care