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  • #812
    eastmayo
    Registered Users Posts: 684 ✭✭✭eastmayo


    Got this photo today.


  • #813
    hopeso
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,440 ✭✭✭hopeso


    eastmayo wrote: »
    Got this photo today.

    Those sections that are removed are probably destined to be cut into smaller sections, each one containing one window and sold to collectors.
    Such sections from pretty standard aircraft sell for around €300 each. A380 pieces will probably sell for a lot more!


  • #814
    Acosta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,440 ✭✭✭Acosta


    Would have made a cool air bnb or something. I think someone did that with an old DDR Interflug plane. That would probably require landing it in a field or something like they did with the Interflug, so probably not possible.


  • #815
    theguzman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭theguzman


    Acosta wrote: »
    Would have made a cool air bnb or something. I think someone did that with an old DDR Interflug plane. That would probably require landing it in a field or something like they did with the Interflug, so probably not possible.

    There is a guy in Sligo with similar, a few outsize lorries and he might take the carcass for that. A mile-high motel :o


  • #816
    westgolf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 831 ✭✭✭westgolf


    Didn't some guy in mayo do that or something similar with a fuselage on a glamping site ?


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  • #817
    Acosta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,440 ✭✭✭Acosta


    theguzman wrote: »
    There is a guy in Sligo with similar, a few outsize lorries and he might take the carcass for that. A mile-high motel :o

    Oops, that's actually what I was thinking of. But for some reason I mixed it up with the story of the Intferflug landing on a field and isn't a AirBnb. Long day.

    https://travelupdate.com/interflug-grass-landing/


  • #818
    FintanMcluskey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,465 ✭✭✭FintanMcluskey


    theguzman wrote: »
    There is a guy in Sligo with similar, a few outsize lorries and he might take the carcass for that. A mile-high motel :o

    Which is now a rusting scrapyard that the locals are unhappy with.

    An awesome sight for an outsider though, as was the procedure used to transport the plane


  • #819
    irishgeo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,527 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    FintanMcluskey wrote: »
    Which is now a rusting scrapyard that the locals are unhappy with.

    An awesome sight for an outsider though, as was the procedure used to transport the plane

    yeah it never opened. rumour was he didn't want to risk his own money and the bank refused to loan all the money he needed.


  • #820
    Lurching
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,239 ✭✭✭Lurching


    irishgeo wrote: »
    yeah it never opened. rumour was he didn't want to risk his own money and the bank refused to loan all the money he needed.

    He's still working hard on getting the finance and approvals to continue.
    He's already risked a huge portion of his own money with everything done so far!

    Locals can complain all they want - it's definitely drawing tourism to Enniscrone.


  • #821
    boardzz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 863 ✭✭✭boardzz


    Lurching wrote: »
    Locals can complain all they want - it's definitely drawing tourism to Enniscrone.

    Drawing tourism for what?
    If I want to see a plane, I'll go to an airport. If I want to see a scrap yard, I'll go to this site in Enniscrone.
    Don't think scrap yards are too high on tourism sector list.


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  • #822
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,265 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    Don't think scrap yards are too high on tourism sector list.
    Plane spotters are a curious bunch, scrap or airport, it’s all the same.


  • #823
    joujoujou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,802 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
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    I'm yet to spot a plane starting from a scrapyard. :D;)


  • #824
    Sconsey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,590 ✭✭✭Sconsey


    Acosta wrote: »
    Would have made a cool air bnb or something. I think someone did that with an old DDR Interflug plane. That would probably require landing it in a field or something like they did with the Interflug, so probably not possible.

    I used to see this one in Stockholm airport, never booked into it, didn't look very inviting from the outside to be honest and you would kind of be out in the middle of nowhere. https://www.jumbostay.com/


  • #825
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,265 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    joujoujou wrote: »
    I'm yet to spot a plane starting from a scrapyard. :D;)

    You forgot about this one, worlds largest military aircraft scrapyard :):):


    539132.jpeg


  • #826
    Lurching
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,239 ✭✭✭Lurching


    boardzz wrote: »
    Drawing tourism for what?
    If I want to see a plane, I'll go to an airport. If I want to see a scrap yard, I'll go to this site in Enniscrone.
    Don't think scrap yards are too high on tourism sector list.

    There were a number of people looking over the fence when I was there.
    It put Enniscrone on the map when it was being moved there (and it brought me there).

    In fairness, it's pretty well blocked off behind timber hoarding, so you can't see much of it driving past.
    Prefer to see this than another boring housing estate or an Aldi.


  • #827
    Davidth88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭Davidth88


    joujoujou wrote: »
    I'm yet to spot a plane starting from a scrapyard. :D;)

    Smurfjed beat me to it..... AMARG is still one of the greatest places I have ever visited

    I also visited the Portugal Air Force equivalent , that was really brilliant , we were basically given free reign . Got nice photos of me in the driving seat of a Nord Noratlas and exploring over F86s.

    When the lockdown is over I am going to visit the A380 ( if there is anything still left !! )

    In the 80s there wasn't a French airfield that didn't sport a rotting Caravelle or 707 , and usually a pile of discarded Rallyes in some form or another .


  • #828
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,265 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    we were basically given free reign
    totally unlike DMAFB, we had to apply weeks in advance with passport details, specific tour, no changes allowed, full military inspection and then for some oddball reason the whole tour was in an enclosed greyhound bus with tinted windows, not even an open top bus for photos.


  • #829
    Davidth88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭Davidth88


    smurfjed wrote: »
    totally unlike DMAFB, we had to apply weeks in advance with passport details, specific tour, no changes allowed, full military inspection and then for some oddball reason the whole tour was in an enclosed greyhound bus with tinted windows, not even an open top bus for photos.

    Getting off thread here .... when I did the tour ( 2005 I think ) you basically joined a queue at Pima Air Museum.

    My missus wasn't interested so she sat under the wing of the old Air Force One chatting to the old lads who did the tour ( who were interesting if a little ' conservative ' )


  • #830
    Comhrá
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,816 ✭✭✭Comhrá


    Davidth88 wrote: »
    Getting off thread here .... when I did the tour ( 2005 I think ) you basically joined a queue at Pima Air Museum.

    My missus wasn't interested so she sat under the wing of the old Air Force One chatting to the old lads who did the tour ( who were interesting if a little ' conservative ' )

    I did that tour in 2002. Was lucky to hit it on a very quiet day in August. I had the place to myself for about three hours. I recall the senior gentlemen (ex-USAF, I think) who were staff and they so welcoming, and fascinated to meet an Irishman. It was a wonderful experience.


  • #831
    California Dreamer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,609 ✭✭✭California Dreamer


    eastmayo wrote: »
    Got this photo today.

    A 20 year old A320 going on the scrap heap. That could have easily been Leo's transport aircraft for the air corps!! :D


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  • #832
    roundymac
    Registered Users Posts: 2,712 ✭✭✭roundymac


    A second hand plane being scrapped and you want us to buy it. Why?


  • #833
    California Dreamer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,609 ✭✭✭California Dreamer


    roundymac wrote: »
    A second hand plane being scrapped and you want us to buy it. Why?

    I think you missed the :D in that post!


  • #834
    TrueDub
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 2,655 Mod ✭✭✭✭TrueDub


    Really interesting report below on the aircraft maintenance hub/storage hub/graveyard in Tarbes, in the South of France (report is in French, pictures are in English though! :D)

    https://fb.watch/3qix1tCwi5/

    Includes some footage of an A380 being disassembled.

    The place is full with short-term storage of aircraft (up to 3 months) - it's not enormous, but still it's a lot of aircraft!


  • #835
    Tenger
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 9,927 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tenger


    Davidth88 wrote: »
    In the 80s there wasn't a French airfield that didn't sport a rotting Caravelle or 707 , and usually a pile of discarded Rallyes in some form or another .
    A mate snapped pics a couple years ago of 2 Caravelles decaying beside a runway in France. Can't recall the airport but as he is EU crew it must be one that they operate into.


  • #836
    eastmayo
    Registered Users Posts: 684 ✭✭✭eastmayo


    Last off the A380 is nearly gone.


  • #837
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,459 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    eastmayo wrote: »
    Last off the A380 is nearly gone.

    Not hanging around now


  • #838
    Lurching
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,239 ✭✭✭Lurching


    Next stop, coca cola cans.


  • #839
    eastmayo
    Registered Users Posts: 684 ✭✭✭eastmayo


    All that is left off the A380 today.


  • #840
    joujoujou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,802 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
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    It looks like it's end is near. :(

    Still pretty intact on satellite image though. ;)

    544418.jpg


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  • #841
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    I happened to be talking to My neighbour who’s a truck driver and he said it spent the week taking aeroplane parts from Mayo to Belfast


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