http://www.metafilter.com/tags/boneyard Posts tagged with 'boneyard' at MetaFilter. Mon, 09 Oct 2006 13:44:29 -0800 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 13:44:29 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/55408/The%2DBoneyard%2Dat%2Dthe%2DNeon%2DMuseum <a href="http://www.neonmuseum.org/boneyard.html">The Boneyard at the Neon Museum</a> <small>(<a href="http://www.google.com/maps?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=neon-museum&near=Las+Vegas,+NV&radius=0.0&cid=36175000,-115136389,2595900325722773339&li=lmd&t=k&ie=UTF8&z=19&ll=36.177191,-115.134232&spn=0.001862,0.0025&om=1">Google Map view from above</a>)</small> is where old Vegas casino signs go to die; while the sign graveyard is only open by appointment, a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/planetgordon/sets/623953/">virtual tour</a> courtesy of these <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rheuer/sets/377662/">Flickr sets</a> is the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kittenagogo/sets/779048/">next best thing</a> to a visit in person for fans of decaying gaudiness &amp; faded glamour. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.55408 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 13:44:29 -0800 boneyard flickr lasvegas neonmuseum jonson http://www.metafilter.com/40832/Derelicts%2Dvs%2DCannibals <a href="http://www.airchive.com/SITE%20PAGES/VIN-ARDMORE.html" title="The Airchive: Ardmore, Oklahoma graveyard">Planes</a> check <a href="http://www.airchive.com/airline%20pics/Mojave%20Scans%20Compressed/727%20parking%20lot.jpg" title="Mojave: row of 727s">in</a> but they don’t check <a href="http://www.airchive.com/airline%20pics/Mojave%20Scans%20Compressed/jet%20parking%20lot.jpg" title="Mojave: runway to nowhere">out</a>. At <a href="http://www.airchive.com/airline%20pics/Mojave%20Scans%20Compressed/cockpits%20in%20the%20air.jpg" title="Mojave: cockpits look to the heavens">boneyards</a> across the <a href="http://www.airchive.com/airline%20pics/Ardmore%20Compressed/Odd%20737%20under%20747%20tail.jpg" title="Ardmore: he ain't heavy..."> country</a>, <a href="http://www.airchive.com/airline%20pics/Mojave%20Scans%20Compressed/737%20cockpit%20on%20the%20ground.jpg" title="Mojave: 737 cockpit on the ground">derelict</a> <a href="http://www.airchive.com/airline%20pics/Mojave%20Scans%20Compressed/Tri%20Stars/L1011%20cockpit.jpg" title="Mojave: L1011 cockpit">airliners</a> await <a href="http://www.airchive.com/airline%20pics/Mojave%20Scans%20Compressed/747%20cannibalized.jpg" title="Mojave: The plane stripped bare by its bachelors, even">cannibalization</a>, <a href="http://www.airchive.com/airline%20pics/Mojave%20Scans%20Compressed/PAN%20AM727%20on%20side.jpg" title="Mojave: Pan Am 727 on its side">destruction</a>, or <a href="http://www.airchive.com/airline%20pics/Evergreen%20Compressed/UA%20DC-3.jpg" title="Evergreen: restored DC-3">possible</a> <a href="http://www.airchive.com/airline%20pics/Mojave%20Scans%20Compressed/Connie.jpg" title="Mojave: restored Constellaton">restoration</a>.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.40832 Wed, 30 Mar 2005 09:19:52 -0800 aircraft aviation boneyard commercial flight graveyard scrapyard breezeway http://www.metafilter.com/22679/AMARC <a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2003/01/06/189997">The Boneyard</a> (actually the <b>Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center</b>, <a href="http://www.dm.af.mil/AMARC/">AMARC</a>) in the Arizona desert near Tucson, is the Air Force's storage yard for decommissioned aircraft. Nearly 4,400 airplanes and helicopters await recommissioning, recycling, resale, or refurbishment for museums. The <a href="http://www.dm.af.mil/AMARC/aerial_gallery.html">aerial photos</a> are impressive. If you want to see it in person, the <a href="http://www.pimaair.org/index.html">Pima Air &amp; Space Museum</a> offers <a href="http://www.pimaair.org/amarc.htm">tours</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.22679 Mon, 06 Jan 2003 07:02:56 -0800 aerialphotography amarch boneyard decommissionedaircraft pimaairandspacemuseum usairforce SealWyf