{"id":48007,"date":"2022-07-14T23:18:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T21:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=48007"},"modified":"2022-07-16T23:54:11","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T21:54:11","slug":"mojave-a-great-graveyard-where-the-giants-of-commercial-aviation-go-to-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/07\/14\/mojave-a-great-graveyard-where-the-giants-of-commercial-aviation-go-to-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Mojave: a great graveyard where the giants of commercial aviation go to die"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the attacks of September 11, 2001, commercial aviation suffered a serious downturn, which was accentuated by the 2008 crisis and the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Janet: an airline with which you will never fly to a place that they claimed did not exist<\/a><\/rel>
\nTwo old Spanish planes awaiting their end more than 1,800 km from Spain<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

As a result, larger aircraft, such as the famous Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet and the Airbur A-380, have been going into retirement<\/strong>, being replaced by smaller aircraft with fewer and more efficient engines. And where do commercial aircraft go when they are retired? Well, to places like the Mojave Commercial Airliner Storage<\/strong>, a former Marine air base built in World War II and located in Mojave, California.<\/p>\n

In 1961 the base passed into the hands of Kern County, building what is now the Mojave Air and Space Port (MHV)<\/strong>, which houses 60 companies related to the aerospace industry. Due to the dryness of the place (it is located in the Mojave desert), some airlines use this airport as a place to store those planes that they no longer use.<\/strong> Some of the aircraft are refurbished for reuse, while those that have reached the end of their useful life are scrapped. The youtuber Sam Chui<\/a> had the opportunity to visit it and access the interior of some of the planes stored there:<\/strong><\/p>\n