{"id":51168,"date":"2023-04-11T23:17:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T21:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=51168"},"modified":"2023-04-14T16:32:46","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T14:32:46","slug":"a-curious-graveyard-of-planes-and-military-vehicles-in-the-middle-of-the-british-countryside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/04\/11\/a-curious-graveyard-of-planes-and-military-vehicles-in-the-middle-of-the-british-countryside\/","title":{"rendered":"A curious graveyard of planes and military vehicles in the middle of the British countryside"},"content":{"rendered":"

The planes that are withdrawn from service sometimes end up in the most unexpected places, as is the case of the place that occupies us today.<\/p>\n

Moncayo: an airplane graveyard in a Spanish mountain at more than 2,000 meters<\/a><\/rel>
\nAn unusual graveyard of Tupolev Tu-22M supersonic bombers in Russia<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

The British urban explorer The Bearded Explorer<\/a> posted an interesting video of an aircraft and military vehicle graveyard in the middle of the English countryside. The material is very varied: old French fighters Dassault MD 452 Myst\u00e8re II<\/strong>, a Sukhoi Su-22<\/strong> on whose fuselage a German Luftwaffe cross is still visible, a helicopter attack Mil Mi-24<\/strong> (does not seem to have insignia indicating its origin), some American trainers Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star <\/strong> (already skeletal) even a Soviet anti-aircraft ZSU-23-4 Shilka<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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And what does all that material look like there?<\/strong> Despite the logical deterioration over time, it is not an airplane graveyard like the one in Moncayo, Spain<\/a>, which is the result of plane crashes. The planes in this British graveyard have been intentionally left there <\/strong>, even placing external fuel tanks on their supports. for what reason?<\/p>\n

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Another curious detail in the video is that some of the Myst\u00e8re IIs and the Shooting Stars have red stars painted on their drifts<\/strong>, as is currently done on US military aircraft used as aggressors in the training of pilots in combat tactics. But in the days of those old planes (1950s) that was not done.<\/p>\n

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The description of the video sheds some light on this: \"The site was used as a training camp during the Cold War period and is still owned by the MOD<\/strong> [Ministry of Defence], for so visiting it was very risky, since they still use it occasionally!\"<\/em> Anyway, there are places that it would be advisable not to go into, just in case... I leave you here with the video:<\/p>\n