oleorun@real.lemmy.fan to Anything But Metric@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · 9 days agoAn abandoned "Con Air" Boeing 727 that sat idle for two decades at El Paso Airport was auctioned off for the price of 10 iPhones.luxurylaunches.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down10
arrow-up137arrow-down1external-linkAn abandoned "Con Air" Boeing 727 that sat idle for two decades at El Paso Airport was auctioned off for the price of 10 iPhones.luxurylaunches.comoleorun@real.lemmy.fan to Anything But Metric@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squarejqubed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 days agoI wonder if the scrap value is even that much at this point, by the time the owner gets it out of there?
minus-squareWarl0k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-29 days agoThe real value is in the spare parts for an aging airframe, you’d be insane to just scrap it.
minus-squarejqubed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI suppose I was considering that part of scrapping, but given the disuse the aircraft has suffered I’m not sure how many parts would even be airworthy or sellable now. It also looked in the pictures like it had already been stripped to some extent.
I wonder if the scrap value is even that much at this point, by the time the owner gets it out of there?
The real value is in the spare parts for an aging airframe, you’d be insane to just scrap it.
I suppose I was considering that part of scrapping, but given the disuse the aircraft has suffered I’m not sure how many parts would even be airworthy or sellable now. It also looked in the pictures like it had already been stripped to some extent.