An abandoned "Con Air" Boeing 727 that sat idle for two decades at El Paso Airport was auctioned off for the price of 10 iPhones. The winner outbid the second-best bid by a mere $20. - Luxurylaunches
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  • jqubed@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 days ago

    I wonder if the scrap value is even that much at this point, by the time the owner gets it out of there?

    • Warl0k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      9 days ago

      The real value is in the spare parts for an aging airframe, you’d be insane to just scrap it.

      • jqubed@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        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.