What to do with old airliners

[kerick]

There is always another option.
http://www.costaverde.com/727.htm

Along with the private residence.  I wonder how much a scrapped widebody would run...

An aircraft contains a lot of valuble metals so its still not cheap. Trick is to find one that doesn't need to be shipped across the country. It can be done!

[Hobbes]

Yup, transportation would be a killer, esp. for a widebody which can be wider than two regular road lanes so needs major road modifications for transport.

[kerick]

I always wondered how hard it would have been to get one of the retired C-141 from the AF boneyard in Arizona. I'm sure they've all been scrapped by now. As the C-130 fleet gets replaced by the C-130J model perhaps one could be available.

[rickshaw]

I always wondered how hard it would have been to get one of the retired C-141 from the AF boneyard in Arizona. I'm sure they've all been scrapped by now. As the C-130 fleet gets replaced by the C-130J model perhaps one could be available.

Why wait? 

[scooter]

I always wondered how hard it would have been to get one of the retired C-141 from the AF boneyard in Arizona. I'm sure they've all been scrapped by now. As the C-130 fleet gets replaced by the C-130J model perhaps one could be available.

I know where you can get a used C-133 fuselage.  Needs work though

Why wait? 

I'll just take the cockpit for a home flight simulator, TYVM

[kerick]

A C-133 would make quite a mansion! Just for giggles where is it? Shipping costs you know.

[scooter]

Atlantic City Airport.  Need to talk to either the Hughes Tech Center or FAMS


FWIW, I remember the junkyards on US206 in Burlington County (NJ) used to have some really cool scrap.  Old steam locos, I think even a couple had B-17s and 24s still lurking in their yards.  Sadly most of the yards are gone, and what few remain have just junked cars in them now.

[kerick]

Google earth shows it was still there in 2011. Looks like a 747 next to it and the C-133 fuselage is nearly as big! A person could make an apartment building out of it. I'm afraid I'll have to keep looking for something a little closer to Chicago.

[scooter]

Google earth shows it was still there in 2011. Looks like a 747 next to it and the C-133 fuselage is nearly as big! A person could make an apartment building out of it. I'm afraid I'll have to keep looking for something a little closer to Chicago.

Its still there, as is the 747 along with an Air Canuckistan 737-100/200.

[rickshaw]

I looked over Atlantic City Airport but couldn't find it.  Found some F-16s, a F-106B, a F-105, a Tristar and a DC-9 but couldn't spot a 747 or a C-133.   Where is it?  https://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&q=atlantic+city+airport&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

[jcf]

Brian,
look to the NE towards W White Horse Pike, they're clustered together.

[rickshaw]

Brian,
look to the NE towards W White Horse Pike, they're clustered together.

Thanks but still can't find them.  Looked all along that perimeter side and still can't spot anything that looks like either a 747 or a C-133. 

[jcf]

Not 'on' the airfield, off to the NE, closer to the pike than the airstrip.

[rickshaw]

Not 'on' the airfield, off to the NE, closer to the pike than the airstrip.

Still not able to find it.  Can you provide a Lat/Long?

[scooter]

Not 'on' the airfield, off to the NE, closer to the pike than the airstrip.

Still not able to find it.  Can you provide a Lat/Long?

Coordinates
Lat/Lon:   N 39 27.5632, W 074 33.464

And just about parallel with the end of RWY 31

I looked over Atlantic City Airport but couldn't find it.  Found some F-16s, a F-106B, a F-105, a Tristar and a DC-9 but couldn't spot a 747 or a C-133.

The Tristar is used, I believe, by the Federal Air Marshal Academy as a scenario classroom.  The gate guardians are F-16B, F-106B, F-101D.  The 119th FS is a Lawn Dart squadron.