What Happened Inside the Airplane Graveyard?
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- čas přidán 6. 03. 2020
- I visited Mojave, California which is a famous airplane graveyard in the desert. More than 100 planes are stored here and it is end of the line for most planes that arrive in the graveyard. I went inside an ex Thai Airways B747-400 to take a look at the interior, much to my surprise the interior had been kept intact. Then I step inside an ex-Qantas B747 and found my way to walk on the 747 wing! I could almost touch the winglet!
Then we drove to Victorville to meet up with an airplane scraper Huy, Huy gave us a tour and explained how they tear down airplanes using an excavator. The useful parts, such as the engines, the avionics and the interior, are usually stripped out for sale . We went inside an ex United B747-400 and ex Singapore/VIM B777-200 to take a look.
Talaat Captan, owner of Air Hollywood, and Anthony Toth, co-owner of the Pan Am Experience, appear in this video as tour guides of the airplane graveyard storage.
The only place where I can afford a First Class seat
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Nausheen Ch hahahahhaahha
Lol
Hahahaa
Facts
Woo! I am Thai. I am so glad that you like the Thai's Boeing 747 and very thank you for showing Thai aeroplane to the world. I've worked for Thai Airways for 11 years now. 😍😍🥰🥰
It's a scrapped plane. You're high
He showed the Thai plane for like 30 seconds. Chill
You know it has to happen & every plane has a date to be scrapped, but it still tears at your heart to see these amazing machines go. Great video!
I enjoyed it Sam. These old airplanes were one of the workhorses in the sky. It’s fun exploring this place 😎
18:37 Goes to aircraft boneyard to the envy of every avgeek in the world and potentially has access to every square inch of ANY aircraft:
“TRAY LINERS!”
But legit their enthusiasm and love for aircraft is heartwarming
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Nearly get tears in my eyes when I see Thai 747 how I fly both from Arlanda and Kastrup several times to Bangkok. Now I living in Bangkok with my wife. Nice Sam.
Thanks Sam, I feel sad when I see majestic machines like these being scrapped but at the same time it's fascinating to see, wish we had places like that in Australia, I would love an aircraft parked on my property.❤
It pained me to see the 777 disassembled
I did a landing gear swap on that 777 ja708a
when I see all those planes, I get this nostalgic feeling. It hurts a bit.
It does. I was excited to be around all these planes (Flown many) but felt sad at the same time.
Same here. Like a race horse taken to slaughter when it's not needed anymore. Sad
Cas Plomp I agree with you it's cool history the sad part is the people in charge of disposing of these aircraft want 10 X plus the amount scrap metal to sell them and you remove them I would love to get a giant piece of one I can move it myself but they don't care about the past they just want the cash🤑
Me too
Cas Plomp dont be sad they are donating their spare parts to keep their sisterships alive and some of them will live on as aerial firefighters test beds government transports etc after the last passenger and frieghters are gone. The Kc-10 fleet will be around for years the last big concentration of Dc-10s after fed x retires theirs.
I flew Thai Airways many times. When boarding, the music and atmosphere was so refreshing. After landing, they gave each flier a fresh orchid.
Peggy
The graveyard is about to get very crowded
One of the few times Anthony needs correction:
Not all 747SPs had the longitudinal galley. TWA’s SPs were delivered with galleys that ran left to right between doors 1 L and R rather than the longitudinal galley between doors 1 R and 2R.
You're just being pedantic. Always has be a know-it-all going around correcting everybody over stupid, insignificant, or boring details.
@@MrRobarino Cries of pedantry always arise from the ignorant.
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try not to remember what happened to jal123s sp
imagine ants doing tours like this in our dead bodies in our graveyard xb😂
Yes exactly!!!! Very good point
Loool
Introducing our new 747-400neo
No engine option
so the 747-400 glider edition. very full efficient.
@@dreiton991 then i want to fly it after the crash. 100% safe according to your claim.
still more safer than max
I would buy that!
Earth friendly aircraft
Sam's love and tribute for 747s is immeasurable be it on air, ground or graveyard ✈💥
indeed 747 is the plane most people (my generation) grew up and travel with!
@@SamChui When people dressed up to fly.
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What a great gig Sam, good for you. Very cool experiences.
Sam is totally optimistic guy even at the airplane graveyard he still give good complement. He is definitely very cheerful guy.
18:28 Inspiration for the next Ryanair seat configurations
yea and you sit on top of 1 chair like a true russian gopnik squatting
LoL 😂
😂
You are right lol
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I think that it's every avgeek "paradise"!
@Kardos András I personally think that everything related to aviation is a paradise for avgeeks🤣
Indeed going there must be both a dream and a nightmare...
Indeed. It was so fun that we didn't realize we spend an entire day out there!
@@SamChui OMG i was going to say that you are super geeky but you admited that you are. They are just normal airplanes and not even cool old ones.
Thank you for this awesome documentary. You guys rock.
Thanks for bringing this to us. Its so very rare!
7:05 the moment they stepped on the wing, makes me realise how huge the wingspan of 747 are!
guyfromkk absolutely, now imagine a a380
@@TheThailand101 Umm I can playing Soccer With my friends In wings Of A380 i think :v
5:05 imagine that throttle is not entirely gone....
i wished the same lol !!
copart for airplanes ✈️ lol 🤣🤣😂😂
It doesnt got a engine tho so
Ameer Shafiq the engines are gone and most likely there would probs be no fuel in the plane?
@@ahmennation3760 r/woooosh
Love this video sam!!! was at the one in Pima AZ...that was amazing too...thanks again for all this great footage...Paul K
What interesting and informative vlogs you have here on you Tube Sam. Thanks so much for your passion.
"Let's look at the old girl one more time..lets go Inside her" Daym, Sam is really enjoying himself out there ain't he
He should have said lets bring my meat into these old girls again.
Too funny
lol 😂 I knew our audience would love these lines :)
copart for airplanes ✈️ lol 🤣🤣😂😂
WOW Amazing job! What about this B767 graveyard or boneyard @airport22r you can check it out!
I’m imagining the excitement the crews felt on their first trip on one of those planes after it was placed into service. Just think of all the memories that were created (sad and happy) on many of those flights.
Love this youtube video about your visit to the Mojave desert in California state, where they parked all those B747 airplanes, never know about this parking place in that desert overthere. Is so sad to watch all those huge airliners laying in that hot sun and dust .....waiting for stripping of parts, motors etc.. Nice work done by showing us all those sights. Watching from Paramaribo !
Again Sam, thank you very very much for showing us around, well done ! 👏🏻
7:10....how small a man looks in the wings. The 747 is engineering marvel...
Mr. Sam.. Is there a plane in the world in which you haven't travelled... ☺️. You are really a lucky person. God bless you with more and more of ✈.
that is a good question. so far i think that he has travelled with all the commercially available air lines. and some more rare once. So the only thing i am not sure about are ether plains that have been taken out of service before he was old enough to fly at all. some small regional aircraft's. and air-planes that are off limed (think of militarily or governmental owned aircraft's) I am also curious if Sam has ever been flying in helicopters and the likes.
He's off exploring that's why he didn't reply ... 🛬✈🛫🛩
To see one the most iconic aircraft ever built in the Boeing 747 in a boneyard is very haunting and nostalgic. My favorite airplane overall. Thank you for taking me on this amazing tour! Sub'd
747 is also my favourite plane
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I feel the same. Why can’t they keep using 747s? They’re beautiful.
@@sian2337 mostly because there's faster airplanes and the A380 kinda took it out also my favorite plane such a good plane go to waste
@@eetrizect7407 The a380 didn’t kill it, efficient twin jets did. Also the speed had nothing to do with, it's actually amongst the fastest airliners.
Amazing journey! Thank you, dear Sam!👍
5:04 Imagine the terror if the plane starts rolling down the desert after doing this
This plane is already dead bro 😂
Loved
😂 good place for a movie bro
Without the 4 engines? 🤦
I was scared
Gamestop would offer you $7.43 for one of those planes...(in store credit)
JAZ THE SAGA wrong ( for all of them)
Lololol I'm dead
*$7.47
@@planewire2153 missed oppurtunity
Seeing all those airplanes that are never going to be back on air makes me so sad and weirdly gives me goosebumps... Great video, Sam.
I would really love to visit there one day..
You have no idea how envious I am. I hope I get a chance to visit there. It's every aviation geek's fantasy. 👍✈
Just revisited your vid. again and it is just as interesting and fun, keep them coming!!!
This is honestly kinda sad to see. ☹️ Happy to know though that they’re recycling at least some parts and not all going to the landfill.
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Are they selling those seats? I'd love to have one of the First Class ones at home.
Airazz maybe don’t know
Just take it
@Comrade Spots good items will be reused.
imma buy one from a 747
Try sending an email to Thai aircraft trading. They’re selling all their current 747s right now so you might just be able to buy a first class seat.
Excellent video!! Thank you so much for posting. Im actually looking at the mojave portion as I'm driving past as we speak
Loved it Sam, glad I found your channel!
Dude: These are the excavators we use to crush planes.
My Brain: I will fly there and destroy those machines of destruction.
GamePlay M4ster give them a taste of their own medicine 😂
It is the circle of machine life, do not blame them for doing their job.
MJBull515 he was just kidding
copart for airplanes ✈️ lol 🤣🤣😂😂
Leinard James Mariano bahahahaha
That` s an awesome video. Thank` s for showing us the most famous US aircraft boneyards. Amazing footage!
Fuck you for putting those wierd spaces in.
justinl458 weird*
justinl458 they might not be fluent in English.
@@theenzoferrari458 what did you say??
Everyone wants to discuss grammar but I just think it’s cool that Cargospotter is here.
This is great to see these retired birds, and also loved the broken english too. made it educational and entertaining. Excellent. Thank you.
This was a fun video....a bunch of enthusiasts wandering around a derelict airplane! I've done this so many times and it never gets old!
Am I the only one who thinks it'd be awesome to make one of the 747's a house or into a hotel people could stay at...
Yes, that is something I'd like to do Actually, getting one to Australia is going to be expensive though
@@coconutpalm1631 czcams.com/video/ivmqBizMu7w/video.html
www.jumbostay.se/ Check this out, it's iin Sweden. Right next to the Arlanda airport they made a hotel from a 747
Hell I'd live in an old 747, but I'd have to chop up the side of the fuselage to install some floor to ceiling windows, as I'd imagine this thing parked in some rural/forested setting and I'd need to be able to look out at the awesome view.
I think someone's already done this somewhere in Europe
Wow very nostalgic, I have flown on those China Airlines and Thai 747-400s. Thankfully there are still a few around in the air for a few years to come. Next you need to visit the Boeing Everett factory where these jets are born. Got to see the last Lufthansa 747-8i and the Future Air Force 1 under construction there a few years ago. No pics sadly.
This is kickass,I am so glad you shared your trip.Wish I could do things like this.
Wow Sam that video was absolutely fantastic!! The 747s in particular will always have a special place in my heart ❤
Those poor 747s :(
I know all those queens 😔😔😟 I love the 747.
There all fucked airframe has to many hours on them
Wait maybe 5 years. You will probably see A380's in that airplane bone yard!
Some of the 380s are already in some grave yards because there fucked already worn out no times left on them
The reason why some A380s are already being retired is because they are just not economical enough for some of today’s airlines. It has nothing to do with the airframes or flying hours.... because the retired A380s still had many decades of live left in them. They just aren’t efficient enough, and they are also too large for many airports. This of course decreases versatility, and the amount of routes that the aircraft can execute.
Heartbroken for those giant's 😭😭😭 thank you sam for your hard work🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️
Thanks Sam for this. I knew of the 'boneyard' in Mojave; passed by it many times for my former work. However, I was unaware of the one in Victorville, Wow! Such a sad end to these iconic multi-million dollar aircraft. But, at least some of the parts are being recycled.
Awesome video Sam! So Sad 😭 I’m so sad to see all these jets scrapped and ruined! So many memories!! 😞
The graveyard is about to get very crowded
RIP
Your comment is NOT funny, but it is......
Yeaaaahhh sad really
This is not funny you could of put it for the 737 max
@@Sheroo21 no the 747 klms rip klms 747s
That Boeing 707 at 1:24 is a very rare bird. She was originally N408PA, Jet Clipper Morning Star. That aircraft has been at Mojave for a long time. I still hold hope that she will find a way to a museum for static display - in 1965 Pan American colors, of course.
What an amazing place. Love this content!
Sam, how do you gain access to airplane graveyard? I would like to find a way to get behind those fences!
Sam goes from delivery flights of A350's to plane graveyards... How amazing is his life
soon there will be the first Airbus A380s deliveries as soon as 2030s. Watch the space!
Hi Sam. I am very impressed by your coverage of all the aircraft located in the Californian desert! I was very surprised to see a Qantas Boeing 747-400! My father used to work for Qantas and I have flown on many jumbo jets of Qantas in the past! Keep up the good work Sam and thank you so much for this very interesting download vlog!!
In Mojave?
This was a great abandoned tour and glimpse into the technological past
I have to 👏 at you. Your hard work flying has made you a well known figure in the airline business. Air miles. Well done. Love your videos. Very professional.
The joy all of the men in this video are showing over these planes is absolutely beautiful!
U need man
@@ducoqabe1225 no. Do you?
@@Kaz.Williams I need to u dear
Great video Sam! I spent many years crawling around in the confined spaces and fuel cells of over a dozen types of aircraft. I actually worked on Spirit's ship 133 in the late 90s! Like you, I could go there and spend a week just milling around, like a kid in a playground! Thanks for the out of the ordinary, aviation video. Your videos are a gift to aviation enthusiasts the world over. Cheers!
So Good! Keep up The Good Work!!!✈
Wow, I have been on some of those Thai 747s since 2001, was sorry to see them go but welcomed the A380 which has since stopped flying, just love flying the BIG planes!
this would be the best airsoft map. I mean come on
With some trees it would be awesome
Absolutely
Yesss !!
Ok boomers
@@Lord_Alhaitham Dude , I'm Centennial Wtf?
Imagine if when he pushed the throttles forward the plane started moving
Ghostly 😱
Weee
ROTATE, ROTATE!!!
Lmao
Eli_2020 use less drugs bro.
Great video man! Thanks
So lucky you were able to do what most can't. I took the bus tour of the graveyard years ago and would've given anything to make it my personal playground for the day.
Sam : I'm jumping out of the plane
The other guy : oh my God
Sam : come
Quite a good evacuation plan
Sad to see an airplane graveyard. But Sam put it into the most interesting light. Great playground for avgeeks - would love it. Thanks and huge like!!
I love sam chui, hes always in a great mood
the fact there are PAN-AM planes is amazing
amazing video!! thanks for showing us the Cemetary of planes!!
Check 'em out on satellite view:
Victorville: Southern California Logistics Airport
Mojave: Mojave Air & Space Port
There is another airplane graveyard/storage are outside Tucson, AZ.
Janice Sullivan pinal airpark
@@janicesullivan8942 Davis-Monthan Air Force Base - Military boneyard
@@Raze145 Pima
I grew up in Mojave, CA.
We had an airplane at Mojave Airport.
My family is friends with the guy who is in charge of the bone yard.
Class of '92, Go Mustangs.
Very informative thanks Sam
NOW THAT WAS SOME EXTREME AVIATION CONTENT OH BABY
You go sam!!
Sad to see that where the QANTAS final queen of our skies in Australia going to this week . The flying Kangaroo never be the same again .
Very sad indeed.
Lynley Jones yes but roles Royce bought them so they won’t end up like these one s
It retired :(
Fly high queen
I was your 100th like
This is my ideal Disneyland...my happiest place on Earth!
Aviationland
Really cool!! Thank you for sharing!!!
Sad to see the demise of such great flying machines !! Well done mate...great video !!
Wow! That is some hardcore passion for aviation! I envy u Sam! ;-) Thanks for bringing this to all of us who can't physically visit or learn about the place. :-)
Oh yes Victorville Amazing video!
Ive flown on this one too, must have done on account of 25 return flights on Thai 747s 400s, mostly in economy but a few upgrades to business class upstairs. Thai was always my favourite airline between Australia and the UK. The seat pitch in economy was 34''. I did the BKK to Phuket in that odd business class alongside the long galley.
Whoa, just after I watched Half As Interesting's video about this area, Sam actually uploaded this. Amazing video as always, greetings from Indonesia!
Jokowi hore
Oh, an actual airplane graveyard. I thought this was about Boeing’s 737 max production line...
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Ronny Gordon almost funny kid... almost... almost...
No Max's there 🤔
Really fantastic video
Very clear how all of you loving your job , this video really very interesting i enjoyed a lot watching it 🤝 I feel Sam here happy more than in any other video he did , God bless you 🤲 this is one of the best videos I have seen of Sam
I've shed sweat n tears maintaining those Qantas 747's at the Jet base in Sydney...and now they're just slowly dying in the desert.
10:14 VH-OJN was one of the first planes I worked on as a first year apprentice.
Are you an a/p technician?
@@alahadtama
Yes, started in general aviation/warbird restoration then did an apprenticeship with Qantas in the mid 90's before moving on to another airline.
John O That's cool! I just started studying A/p so I like listening to people's experience, my instructor worked in the 747's as well! One hell of a plane but boy does it require alot of elbow grease . Best of luck and thank you for your hard work. Technicians need more recognization :)
@@alahadtama
Thankyou.
The 747 is a great aircraft but it was designed before computers were big and as such it could be hard to work on, whereas the 767 was designed by computers and around easier access for maintenance workers.
All the best with your A&P's my friend.
United 747 brought up so many memories 😭
great video! thanks guys!!
Direct to my favourite videos 👍 , Sam is my best CZcamsr forever
I really enjoyed this video Sam. Awesome as always! Someone should buy one of those planes and make a house in it. That would be cool.😊
I was waiting for Mike Rowe's voice to Narrate the whole episode when hearing that music
I wish i was there. In full captain uniform, making airplane noises while sitting on the captain's chair.
Same lol
Great vid , Kudos 👍
Rip 747 you will be missed but not forgotten
It’s my dream to go into an airplane graveyard one day. Just staying there for a few hours, admiring these beautiful planes that are now having a well deserved peaceful rest after all those years of serving the sky.. this is just heaven. I like to think that all the birds chilling on the aircrafts are their souls.. weird thing to think but that’s just how I see things I guess.
Great video. Miss the Thai Airways interior. The only corrections is that the Braniff SP had galleys like the classic 747s.
Amazing video Sam, I really enjoyed! Just one quick question are you actually allowed to be in the plane? Thanks