KVCV, KSBD, KHMT, L65

[njgtr82]

Well I did a long weekend in LA this weekend and spent one of the days hitting some of Southern California's smaller airports. There quite a few odd and interesting aircraft out there.

KVCV

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KSBD San Berdino
This airport is a ghost town. The city put lots of money into it to try to get air service including a new terminal, parking lots, hangers, etc. But its sitting there useless. There still is a company that does 727 maintenance there but the 7 727s I saw looked like they havn't moved in years.

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L65 Perris Valley Airport

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This DC-9-21 is very interesting. There were only ten of this type made for SAS and this is the only one left. I believe its the -10 frame but with the -30 series wings and engines which give it very good short field capability. The runway here is almost 5000 feet long but only 50 feet wide. I wish it was flying but only the Twin Otters were.

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KHMT Hemet Airport

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I have more and will be adding more to my flickr as well. Of course some LAX stuff too

Bill

[PhilDernerJr]

SICK collection. I really can't pick one. Good work.

[SengaB]

Nice shots Bill,
The Grumman Tracker the Omega Tanker and the DC-10 fire Bomber are the ones I like best.
BTW I shot N707MQ when it used to fly for Saudi Arabian Royal Flight. reg HZ-HM3.
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Senga

[MarkLawrence]

What a great collection there Bill! Look like a trip that has to be taken for all photographers at some stage!!!

[njgtr82]

Thanks guys, I was very happy with getting this stuff. It can be a frustrating place though because theres so much you want to shoot but can't get to. Its still awesome to see it all though and I would love to check out some of the other boneyards now.

[cancidas]

i'd love to fly jumpseat on that DC-9... i'd love to fly thier PC-6 too! great shots bill! who does that 762 belong to?

[jerslice]

Great variety and collection! I went through some of the central valley CA airports looking for oddballs once in 08 and found a lot of weird stuff just lying around.