What Happens to Airplanes No Longer Fit to Fly?

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By Brian BrassawNov 3, 2017, 3:10 pm180 pts
As a kid, I remember seeing striking pictures of massive jets, tiny turbo props and other aircraft seemingly abandoned in the arid desert. Across the southwestern United States, there are seven major airplane boneyards filled with planes. I always wondered if this was, in fact, where airplanes went to die. It…

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