Mojave Airplane Graveyard

Mojave Airplane Graveyard
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The Mojave Airport is home to an aircraft graveyard, though unlike many such locations around the world, many of the planes at Mojave are destined to fly again. The high desert makes an ideal storage area and many airlines just park their aircraft here until they need them again.

For many reasons, the storage area is off-limits to the general public. Patrick Smith coaxed one of the owners into giving him a tour and wrote it up in Salon.

The airport's also used to shoot movies and TV shows: Speed, Waterworld, 24, Die Hard 2, Airwolf and a couple of episodes of MythBusters. Also the video for Berlin's Take My Breath Away.