Plane graveyard for Cloncurry?

Dave Parer · #1 3rd March 2011, 08:55 AM

http://www.northweststar.com.au/news...y/2092582.aspx

Shayne G · #2 3rd March 2011, 05:39 PM

Now that would be awesome. Quite a few oldies would come and go from there which means we can still see some great classics despite the noise ban. I hope that happens.

Mick F · #3 3rd March 2011, 06:04 PM

I don't think it would be successful. Australia just doesn't have the massive amount of aircraft that places like the US do and therefore there isn't much of a need for places to store them. I believe most ex-airliners from Australia are still quite useable and therefore get sold second hand anyway.

Mick

Steve S... 2 · #4 4th March 2011, 08:04 AM

First thing I thought was where are all the planes coming from... lol.

Mario Facchini · #5 4th March 2011, 08:54 AM

I guess they could offer it as an alternative to the Graveyards in the USA.

David Knudsen · #6 4th March 2011, 02:44 PM

Perhaps they are banking on the Asian market demand for spare parts...but based on the reliability of road-freight in the country areas of QLD I'm not sure getting them from Cloncurry to Cairns to be forwarded onwards would be any faster than getting them out of the US