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Why were they parked in the USA? During Covid a number of asian airlines parked their planes in Australian deserts.

by gumby 4y ago

prawn 4y ago
There are still a variety of planes parked at the airport in Alice Springs (central Australia). Maybe it's a size thing with using Victorville over Alice?
- ioseph 4y ago
  It was pretty cool flying in mid 2020 and seeing an endless field of tightly packed planes: https://imgur.com/txyXWza https://imgur.com/txyXWza (I regret not getting a photo from the air)
  - mrguyorama 4y ago
    You might enjoy looking up photos of all the 737 MAX's that had to be stored in Boeing's parking lot after the MCAS issue.
andyst 4y ago
Victorville preferable due to lower humidity then alice, for longer term storage its desirable Alice is more fun because you can find snakes on your planes when you go to get them
- primax 4y ago
  I HAVE HAD IT WITH THESE MOTHERF*ING SNAKES ON THIS MOTHERF*ING PLANE
dann0 4y ago
I heard an anecdote that Alice Springs was full before QANTAS made a decision. Singapore Airlines stored several A380s at Alice Springs: https://simpleflying.com/singapore-airlines-alice-springs-a380/ https://simpleflying.com/singapore-airlines-alice-springs-a3...
- kirrent 4y ago
  I was living in Alice during the pandemic and loved seeing all those planes whenever I was at the airport. It seemed so surreal to have A380s at this small town. It was a great place to be during covid; no lockdowns and less traffic in tourist season. I was a member of the gliding club flying at the airstrip north of town and a member told me that they were up when one of the A380s came in. They got a call from the tower that their danger zone in the airport's class C airspace was revoked and they had to vacate. This was a bit strange not only because they usually had no trouble routing around it, but also, which airliners were flying at the moment? When it turned out to be an A380 following a different approach with far greater separation requirements it made a lot more sense.

Why were they parked in the USA? During Covid a number of asian airlines parked their planes in Australian deserts.

by gumby 4y ago

Why were they parked in the USA? During Covid a number of asian airlines parked their planes in Australian deserts.

There are still a variety of planes parked at the airport in Alice Springs (central Australia). Maybe it's a size thing with using Victorville over Alice?

ioseph 4y ago
It was pretty cool flying in mid 2020 and seeing an endless field of tightly packed planes: https://imgur.com/txyXWza https://imgur.com/txyXWza (I regret not getting a photo from the air)
- mrguyorama 4y ago
  You might enjoy looking up photos of all the 737 MAX's that had to be stored in Boeing's parking lot after the MCAS issue.

andyst 4y ago

Victorville preferable due to lower humidity then alice, for longer term storage its desirable Alice is more fun because you can find snakes on your planes when you go to get them

primax 4y ago
I HAVE HAD IT WITH THESE MOTHERF*ING SNAKES ON THIS MOTHERF*ING PLANE

dann0 4y ago

I heard an anecdote that Alice Springs was full before QANTAS made a decision. Singapore Airlines stored several A380s at Alice Springs: https://simpleflying.com/singapore-airlines-alice-springs-a380/ https://simpleflying.com/singapore-airlines-alice-springs-a3...

kirrent 4y ago
I was living in Alice during the pandemic and loved seeing all those planes whenever I was at the airport. It seemed so surreal to have A380s at this small town. It was a great place to be during covid; no lockdowns and less traffic in tourist season. I was a member of the gliding club flying at the airstrip north of town and a member told me that they were up when one of the A380s came in. They got a call from the tower that their danger zone in the airport's class C airspace was revoked and they had to vacate. This was a bit strange not only because they usually had no trouble routing around it, but also, which airliners were flying at the moment? When it turned out to be an A380 following a different approach with far greater separation requirements it made a lot more sense.