Boneyard Safari
Preserving Aviation HIstory

Check out the retired Sabena 747-300 outside of Tucson #747 #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is USS Constellation CV-64, with her crew manning the rail as she departs her homeport, San Diego, CA, to begin her 22nd overseas deployment 1 April–1 October 1997. Note the bridal sponsons had been removed. #ussconstellation #cv64 #boneyardsafari #navalsafari #aviationsafari

More about the EC-135J at Pima Air and Space Museum #ec135 #pimaairandspacemuseum #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

USS Constellation CVA-64 about to pass under the Brooklyn Bridge, 12 July 1962, as she leaves Brooklyn, New York, bound for her new homeport, San Diego, CA. Note the lowered mast in order to pass under the bridge. #ussconstellation #cv64 #boneyardsafari #navalsafari #aviationsafari

Orbiter OV-105 Endeavour being hoisted aloft in the Mate-Demate gantry at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center before being mounted atop its modified 747 carrier aircraft for a ferry flight back to KSC in 2008 #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Check out USS Saratoga CVA-60 in 1956, with a variety of aircraft on deck. #usssaratoga #cv60 #boneyardsafari #navalsafari #aviationsafari

Who is ready for the #nimrodroadtrip with Nimrod Preservation Group XV232? #xv232 #nimrod #rafmanstonmuseum #boneyardsafari

Here is Orbiter OV-105 Endeavour being lifted off its transporter. It was raised to a vertical position and lifted up into high bay 1 to be attached to its external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters in preparation for launch on the STS-123 mission in 2008. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

NASA gets to fly the cool birds! Digital Fly-By-Wire project pioneered the use of an electronic flight-control system coupled with a digital computer to replace conventional mechanical flight controls. A modified F-8 DFBW Crusader was the first to be used to validate the concept in 1972 at the Flight Research Center (now Dryden). It was the forerunner of the fly-by-wire flight control systems now used on today's military and civil aircraft to make them safer, more maneuverab

Per request, here is Orbiter OV-105 Endeavour on the mate demate gantry in 2012 ready for the 747SCA to roll underneath. #spaceshuttle #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari