One more confirmation

as long as the aircraft of the same type are still in service, they will
keep the in the yard and use them for parts, until they are out-dated,
then the remains are de-milled and sold as scrap to certified scrap metal
dealers. even then, the remains are tracked until they are reduced to bits
& pieces usally by griding machines.
there are some parts that can be purchased .
some aircraft such as the F-14 MUST now be completely handled by special
demill units to insure that nothing of value can be sold except as
complete
SCRAP.

Non-combat aircraft can be sold to certified companies for reuse in some
cases.
.
some parts are available for resale, I had the name of a company that sold
them got a friend that was a B-52 gunner and he wanted a tail-gunners seat
from an early model B-52, for his rec-room. , he called them, but, no luck
so far.. he's still looking for one..

I've watched them feed several planes to the smelters. it is sad to see.

I'm told that all the F-14 aircraft are now razor blades.
That from a very reliable source.

"Glenn" wrote in

I'm told that all the F-14 aircraft are now razor blades.
That from a very reliable source.




Its what I have heard as well,
except for the approx- 88 De-milled ones in museums
they don,t want the Iranians to get ANY parts for the Tom-Cat at all so
IIRC: even those have been stripped of any useable parts..

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/6...14s-deny-Iran-
any-parts.html

On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 14:44:17 -0600, John Szalay john.szalayATatt.net
wrote:

"Glenn" wrote in

I'm told that all the F-14 aircraft are now razor blades.
That from a very reliable source.




Its what I have heard as well,
except for the approx- 88 De-milled ones in museums
they don,t want the Iranians to get ANY parts for the Tom-Cat at all so
IIRC: even those have been stripped of any useable parts..

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/6...14s-deny-Iran-
any-parts.html

We have one of the 88 at Seattle's Museum of Flight. Repainted by the
museum; not sure it ever wore this scheme in real life, it was in the
barfy 'tactical gray' scheme when it arrived.

Bob ^,,^

:-( I've had to pull my leg of the trip to Seattle. Wont be able to fit in
everything I want to do.
although, if the snow keeps falling, I may not be able to drive from Wyoming
to Masachusettes so may have to look at doing Seattle :-)

But I really want to do the drive across the top.


"Bob (not my real pseudonym)" wrote in message
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On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 14:44:17 -0600, John Szalay john.szalayATatt.net
wrote:

"Glenn" wrote in

I'm told that all the F-14 aircraft are now razor blades.
That from a very reliable source.




Its what I have heard as well,
except for the approx- 88 De-milled ones in museums
they don,t want the Iranians to get ANY parts for the Tom-Cat at all so
IIRC: even those have been stripped of any useable parts..

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/6...14s-deny-Iran-
any-parts.html

We have one of the 88 at Seattle's Museum of Flight. Repainted by the
museum; not sure it ever wore this scheme in real life, it was in the
barfy 'tactical gray' scheme when it arrived.

Bob ^,,^

On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:36:38 +1100, "Glenn"
wrote:

:-( I've had to pull my leg of the trip to Seattle. Wont be able to fit in
everything I want to do.
although, if the snow keeps falling, I may not be able to drive from Wyoming
to Masachusettes so may have to look at doing Seattle :-)

But I really want to do the drive across the top.

We are the last bastion against the Canoodlian hordes!

We've been skirting with late winter snow in the region this week,
too. Virtually nothing in the city, but as much as 16" just a few
miles out of town. May not be done yet, but...

"Glenn" wrote
I'm told that all the F-14 aircraft are now razor blades.
That from a very reliable source.

I'm not sure that I would want to use a razor blade made
from aluminum.

Bob Moore