The Past Of These 15 Abandoned Airplanes Represent A Haunting Tragedy

Are you fascinated by airplanes? So are we. Check out these awesome photographs of abandoned airplanes that were once high-flying, but they are now abandoned all over the world. 1. B-2 STEALTH BOMBER Safety crews on this small island in Guam had to extinguish the damage when this B-2 Stealth Bomber crashed. Historyfreak 2. PEGASUS FIELD AIRPORT Take a look at this remote airstrip in Antarctica. Pegasus field is named after a C-121 Lockheed Constellation, shown above. Inclimate weather caused this plane to crash on October 8, 1970, and the remains are still there beneath the ice and snow. Historyfreak 3. KHODYNKA AIRDROME This abandoned aircraft museum at Khodynka Airdrome in Russia is the site of the very first flight in Russia in 1910. It was a fully functional airport until the early 2000s. Historyfreak 4. American West Photographer Jonathan Haeber visited this undisclosed airplane graveyard in America’s western deserts to illuminate these decaying jet fighters at night. Jonathan Haeber 5. American West The undisclosed location Haeber visited featured jet fighters from both World War II and the Cold War, all lined up as if preparing for one final mission. Jonathan Haeber 6. JET An abandoned, wingless bomber plane. Photographer Jonathan Haeber used something as simple as lighting to give his photographs a whole new level of intrigue. Jonathan Haeber 7. Airplane Graveyard, Ohio The remnants of a fleet of World War II fighter planes rest and rot at an abandoned airplane graveyard in Ohio. Photographer Johnny Joo snapped this shot as the blue sky breaks through on a gray, cold day. Telegraph/Barcroft Media-Johnny Joo 8. CORSAIR Only an advanced diver could make this 105-foot plunge to view the Corsair in Hawaii. The pilot ran out of fuel while on a training mission in 1946, and although he successfully escaped, the plane still rests on the bottom of the ocean. Historyfreak 9. Mojave, California Seattle-born photographer Matthew Clark was able to visit the salvage yard of a company contracted by Virgin to create planes for private space flights. Check out his next image as well! WENN 10. Mojave, California Clark’s visit to the salvage yard in Mojave also captured this stunning black & white shot. Clark says of airplanes, “I’ve always had a love of airplanes—my father worked for Boeing. Planes are glorious when flying and mystifying while decaying.” WENN 11. MIKOYAN MIG-23M The Mikoyan used to be a part of the Central Aerodrome Museum at Frunze Central Airfield. Historyfreak 12. F-101B VOODOO Originally designed as a long-range bomber escort, this abandoned F-101B Voodoo rests on a snow-covered field at Fort Indiantown Gap in Pennsylvania. This particular plane was never actually flown by the Pennsylvania National Guard — it was flown by the North Dakota Air National Guard. Historyfreak 13. JET PROVOST The U.K. used this jet to train pilots in jet-powered aircraft flying. This particular Jet Provost remains discarded in a field outside of Bristol in the U.K. Historyfreak 14. JUMBO JET 747 The plane was once called the Juan T. Trippe and was the centerpiece of the famous Pan Am company. It was built in 1970 as the world’s first commercial jumbo jet. It was purchased by a South Korean couple after it was decommissioned, and they turned it into a fancy Asian restaurant. Sadly, it went out of business, but the structure remains. Historyfreak 15. Al-Bakr Air Base, Iraq In the 1980s, the Al-Bakr Air Base was considered to be the most important airfield in Iraq. The area sustained heavy damage during the first Gulf War. By 2003, the MiG-23s found at the former base were in a poor state. UrbanGhosts/Robert Couse-Baker 16. Aircraft Graveyard, Nigeria This graveyard of commercial airplanes at Benin City Airport in Nigeria is one of the numerous aircraft gravesites around the country. Urban Ghosts 17. F-101 VOODOO These airplanes were used as jet-powered escort fighters. It was affectionately nicknamed the “One-oh-Wonder.” Historyfreak 18. WRECKED AIRPLANE Nobody knows the story of this damaged plane, but this haunting image fills the mind with many endless and unsettling opportunities. Historyfreak 19. WAR OF THE WORLDS Although this commercial airplane appears to be crashed, it is actually a prop from the Steven Spielberg film War of the Worlds. Guests can see it today at Universal Studios in California. Historyfreak 20. Predannack, Cornwall This toppled helicopter rests with other abandoned aircraft on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall. Photographer Ben Salter captured the eerie scene. Ben Salter Credits: Standardnews.com Share this story on Facebook with your friends.

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