Abandoned, Retired and Rusty Relics.

[vikingBerserker]

I want one of those first ones!

 

[Capt. Vick]

Are they some type of DUKW?

 

[parsifal]

Interesting stuff guys. I happened upon this Leopard tank on the weekend

Is that the one that has been placed on display in Canberra, near Questicon?

 

[Capt. Vick]

The abandoned Studebaker plant in Detroit. Rows and rows of engines that will never run...

 

[Wildcat]

Is that the one that has been placed on display in Canberra, near Questicon?

Nope. This one is at Woodford, QLD.

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[vikingBerserker]

Gees, the Studebaker one kills me.

 

[Capt. Vick]

More information about that airplane graveyard in Australia:

Ahh. I found the place by complete accident.
It was a holiday long weekend last weekend so we drove up country on Sunday, just for something to do.
We had lunch at a country pub (hotel) in a town called NAGAMBIE and drove on to another pretty little town, called HEATHCOTE about 30 miles way.
Nearing Heathcote, I drove around a corner and there were all these old planes sitting on the ground in a private property.

Here's more.

Cessna C172 Remains

Fokker F28 Fellowship Airliner Fuselage

A Beechcraft Queenair to the Left and the old DeHavilland Dove to the Right

 

[vikingBerserker]

Oh man!

 

[herman1rg]

Whats the one with the Czech? markings?

 

[Capt. Vick]

Those are Polish markings and that is a PZL TS-11 Iskra good sir!

 

[herman1rg]

Those are Polish markings and that is a PZL TS-11 Iskra good sir!

Thanks

 

[Njaco]

I saw that also instead of the airliner. Good show!!

 

[bobbysocks]

Well, if we're gonna do tanks......

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i have never seen a 4 wheeled duck.....the ones i have seen are 6 wheeled. they have had these for years here in pittsburgh....give tours of the rivers and city in them.

 

[Lucky13]

I wouldn't mind a T-34/85, probably easier to find than a Tiger I, Tiger II with Henschel turret or a Panther!

 

[Capt. Vick]

Went on a DUKW tour in Baltimore with Captain Quaker on my honeymoon. Loved it.

 

[Njaco]

We have Duk boat tours here in Philly also ....but with an added dimension of fun!

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[Airframes]

There used to be DUKMs giving tours of the King Edward Dock and waterfront at Liverpool, for many years, until last summer. They were painted bright yellow, and operated under the banner of 'The Yellow Duckmarine' (!), a play on the Beatles song of course.
After a couple sank, they stopped operating !

 

[GrauGeist]

For many years, the U.S. Forest Service operated a WWII vintage LSI on Trinity Lake over in Trinity County (neighboring county, here) and the thing was painted pink. Why pink? No one knows how that got started, but it was always kept that way.

They used to haul supplies across the lake and to haul flood timber and other water hazards out of the lake. They occasionally rescued tired and struggling deer out of the water during the deer's migration. (Deer used to migrate through the valleys before the lake was made, now they swim)

That old LSI was tired and had a habit of sinking whenever the mood struck it. Last I heard, it's sitting in about 20 feet of water near one of the service docks...it sank during one winter and they decided to let it stay

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff guys!