Vehicles & Vessels
CategoryPhantom Wreck: The Final Days of F-4J ‘ZE351′ at RAF Finningley
These photographs by Al Henderson and Alan Allen mark the last few days of Phantom F-4J ZE351 on the fire dump at RAF Finningley in South Yorkshire, awaiting scrapping.
Avro Shackleton ‘Pelican 16′ Wreck, Sahara Desert
This Avro Shackleton – call sign Pelican 16 – of the South African Air Force was restored to flight in 1994. But it crashed later that year while transiting to the UK.
A Different Kind of Aircraft Graveyard: Fatigue Test Airframes at Paine Field, Washington
Tucked away on the north side of Paine Field near Everett, Washington, is an aircraft graveyard stocked with some of Boeing’s most impressive airliners – but none of these jets ever flew.
Orbital Nostalgia: Retired NASA Space Shuttles in Rare Nose-to-Nose Encounter
For more than 20 years they were housed in adjoining bays at Kennedy Space Center. But surprisingly, NASA’s space shuttle orbiters rarely crossed paths – making these images of the retired orbiters relatively rare.
Diving One of the World’s Biggest Wrecks: The SS Coolidge in Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
On October 26, 1942 the SS President Coolidge tried to enter the harbor of Espiritu Santo, an island in the south pacific. It sunken liner has since become one of the world’s largest and most popular wreck dives.
Train Graveyard Discovered Inside an Abandoned Railway Depot
This abandoned railway depot in Belgium is home to several forgotten locomotives, making it a rare example of an indoor train graveyard.
20 Historical Photos of Downed Luftwaffe Aircraft during the Battle of Britain
For three months and three weeks during the summer and Autumn of 1940, the Battle of Britain raged in the skies over southern England. This article examines 20 German aircraft that crash landed during the air campaign.
Wreck of SS Mahratta Found Lying on Top of Another Sunken Ship – Also Called SS Mahratta
Goodwin Sands off the southern coast of England has its fair share of shipwrecks. But two of the strangest were both called SS Mahratta, the second one sinking in 1939 and found settled on the wreck of the first.
Notorious ‘Train Pyramids’ at Vic Berry’s Scrapyard
These scenes of late ’80s carnage at Vic Berry’s Scrapyard in Leicester will send shivers down the spines of railway enthusiasts – withdrawn locomotives stacked in notorious ‘train pyramids’.
Bowling Harbour Boat Graveyard, Dunbartonshire
The Bowling Harbour boat graveyard on the River Clyde has been popular with urban explorers from Glasgow and the surrounding area since shipbuilding declined there in the mid 20th century.
Abandoned MiG-23 Floggers at Joint Base Balad
These abandoned Russian-built fighter jets are part of an impressive MiG-23 graveyard at Joint Base Balad, a former Iraqi air force base located within the borders of the so-called Sunni Triangle.
Rusting Wrecks in the Staten Island Boat Graveyard
The Staten Island Boat Graveyard – officially called Witte Marine Scrap Yard or Arthur Kill Boat Yard – is the final resting place of dozens of rusting, rotting and abandoned vessels.
Graveyard Orbits: The Strange Afterlife of Space Junk and Dead Satellites
With approximately 30,000 items of space junk and debris orbiting planet Earth, graveyard orbits are an important solution to the problem of dealing with derelict satellites and spent spacecraft.
The Jumbo-Sized Movie Set at Universal Studios
This ‘crashed’ Boeing 747 – used as a movie prop in Steven Spielberg’s 2005 adaptation of War of the Worlds – is a former All Nippon Airways Jumbo Jet bought by Universal Studios and transported to LA at a cost of $2 million USD.
Firefox: What Happened to Clint Eastwood’s Soviet Super Fighter Mock-up?
Firefox: no, not Mozilla! We’re talking about the fictional Soviet MiG-31 super fighter stolen by Mitchell Gant (Clint Eastwood), in the film adaptation of Craig Thomas’ 1977 novel.
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