Long forgotten Pictures Of 22 Mysteriously Abandoned Aircraft Around The World!
Channel: ArtLearnTech
Date: 2019-05-14

Long forgotten: Pictures Of 22 Mysteriously Abandoned Aircraft Around The World!


An eerie sense of familiarity, hope, and tension is found in the corroding metal of these planes. Once symbolizing man’s dream and achievement of flight, nowadays these beauties are left abandoned in the middle of forests, junkyards and in the ocean.
Come along with us as we uncover the resting places of aircraft around the world and see how even the biggest and baddest planes are no match for Mother Earth.
 

1 This abandoned Boeing 737 has become a tourist attraction in Bali, Indonesia. It has been there since 2007. 

2 This Lockheed T2V-1 training plane was found in New Jersey woods. The jet crashed in 1962 and has remained there ever since.

3 This Swearingen SA-226T was found vandalized and abandoned in a Central New Jersey hangar. The plane had an accident during landing.

4 This B-24A-CO Liberator was found abandoned on Atka Island. The aircraft had to take a forced landing in 1942. In 1975 the US Navy removed it’s machine guns.

5 This hovercraft sits at a former US Navy base in Green Cove Springs, South of Jacksonville, Florida. The hovercraft was never used and never finished.

6 This spacecraft was abandoned inside this Vehicle Assembly Building in Kazakhstan. There are several abandoned Vehicle Assembly Buildings throughout Eastern Europe and Russia due to the fall of the Soviet Union.

7 This is a New Zealand Air Force PV-1 Ventura from World War 2. The plane was scrapped for parts and abandoned.

8 These 2 Boeing 747’s were abandoned together in this airfield. Since this picture, the planes have been scrapped for parts.

9 This aircraft was discovered by a drone flying over the area. It’s located on an airfield in Bryson City, NC.

10 This was a Columbian Narcoplane that was shot down by the Mexican Army. It crashed 15-20 years ago in Mazunte, Mexico. With each tide, the plane is slowly sinking into the sand.

11 This Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft was found crashed in Wales. It is thought to have crashed in 1942 being an aircraft from WW2. The wreckage is heartbreakingly beautiful with its rusted wings submerged under the powerful sea.

12 This Japanese Fighter plane was taken off the coast of Palau. It is a relic of WW2.

13 This abandoned aircraft flew in World War 2 and was discovered off the Icelandic coast.

14 This Air Canada Viscount was found abandoned in Garland, MB, Canada.

15 This C-54 was found abandoned in Ganes Creek Alaska. The plane was forced to take an emergency landing.

16 This abandoned C-121 Lockheed Constellation was named “Pegasus”. The plane was discovered in Pegasus Field in South Antartica.

17 This abandoned Douglas DC-3 was discovered in the Zeljava Air Base on the border of Croatia and Bosnia.

18 This abandoned C-46 Commando was turned into an art display in Churchill, Canada.

19 This view from inside an abandoned plane is located in Nicosia International Airport, in Cyprus.

20 This R4D Transport Aircraft was found abandoned in Iceland.

21 This F4F-3 Wildcat was found sunken next to the USS Lexington.

22 This MiG-21 was found abandoned in Afghanistan.