Buy a vintage military airplane for $25
More than a dozen vintage aircraft are currently dispersed in an airplane Boode in northern Wyoming. If you can travel around 85 miles east of Yellowstone National Park in Big Horn County, relics such as a Lockheed P -2 Neptune could be up to you for $ 25 – do not expect to fly in any of your new purchases.
“These are planes at various stages of undressing. But they are assets of the county, and the county sells them,” said the director of the Big Horn County Airport, Paul Thur Cowboy State daily Earlier this month.
Pumicsurplus.com auction is the culmination of a legal and logistical head of several years for local and local officials. In 2021, the original owner of plane carcasses suddenly ceased to pay the county airport to store the plane in the envelopes of Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcars, Martin 4-0-4s and Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighters. The county of Big Horn subsequently deposited a storage privilege of $ 543,600 against property, resulting in a counter-compliance of the former tenant. The case went to the Supreme Court of the State, which finally ruled in favor of the county earlier this year. Since then, Wyoming managers have worked to organize an auction for at least some of the stranded planes and associated equipment.
The majority of the lots were built in the middle of the Cold War in the 1940s and 1950s. The C -19 Flying Boxcar took off in 1947 and, as its name suggests, was intended for a cargo transporter and troop transporter. On the other hand, the Twin-MO in the Martin 4-0-4 engine was designed for civilian air travel in the 1950s and transported up to 40 passengers for companies like Mohawk Airlines and TWA. While the majority of auction lots have been abandoned for a long time, the C-130 Hercules is still in production today as the longest military.
None of the 16 planes is intact, so interested buyers are essentially subject to fuselages, wings and cockpit equipment for planes. While amateurs and museums can consider lots as historically interesting investments, others could simply see a way to earn additional money. The recycled aluminum scrap is currently at the price of around 40 to 60 cents per book.
The auction is expected to close on October 3 at 12 p.m. MDT. But whatever the quantity of KC-97 retired from the Arizona National Guard, the KC-97 finally recovers, its new owner will have 90 days to recover it using their own tools and equipment. Meanwhile, at least a few more dismantled planes belonging to other tenants will remain around the Big Horn airport in the predictable future.
“We just clean the property,” said Thur. “We would like to recover legal legal costs and unpaid rental amounts, but ultimately, the moments are hard with the county, and any help.”
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