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Aircraft recycling is the process of scrapping and disassembling retired aircraft, and re-purposing their parts as spare parts or scrap. Airplanes are made of around 800 to 1000 parts that can be recycled, with the majority of them made from metal alloys and composite materials.
An aircraft boneyard or aircraft graveyard is a storage area for aircraft which are retired from service. Most aircraft at boneyards are either kept for storage continuing to receive some maintenance or parts of the aircraft are removed for reuse or resale and the aircraft are scrapped .
Pages in category "Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 303 total.
Pages in category "Abandoned military aircraft engine projects of the United States" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Sam Mohawk, a Boeing employee of 13 years, claimed on "60 Minutes" that some factory workers took flawed airplane parts from storage and installed them on airplanes in order to keep production ...
Abandoned civil aircraft projects (2 C, 77 P) * Cancelled military aircraft projects (20 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Cancelled aircraft projects"
Abandoned civil aircraft projects of the United States (90 P) Pages in category "Abandoned civil aircraft projects" The following 77 pages are in this category, out of 77 total.
Many aircraft and military projects were designed, and some were built, but were canceled before they were put into service because of budget issues, technical problems, or changes in requirements. Contents