| With all the dead aircraft parked in the middle of the | | | | There are many aircraft sitting in the desert where |
| desert slowly rotting away, it would make more | | | | there are none flying of that model and those if we |
| sense to use them for aluminum mining and try to | | | | do not need them for museums should be |
| salvage as much as possible from them. Every | | | | completely recycled rather than allowing their |
| manufacturer should make lists of all the types of | | | | low-humidity high-heat desert sun to slowing decay |
| materials on each aircraft; special alloys, electronic | | | | them and allow them to corrode into oblivion. |
| components, composites, vinyl and plastics for | | | | Sure it will take them longer to corrode out there in |
| possible use or to be melted down or recycled. | | | | the desert, although some years do get more rain |
| There is already a system set up that lists all the | | | | than others. But we need not beat our heads against |
| large engine parts and airframe parts so when airlines | | | | the wall digging all these raw materials out of the |
| all over the world need a part they can send for it. | | | | ground when there are giant hunks of aviation grade |
| Many aircraft parts brokers make big money working | | | | aluminum there for the taking or recycle mining if you |
| with old aircraft parts and finding obscure parts for | | | | will. Please consider all this in 2006. |
| aircraft owners all over the world. | | | | |