NOVEMBER 2024 | Southwest Region Newsletter

AZ: Getting Ready for the Boneyard – 10 Steps - Climate and Strategic Location - Goodyear Airport (GYR) on the outskirts of Phoenix, AZ, is a favorite choice for long-term commercial airliner storage. This is mostly due to its dry, arid desert climate and strategic location. The desert air significantly reduces the potential for component and system corrosion, which is a major concern for aircraft stored for extended stretches. Low humidity and virtually no rainfall in the region help to preserve an aircraft’s structural airframe, engines, and complex internal systems and workings, making it ideal for “stopping time,” as it were.

GLOBAL: The North China Plain, Beijing, the captivating capital city of China, has a remarkable and storied history that stretches well over 3,000 years. Originally known as Ji, it was founded during the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046–771 BC) as nothing more than a tiny humble settlement. Its unique location on the outer fringes of the North China Plain make it a highly desirable political and cultural hub.

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GLOBAL: Protecting Planes of All Sizes, a typical modern aircraft hangar is a large, heavy duty structure designed for the safe shelter, repair, and maintenance, as well as protective storage of aircraft. These unique buildings can be expected to have very high ceilings and huge, heavy-weight doors. Today’s hangars are critical for protecting planes of all sizes from the elements while ensuring convenient routine servicing and repairs.

GLOBAL: NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, is known for its mission to track everything in the sky in order to provide threat warnings, but did you know that it also tracks Santa and his reindeer every year? For the past few years, the NORAD Santa website has been publicized across the Internet, and visitors to the website can start enjoying the digital festivities on December 1st. Once the site is live, children and adults from around the world can enjoy playing Christmas-themed games and viewing the map. The tracking of Santa starts on December 24, and viewers can watch Santa fly around the world, delivering presents to all the good little boys and girls.