Ambulance from 'Ariel' found in aircraft graveyard!
POSTED BY: BrownCoat1
UPDATED: Saturday, April 22, 2006 08:19
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I don't know much about that area, being east coast and all. However Akin posted this above:
I think this is it here... http://tinyurl.com/782vc
If you pull back there is a landing strip NW of the site. I can't say if it's a USAF base or just an Airport.
Edit: Scrolled over with the arrows and it's an Airport not a USAF base. (commercial airliners).
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That landing strip the the NW in your picture is indeed the Mojave municipal airport. Google Earth shows the coordinates of the boneyard as 35 deg 02 min 21 sec latitude and 118 deg 07 min 49 sec longitude. It also shows that the boneyard is connected to the Mojave Airport via a number of dirt roads, further reinforcing the probable connection with Scroggins, who operates out of Mojave Airport. If you use the Google Earth software, you can actually zoom in even closer than the photo in your link and see the individual airframes!!!
Google Earth is fantastic, try it out:
http://earth.google.com/
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Below is an email I sent to doug@scrogginsaviation.com ; I'll keep you posted if I get a reply...
Hi -
Do you know anything about a Soviet helicopter airframe (MI-24 Hind?)
that was painted white with fake medical insignia for an episode of
the sci-fi TV show Firefly a few years back? This prop has been
sighted in a boneyard near the Mojave Airport and a group of fans are
trying to find the owner. Some digging on the internet suggests your
company may have provided it. Know anything about this, or who we
might contact next? If you are the owner, what's a ballpark price if
you want to sell it?
Thanks,
Ricky J. Roberson
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RickyJames, you are a mind reader! I was reading along thinking "Why don't I email this guy and ASK him if he has the ambulance?" and you went and did it.
Oh, can't wait to hear the response.
I didn't mention it before, but if there's going to be a "Save the Ambulance" fund, I will definitely pitch in.
"Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us." ~Jerry Garcia
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You got my checks, that's for sure. I'd make it a roadtrip with at least four friends to just go out and have a photo-op next to it.
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Interesting article on Doug Scroggins:
http://starbulletin.com/2005/06/14/features/story1.html
The article says he provided the airplane used on the TV show "Lost" and that he's got a storage yard in Mojave...
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Originally posted by rickyjames:
Below is an email I sent to doug@scrogginsaviation.com ; I'll keep you posted if I get a reply...
Hi -
Do you know anything about a Soviet helicopter airframe (MI-24 Hind?)
that was painted white with fake medical insignia for an episode of
the sci-fi TV show Firefly a few years back? This prop has been
sighted in a boneyard near the Mojave Airport and a group of fans are
trying to find the owner. Some digging on the internet suggests your
company may have provided it. Know anything about this, or who we
might contact next? If you are the owner, what's a ballpark price if
you want to sell it?
Thanks,
Ricky J. Roberson
It actually is not a Hind, it’s made of fiberglass over plywood… I was inside it a couple of hours ago… more pics will be up on my LJ soon at http://www.livejournal.com/users/akin/.
I also made contact with some folks at the Mojave Airport, they didn’t know off hand who owns it, but they’ll get back to me when they find the guy’s name…
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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:Quote:
Originally posted by rickyjames:
After some searching on the Internet, I think this Firefly prop is owned by Doug Scroggins. Check out:
http://www.scrogginsaviation.com/
Are you certain that it is their yard? There location is listed as the Mojave Airport & their contact info lists a Las Vegas address.
Akin was this yard near the Mojave airport?
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Yup, within sight of it...
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This is so SHINY! You are the second Nashville Browncoat I've "met" through this thread. I've wondered where all the Nashville Browncoats have been hiding. What part of Nashville are you in? I'm in Dickson. I work with a Browncoat and we're planning on seeing Serenity together. Would you be interested in joining us?
Dickson!? I live in Fairview!!! I go to Dickson to go to Wal-Mart! Multiple shininess! Is it going to play at the Roxy opening night? If so, that's where I plan to be!
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