- Hey, what is up?
It's Immanuel here and today we're in Alice Springs.
I'm gonna show you around
Australia's biggest airplane
parking lot here
in the desert.
Now, why is there 200 aircraft here
in the middle of nowhere?
Well, let's have a look and see what exactly went down.
This story isn't new,
but I had the see it for myself.
Back in March, 2020,
the world came to the grinding halt.
Borders closed,
flights canceled,
airlines grounded.
So what do you do when you have machines
with up to half a billion dollars
sitting in humid conditions
such as Singapore and Hong Kong?
You need to store them,
preserve them and save them
from the aircraft's worst enemy, corrosion.
There are a few places around the world
that provide optimal conditions
to store these giants of the sky.
One of them happens to be in Alice Springs,
Australia in the middle of the desert
where temperatures and humidity
are optimal for preservation.
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So I did what any other person would do.
Chattered a helicopter, and took to the skies
to show you this magnificent view
of these grounded birds in the desert.
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