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BHawthorne
12-31-2007, 01:42 PM
Anyone have any experience with Dodson International (Rantoul, KS) or White Industries (Bates City, MO)? They are within short driving distance of Wichita (where I live). My ideal would be simply hitching up the family car trailer and going to get a salvage cockpit from one of those places for a project. Just looking at the Google Maps, both look like they have a ton of stuff that would make for cool simpits. :D

Website links:
Dodson International (http://www.dodson.com/)
White Industries (http://www.whiteindustries.com/)

Google Map views of their yards:
Dodson International (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=+2155+Vermont+Road,++Rantoul,+KS++66079&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=28.887524,81.914062&ie=UTF8&ll=38.541167,-95.101154&spn=0.006948,0.019999&t=h&z=16&om=0)
White Industries (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=1030+north+outer+road,++bates+city,+mo+64011&sll=38.541167,-95.101154&sspn=0.006948,0.019999&ie=UTF8&ll=39.018433,-94.085927&spn=0.006902,0.019999&t=h&z=16&om=0)

It sorta baffles me that I can find no "boneyards" in the Wichita area. I guess Wichita produces aircraft, not retires them though. Does anyone know of any other "boneyards" in the mid-west area? Website links + Google Map links appreciated. :)

Edit: A few "boneyard" links that are in Wichita. Most not places you can buy stuff from though. :)
Hawker-Beechcraft Wichita Boneyard (Raytheon) (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=wichita,+ks&ie=UTF8&ll=37.713473,-97.209445&spn=0.003514,0.009999&t=h&z=17&iwloc=addr&om=0)
Kansas Aviation Museum (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=wichita,+ks&ie=UTF8&ll=37.631673,-97.272788&spn=0.001759,0.005&t=h&z=18&iwloc=addr&om=0)
Spirit Aerospace Surplus (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=wichita,+ks&ie=UTF8&ll=37.630513,-97.280266&spn=0.003518,0.009999&t=h&z=17&iwloc=addr&om=0) (Black roof building on left side of road) Open Fridays to public. Buy used tooling, computers and shipping crates on the cheap.