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“Untitled”: Two Jet Engines filled with Drugs sit outside Scottish Modern Art...
(Image: M. J. Richardson, cc-sa-3.0) If two decommissioned jet engines sitting outside an art gallery were to have any meaningful significance, perhaps it would be a reflection of one of man’s greatest...
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End of the Line: Disused Railway Disappears into Leuchars Military Base
(All images by author) Adjacent to the East Coast Main Line in the Scottish town of Leuchars is a disused section of railway track that disappears into a front line military base. The line once...
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Milfield: Forgotten Military Relics and Ancient Reconstructions
(Images: Urban Ghosts) Despite the presence of the Borders Gliding Club, little remains to betray the history of this grass expanse at Milfield in the English county of Northumberland. But look...
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Undercarriage Bay of ex-Nuclear Bomber Aircraft makes great Nest Site for...
(All images by Urban Ghosts) In aviation circles, Avro Vulcan B2 XM597 is known as the bomber that made an emergency landing at Rio de Janeiro during the Falklands War when its refuelling probe broke...
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Abandoned Russian Tank reflects Laos’ Past and shows why it’s still Dangerous
(Image: PTD Phonsavan, cc-3.0) Having visited Laos (wonderful experience) some years ago, I know how difficult it can be to access certain areas of the country. This gutted Russian tank abandoned where...
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Pacific Wreck Diving: Exploring “Black Jack”, New Guinea’s submerged B-17...
(All images by Don Silcock, Indo Pacific Images, reproduced with permission) On the fateful night of June 10, 1943, a B-17F Flying Fortress known as “Black Jack” took off from Seven Mile Aerodrome near...
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Aircraft Modeller Brilliantly Recreates Famous “A1 Lightning” as Diorama
(Image: Flat Batteries, reproduced with permission) Between 1983 and 2011, Lightning F.2A serial number XN728 sat in a haulage yard by the A1 at Balderton in Nottinghamshire, UK. Originally a...
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Google Earth reveals the Ghostly Images of Britain’s Wartime Airfields
(Images: Google Earth; inset: British Government, public domain) During the war years of 1939 to 1945, hundreds of airfields were hastily constructed across the United Kingdom. Many were built to...
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Then & Now: The Author Poses with Two Vulcan Bombers in 1984 & 2012
(Images by Damian Moran (1984) and Camille Moran (2012)) A rare first person article on Urban Ghosts but couldn’t resist this one – the author stands in front of a Vulcan bomber, arms out stretched,...
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The Rediscovery and Salvage of Downed B-17 Bomber ‘Swamp Ghost’
(All images by Fred Hagen of Aero Archaeology, reproduced with permission) When Captain Frederick ‘Fred’ Eaton, Jr crash landed B-17 Flying Fortress 41-2446 in the swampland of Papua New Guinea in...
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Gutted British Harrier Hulks languishing in the Arizona Desert “Boneyard”
Guest article by Alex Williams (Image: Chris Pasley, reproduced with permission) As prime minister David Cameron reportedly considers military intervention in Syria, Britain’s dismantled Harrier GR9...
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Abandoned Aviation Museum lingers amid Redevelopment of Moscow’s Khodynka...
(All images by Sergey Rodovnichenko, cc-3.0) Featured briefly on Urban Ghosts before, this aircraft graveyard in Moscow stands on what used to be Khodynka Aerodrome, a newly redeveloped area of the...
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Plates from Passchendaele (Third Battle of Ypres)
(Images by Urban Ghosts) I wasn’t expecting to discover battle-hardened antiques lying around my parents’ kitchen. But finally this Christmas, after never before sparing them a second thought,...
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Top Secret Tombs: The Classified Stealth Aircraft Burial Grounds of Area 51
Top secret aircraft, even those that have been publicly disclosed, remain mysterious long after emerging from the black world. When – and if – secret planes are declassified, they’re treated...
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Retired Technology Demonstrators: X-32 and X-35 at Patuxent River (Pics)
(All images by Urban Ghosts) To the side of Three Notch Road in Lexington Park, Maryland, is the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum, home of two retired technology demonstrator aircraft that competed in...
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Assembling an F-35 ‘Joint Strike Fighter’ in Fort Worth, Texas
(All images by JSF.mil, reproduced with permission) In November 2003, the first component of the first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter prototype was manufactured, heralding a new generation of cutting-edge...
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Crumbling Pillbox Reminds of World War Two, but Other Relics of Warfare also...
(All images by Urban Ghosts) This abandoned Second World War pillbox is among several hidden in the sand dunes of Northumberland’s Embleton Bay, and one of thousands silently guarding British beaches...
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Firefox: What Happened to Clint Eastwood’s Soviet Super Fighter Mock-up?
(Image: MilborneOne, public domain) Firefox: no, not Mozilla! We’re talking about the fictional Soviet MiG-31 super fighter stolen by Mitchell Gant (Clint Eastwood), in the film adaptation of Craig...
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Battlefields Then and Now: Verdun, France
(Image: Oeuvre personnelle, public domain) For almost a year, from February to December 1916, fierce fighting on hilly terrain north of Verdun-sur-Meuse transformed the landscape forever. The end...
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Kent Battle of Britain Museum: UK’s Largest BoB Collection Plus Replica...
(Image: Ron Hann, cc-sa-3.0) Not only is the Kent Battle of Britain Museum the oldest and largest collection of Battle of Britain artefacts in the UK, it also boasts an unusual collection of full size...
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