USA Aircraft Storage Yards of New Mexico, Texas, Arizona & California & LAX Airport plus Optional Air-to-Air & Air-to-Ground Helicopter Photo Shoot Over LAX! OUTLINE ITINERARY (all times local) Thursday, 23rd March – Monday, 3rd April DAY 1: THURSDAY, 23rd MARCH Fly Heathrow to Rosewell via Dallas/Fort Worth (flight to be advised). Transfer to a hotel in Roswell, New Mexico (name to be advised) for 1 night. DAY 2: FRIDAY, 24th MARCH 09:00 depart for Roswell International Air Center. 12:00 depart for El Paso, Texas. Lunch stop en-route…arrive at hotel (to be advised) for 1 night. DAY 3: SATURDAY, 25th MARCH 09:00 depart hotel for El Paso, Texas; stopping off at a nearby desert location with abandoned aircraft. Website: www.lostdestinations.com/airplane.htm Continue on to Tucson, Arizona. Lunch stop en-route. 17:00 Arrive at our hotel (name to be advised) located at Tucson International Airport. DAY 4: SUNDAY, 26th MARCH 09:00 depart Pima Air Museum. Midday Pima Air Museum AMARG Tour. Then various aircraft storage areas around adjacent area. 17:00 drop off back at hotel. DAY 5: MONDAY, 27th MARCH 09:00 depart for Marana. 09:45 arrive Pinal Air Park: www.airplaneboneyards.com/pinal-airpark-airliner-storage-boneyard.htm 12:00 depart for Avra Valley Airport. 12:15 arrive for visit. Lunch at airport café (at your own expense). 14:15 depart for Mesa airfield. 16:15 arrive. 17:15 depart for hotel in Goodyear area for 1 night (name to be advised) DAY 6: TUESDAY, 28th MARCH 09:00 depart for the aircraft storage year at Phoenix Goodyear Airport. Website: www.airplaneboneyards.com/phoenix-goodyear-airport-boneyard-arizona.htm 11:00 depart for Kingman. Lunch stop en-route. 15:00 arrive Kingman Airport & Industrial Park. Website: www.airplaneboneyards.com/kingman-arizona-airplane- boneyard-storage.htm 17:00 arrive at hotel for 1 night (name to be advised). DAY 7: WEDNESDAY, 29th MARCH 09:00 depart for Mojave, CA. Lunch stop en-route. 14:00 arrive Mojave Air and Space Port. 16:00 depart for William J Fox Airfield. 16:30 arrive for visit to museum and aircraft storage area. Website: www.airplaneboneyards.com/mojave-desert- california-airplane-boneyard.htm 18:00 arrive at hotel in Lancaster or Palmdale for 1 night (name to be advised) Tour 227707 – USA – Aircraft Storage Yards & LAX – Outline Itinerary – Issue 1 Page 1 of 2 Ian Allan Aviation Tours Terminal House, Shepperton, Middlesex, TW17 8AS, United Kingdom Telephone: +44 (0)1932 255627 Fax: +44 (0)1932 231942 e-mail: [email protected] www.ianallantravel.com/aviationtours DAY 8: THURSDAY, 30th MARCH 09:00 depart for Victorville. 10:00 arrive at the Southern California Logistics Airport. Website: www.airplaneboneyards.com/southern-california-logistics-airport-victorville-boneyard.htm 12:00 depart for Los Angeles LAX Airport. 14:00 drop off at an airport hotel situated between LAX’s 2 runways (name to be advised). Remainder of the day is free for logging and photographing. Why not go along to the famous ‘aviation’ restaurant the “Proud Bird” situated at the threshold of the southern runway, for a snack or meal. Website: www.theproudbird.com/proudbird/default.aspx DAYS 9 & 10: FRIDAY, 31st MARCH & SATURDAY, 1st APRIL Two free days to enjoy as you wish. Log and/or photograph from various locations, e.g.: (a) from the bedroom of the hotel - we will ask for rooms on the top floor, on both sides of the corridor so that you can cross from one side to the other thereby covering landings on both runways! (b) Imperial Highway – the official viewing area popular with local and overseas enthusiasts and (c) Proudbird Restaurant. Optional: 1 x 2hour air-to-air and air-to-ground helicopter flights over LAX! Probably the most exciting and memorable photographs you will ever take unless you do fastjet, back seat flying. Stunning photographs will be included in the provisional itinerary. We hope to offer specially discounted rates for Ian Allan Aviation Tours clients. Website: www.star-helicopters.com/aerialservices_planespotting.html Transfers between the various locations, which are only 2-3 miles apart from each other, will be done by taxis (at your own expense). DAY 11: SUNDAY, 2nd APRIL A third free day. Tonight we take an overnight flight back to Heathrow. DAY 12: MONDAY, 3rd APRIL Arrive Heathrow. NOTE: Where possible we will offer optional local flights over and/or around the aircraft storage airfields. For example, in the past we have flown out of Tucson and landed several times on Marana and each time taxied slowly back to the runway. Otherwise, unless we are granted permission in advance, all logging and photography will be done from the outside. Please refer to the various websites on the itinerary. COST PER PERSON: To be advised Tour 227707 – USA – Aircraft Storage Yards & LAX – Outline Itinerary – Issue 1 Page 2 of 2 Ian Allan Aviation Tours Terminal House, Shepperton, Middlesex, TW17 8AS, United Kingdom Telephone: +44 (0)1932 255627 Fax: +44 (0)1932 231942 e-mail: [email protected] www.ianallantravel.com/aviationtours .