Video: Airplane Graveyard Turned to Motocross Playground

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Key Takeaways:

  • Retired airframes are being innovatively repurposed, ranging from furniture and art to unique recreational structures.
  • Motocross enthusiast Robbie Maddison transformed an airplane graveyard into a daring obstacle course using old airplane parts.
  • A video features Maddison performing incredible and hair-raising tricks and jumps within this creatively repurposed airplane graveyard.
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After more than a century of flight and thousands upon thousands of airplanes produced, there are some new innovative uses for retired airframes. While furniture and art pieces are a growing trend, motocross enthusiast Robbie Maddison has turned an airplane graveyard into obstacles and ramps made of old airplane parts.

Check out the attached video to watch Maddison conduct his incredible tricks and jumps around the airplane graveyard. The video is beautifully shot, so even if you are not a motocross enthusiast you’ll likely enjoy it. Not only is it aesthetically marvelous, the tricks that you are about to watch are hair-raising, and the finale may make you question the sanity of this biker!

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Pia Bergqvist

Pia Bergqvist joined FLYING in December 2010. A passionate aviator, Pia started flying in 1999 and quickly obtained her single- and multi-engine commercial, instrument and instructor ratings. After a decade of working in general aviation, Pia has accumulated almost 3,000 hours of flight time in nearly 40 different types of aircraft.

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