The Planedemic: Why Hundreds Of Airplanes Are Still Grounded In The Arizona Desert
by Phil Latzman | KJZZ
For those of us who frequent the Phoenix to Tucson corridor along Interstate 10, you’ve probably noticed plenty of glistening aluminum in the desert in Marana, just north of Tucson.
That’s the Pinal Air Park. And what seems like a crowded mirage of jets is very much the real thing.
“Before the pandemic and the Max 8 issue, we probably had about 89 aircraft that were being stored or parked. We probably jumped to over 400, but now we’ve had a lot of reactivations,” said Jim Petty, the airpark’s director.
