Nah, they are just stored there like so many other older planes. MHV is one of the biggest parking places known, in the middle of the CA high desert so those planes are well preserved In a message dated 10/4/2004 9:20:23 AM Central Daylight Time, mpanitz@xxxxxxxx writes: I was watching the news about spaceship one taking off, but I also noticed a whole of other aircraft they look like DC10s ) in the background some even looked like they are foreign aircraft. as well what are they doing there?are they charters? did they fly to watch this spaceship take off?