Man explores abandoned plane left to rot for 10 years in Texas and it's like a haunting look back in time
Published on Dec 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM (UTC+4)
by Daisy Edwards
Last updated on Dec 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Emma Matthews
A man exploring an abandoned plane in a Texas airfield found a haunting time capsule frozen in decay.
The forgotten jet appears to be a Boeing T43A, a military variant of the Boeing 737 once used for navigation training.
It has been sitting untouched for a decade, gathering rust, peeling paint, and collecting many layers of grime.
The result is a haunting look back in time at a machine built for an exciting life of military service, but has been left to nature.
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This abandoned plane is a haunting look back in time
The haunting airplane lies deep in an overgrown corner of a Houston airfield, its white body streaked brown from years of rain and the Texas heat.
US Air Force markings are still visible on the side, faint but unmistakable, hinting at its past life training cadets.
Its tail numbers suggest it was once a Boeing T43A, a haunting military variant of the Boeing 737.
When you step inside the desolate and spooky cabin, rows of dark, patterned seats can be found surprisingly intact.
A lot of normal airplane features remain inside the plane, giving it a particularly eerie feel, like the overhead compartments, wall panels, and old lighting fixtures that are still mounted.
The existence of everyday plane parts turned the plane into a strangely preserved snapshot of mid-2000s air travel.
It looks ready to fly, but will never fly again
The cockpit, where a pilot once sat to navigate the skies, delivers the most striking and eerie feeling.
Hundreds of analog dials and switches fill the dashboard and overhead panel, all frozen in place just as they were when the T43A was last powered down.
Who knows if the pilots or passengers knew that they took part in its last flight?
The yellowed windows cast an eerie glow across the aging controls, emphasizing how dramatically aviation tech has evolved since this aircraft’s prime, in just over a decade.
It’s rare for a former military training jet to sit untouched for this long, making the discovery feel more like a preserved relic than abandoned scrap metal.
But for now, the ghostly aircraft continues quietly aging in the Texas heat.
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Daisy Edwards is a Content Writer at supercarblondie.com. Daisy has more than five years’ experience as a qualified journalist, having graduated with a History and Journalism degree from Goldsmiths, University of London and a dissertation in vintage electric vehicles. Daisy specializes in writing about cars, EVs, tech and luxury lifestyle. When she's not writing, she's at a country music concert or working on one of her many unfinished craft projects.
