Jetliners, row upon row of them, sit idle in three lots at a storage and maintenance yard operated by Avtel Services, in Mojave, California., their engines sealed with silver or black plastic Mylar, their tails rising from the flat desert like shark fins protruding from an ocean's glassy surface. About 250 jets have been consigned with Avtel, four times as many as before the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.Jun 08, 2003

PHOTO: NY TIMES