Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Here an Airplane, There an Airplane, Everywhere an Airplane

One of the must see items in Tucson is the Pima Air and Space Museum and with Ed on this trip, the museum was a definite stop for us. The museum sits on approximately 75 acres, has 5 hangers with displays and over a hundred airplanes on the tarmac. One of the tours that is offered by the museum is of the Aircraft Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) down the road at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. This center stores aircraft for a variety of reasons: sale, future use, parts, or destruction —and there were a lot of aircraft there! Arizona was chosen as the location for the storage site due to the weather and the fact that the desert soil is so firm that the planes can be parked on it — no tarmac required. As you can imagine Ed had a great day.




Lots of toys



One of my favorites, the SR-71 Blackbird, made the trip from ocean to ocean across the US in just over 68 minutes


OOPS... I over inflated the airplane again!----
An Aero Spacelines 377SG Super Guppy, first flown in 1965 to carry full sized booster rocket stages, this aircraft can carry 40,000 lbs at 265 MPH provided the cargo is not over 25 feet in diameter.


Front left, the Bumble bee, smallest aircraft in the world, that a person can fly in, 6'6" wingspan, 9'4" length, top speed 180 MPH, fuel capacity of 3 gallons. Right rear: a BD-5J microjet, the world's smallest jet, this one was featured in the James Bond movie "Octopussy" from 1983, Max speed 320 MPH, service ceiling 26,000 ft.


a mean looking Grumman OV-1C Mohawk reconnaissance aircraft, active army use from 1959 to present


A long line of out of service A-10 tankbuster aircraft


Likewise many out of service F4 phantom fighter, soon to be converted to drones (remotely controlled aircraft)

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