discussion Pima Air & Space Museum Part 1

[The Migrant]

A couple of years ago my wife and I drove down from Phoenix to visit this museum in Tucson. It's huge – over 80 acres and 300 aircraft – and although we were there for a full day barely scratched the surface. A large number of exhibits are outside in the baking desert heat (it was over 40˚C while we were there) so they're a bit worse for wear in many cases, but where else can you see a B-29, B-36, B-47, B-52 (3 of them!), B-58 etc. I have much higher resolution versions of these images, so if anyone needs more detailed reference just let me know.


A few of the big bombers to start with:


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B-29 Sentimental Journey


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B-36, which dwarfs everything around it.


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B-47


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Two of the B-52s. The pylon above was used to carry the X-15. The rippled skin on the fuselage side was interesting.


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[rickoshea52]

Pima is a great place to visit, very interesting. Did you take a drive up Kolb road through the the boneyard?


Coincidentally the locomotive in my avatar was photographed just north of Tucson.

 

[flyjoe180]

That does look like an extremely interesting place to visit Mike. Thanks for sharing these pics. The B-52 skin is quite normal for that type. If I recall, the ripples actually stretch out when the fuselage is pressurised.