Pima Air and Space Museum visit, Sept. 2024
Sun Oct 06, 2024 6:40 pm
First time visiting here. Lots to see outside the several hangars, so lots of walking in the desert.
Temperature 107. So not crowded. The B-17 hangar was the only hangar with air conditioning.
With all that said, an amazing aircraft collection.
Some photos, obviously to many the main attraction is the B-36 and it is something to see in person.
To me, I had never seen some other aircraft that on display there. (The museum lists 352)
The F-111 was one and I wished I had spent more time checking it out.
Paint can get faded here pretty quick, I'm sure.
But the one that surprised me the most, was the PBM Mariner.
What shocked me was its size. I never thought it was that big.
I just read in Air and Space magazine, that it's on loan from National Air and Space Museum and the only surviving one.
Glad I got to see it.
Here are a few other images from the visit.
Temperature 107. So not crowded. The B-17 hangar was the only hangar with air conditioning.
With all that said, an amazing aircraft collection.
Some photos, obviously to many the main attraction is the B-36 and it is something to see in person.
To me, I had never seen some other aircraft that on display there. (The museum lists 352)
The F-111 was one and I wished I had spent more time checking it out.
Paint can get faded here pretty quick, I'm sure.
But the one that surprised me the most, was the PBM Mariner.
What shocked me was its size. I never thought it was that big.
I just read in Air and Space magazine, that it's on loan from National Air and Space Museum and the only surviving one.
Glad I got to see it.
Here are a few other images from the visit.
Last edited by wls3 on Wed Oct 09, 2024 8:40 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Pima Air and Space Museum visit
Sun Oct 06, 2024 7:59 pm
Yes, the 390th BG museum (aka the B-17 hangar) is always a welcome place to get out of the sun!
In the last several years, they've added a nice diorama of their UK base (which I've visited and it has a nice museum as well), so there is much more in there than the B-17.
I always enjoyed having a cold Pepsi in the snack bar or its covered patio), a great view...it's just too bad you can't see the C-124 from there.
Always something new to see.
I was reading the files on their aircraft and the H-19 on display was at the base I grew up on, when we were there.
So, it might very well be the first helicopter I saw in person,.I recall my dad taking me to see it when I was 4 or so.
My father's flying records says he logged a few hours in it, so it might be the last aircraft he flew that survives.
In the last several years, they've added a nice diorama of their UK base (which I've visited and it has a nice museum as well), so there is much more in there than the B-17.
I always enjoyed having a cold Pepsi in the snack bar or its covered patio), a great view...it's just too bad you can't see the C-124 from there.
Always something new to see.
I was reading the files on their aircraft and the H-19 on display was at the base I grew up on, when we were there.
So, it might very well be the first helicopter I saw in person,.I recall my dad taking me to see it when I was 4 or so.
My father's flying records says he logged a few hours in it, so it might be the last aircraft he flew that survives.
Re: Pima Air and Space Museum visit
Sun Oct 06, 2024 10:09 pm
They did a really nice job on the former Lone Star Flight Museum's PB4Y.