There are two places here in Tucson that are must visits if you are an airplane or history nut…that would be the Pima Air and Space Museum and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. The good news is that they are right next to each other.
What makes Davis-Monthan so interesting is the “Boneyard,” a little misnamed, but still somewhat accurate. The Boneyard is where thousands of aircraft are stored in the open air awaiting various fates. At the present time there are approximately 4,500 aircraft stored there. I will write a separate blog about that soon.
At the Pima Air Museum, you walk around and see (and touch) hundreds of different kinds of aircraft ranging in age from the First World War to nearly the present. Some of the aircraft on display include the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane, bombers of all size from WWII, the NASA “Pregnant Guppy,” President Kennedy’s Air Force One, and many, many more. Some are inside hangers, but many, many of them are on display outside.
There are also some foreign aircraft on display, including this Korean War vintage Russian Mig, probably flown to a US facility by a Russian defector.
From time-to-time, I will show you pictures of various aircraft at both the Pima Museum and the Boneyard, but just occasional as I am sure a lot of you have no interest in vintage aircraft (I know…boys and their toys).
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