Pima Air and Space Museum

Some people had mentioned the airplane graveyard on the east side of Tucson. The dry, sunny weather makes this a good spot for long and short-term storage of military and commercial planes. There are thousands and thousands on both sides of the highway, though less, we were told, than before 9/11. The world’s largest privately funded aerospace museum, The Pima Air and Space Museum is in the middle of this area. There are five hangars to explore with exhibits from the Wright Brothers’ first flight to modern experimental aircraft. Outside are acres and acres of helicopters, attack aircraft, transport units, reconnaissance planes, rescue vehicles, commercial, NASA and military planes. Highlights were a walk through the Kennedy/Johnson Airforce 1, and SR-71 Blackbird, which holds the record of the world’s fastest plane (that they want known publicly at least). At around 2200 mph, it can go coast to coast in just over an hour.

For more aero photos click here- *FYI there are 2 pages

http://s78.photobucket.com/albums/j97/d3loeber/Tucson/Pima%20Air%20and%20Space%20Museum/