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MP38 · 01-06-2021, 10:36 AM

[QUOTE=mrerick;335980]When working in Tucson several years ago, I drove over to the aviation graveyard. It's a stunning, even sobering sight.

There is a great aviation museum nearby. That is where I got to touch a SR-71 Blackbird... and visit a Constellation.

https://kingmanhistoricdistrict.com/...seum/index.htm

https://pimaair.org/museum-aircraft/lockheed-sr-71a/

And when in Dayton, Ohio next time I plan on visiting the Air Force museum:

https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/

I was at DM, in Tucson in 1996. I was part of a USAF special recovery team who was tasked with recovering engines off of A10 aircraft that were sent to AMARC after the Gulf war. I got to see a lot of cool stuff in there! Got to watch a B52 get cut up as well

I also visited nearby Pima Air Museum, as well as the Chaplain Fighter Museum. Great stuff!

Matt

01-06-2021, 10:36 AM	#1
MP38 User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 464 Thanks: 36 Thanked 113 Times in 60 Posts	[QUOTE=mrerick;335980]When working in Tucson several years ago, I drove over to the aviation graveyard. It's a stunning, even sobering sight. There is a great aviation museum nearby. That is where I got to touch a SR-71 Blackbird... and visit a Constellation. https://kingmanhistoricdistrict.com/...seum/index.htm https://pimaair.org/museum-aircraft/lockheed-sr-71a/ And when in Dayton, Ohio next time I plan on visiting the Air Force museum: https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/ I was at DM, in Tucson in 1996. I was part of a USAF special recovery team who was tasked with recovering engines off of A10 aircraft that were sent to AMARC after the Gulf war. I got to see a lot of cool stuff in there! Got to watch a B52 get cut up as well I also visited nearby Pima Air Museum, as well as the Chaplain Fighter Museum. Great stuff! Matt