NZFF

Part One of Many

He drove from Phoenix to Tucson, then flew to Denver. Pics include the Pima Air and Space Museum, and a few 737-200s plus more.

These Pics are all from the Indoor part of the Air and Space Museum:




Huge!
















More Tomorrow

I'm tingling in anticipation!

Thanks for posting these Tom- hope we get to see these planes later in the year in RL... that 'Maid in the Shade' is just

Wow - love the Phantom & the B-17 - whats the heli engine - 7th one down?

Last Pic , ball turret , .. WW2 , most survivable place on a B17 .. worst place to be if require belly landing .. 17s ball turret did not retract , if battle damage jammed the turret as it was electric and bomber serverly damaged , many op'ed for turret to be unbolted .. and dropped ...and if the plane belly landed if they got the gunner out in time would break the Fortress's back .
As for the Tail Gunner , he was in the worst spot , this was the later variant with some lateral side , ball mount , early chyeanne mount was very limited with horizontal movement .

SUPERB Photos

Thanks for the post VAC, great looking museum, you can see the Phantom drew a bit of attention!
What's the story behind the Mustang??

Interesting, there's a Mitchell under restoration wearing the same nose art:



Must be an Arizona thing...

Very cool photos, looking forward to the rest.

Trolly wrote:

QUOTE (Trolly @ Jun 4 2008, 10:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thanks for posting these Tom- hope we get to see these planes later in the year in RL... that 'Maid in the Shade' is just

Haha quietly reminding eh Andrew?

Naki wrote:

QUOTE (Naki @ Jun 4 2008, 10:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Wow - love the Phantom & the B-17 - whats the heli engine - 7th one down?

Not sure it's a heli engine- I'll ask Dad when he gets home.

Charl wrote:

QUOTE (Charl @ Jun 5 2008, 08:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thanks for the post VAC, great looking museum, you can see the Phantom drew a bit of attention!
What's the story behind the Mustang??

Interesting, there's a Mitchell under restoration wearing the same nose art:



Must be an Arizona thing...

Not sure, probably the manager's car

Cheers for the comments guys, more pics when I get home from Swimming

Some nice pics
Keep sharing your Dads adventures. Looks like it was more of a lesiure rather than business trip
If i go to the USA that looks like one place to visit

Cheers
Daniel

Nice pics.
Thanks for sharing them .
Can't wait for the rest to come up Tom.

Cheers
Anthony

Charl wrote:

QUOTE (Charl @ Jun 5 2008, 08:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thanks for the post VAC, great looking museum, you can see the Phantom drew a bit of attention!
What's the story behind the Mustang??

I was looking for the P-51!!

That would have tio be a mighty big chopper! Its a Pratt & Whitney, I think the R4360 turbo-compound engine, as used in huge planes like the B-36 "Peacemaker".

Awesome pics Tom! Love that Loach - wait til chopper_nut sees it (same with the Invader)! Great to see the size of the Toom compared with a person too....massive aeroplane! Nice to see the MiG too - is that an Se5a nextdoor? And interesting to see that the Mitchell noseart is blonde on one side, brunette on the other.

And no ropes around the "exhibits". Superb!!!!!

Naki wrote:

QUOTE (Naki @ Jun 5 2008, 04:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I was looking for the P-51!!

8th pic, you can just see a red, P-51-style tail!

Ha your are right how stupid of me - the engine is sitting vertical. Would be great hearing that monster.

You do have sharp eyes - missed the P-51 tail.

Well, what can I say? Years of sitting in the backyard leading up to Easter, staring and listening for transiting warbirds has its benefits

Awesome, look forward to more!

Nice pic's vac.I can remember when I went to the point cook raaf mueseum in Melbourne seeing a f-4 there so huge its hard to think how they got them on board ships

yak52dude wrote:

QUOTE (yak52dude @ Jun 8 2008, 04:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

seeing a f-4 there so huge its hard to think how they got them on board ships

EXTRA LARGE SHIPS