Pima

Today Barry took me to the Pima Air Museum.

One of the first things we noticed was this Red Arrows Hawk T1 that wasn't there the last time.

I have always wanted to build a model of the Burt Rutan Vari-Viggen, maybe this picture will get me started.

I don't remember seeing this Blue Angels F11F-1 Tiger that they flew from 1957 to 1968.  It is the jet they were flying the first time I saw them in Seattle.

Of course I had to take a picture or two of my favorite F-4E.

Since I have four radio controlled models of the Cobra, I had to take it's picture also.

Barry had been telling me about the TL Ultralight Stream, it's top speed is 202 Mph with a 101 horsepower Rotax engine.

This is a panorama of the outdoor display area which we didn't do today.

That is one of my favorite planes back in the corner.  It is the Douglas B-26 Invader.  It is kind of small when compared to the B-24 Liberator in the foreground.

Barry is reading about the turbocharger of the B-24.

These gears on the Gatling gun sure got our attention!

Barry walked out to see if he could see the engine test airplane.  Behind him is the NASA SOFIA which had a large infrared telescope mounted under the bulge near the tail.

I have a lot of favorite airplanes and the P-40 Warhawk is one to them.

Here is Barry looking at the P-40.

How would you like to be the tail gunner in a B-29, it looks kind of crowded.

The tube through the bomb bay is the tunnel you would have to crawl in to go from the front to the rear of the plane.

I have a F7F Tigercat model that I am now flying, after seeing this one I want to redo my dull finish to a glossy one.

Afterwards we had lunch at Whataburger which neither of us had eaten at before.  We decided that the burgers was about the same as Rally but Rally's fries were better.  This evening we spotted a satellite while visiting around the fire pit and I got some good pictures of the sunset.