Pima Air & Space Museum

The Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona, has over 300 airplanes on display, from a full-size replica of the Wright Brothers first airplane . . .

to an F15 Eagle.

From the smallest . . .

to the largest, a Super Guppy.

On display are many historical military planes, like the F51 Mustang . . .

the B25 Mitchell Bomber (like General Doolittle's group flew from an aircraft carrier in the Pacific in 1942 to bomb Tokyo) . . .

the B17 Flying Fortress (famous for bombing missions over Germany)  . . .

the B29 Superfortress . . .

and World War II planes from other countries including a British Hawker Hurricane . . .

and a Japanese Nakajima Ki-43 "Oscar". 

The display also included aircraft from the Cold War, like the B52 Stratofortress . . .

A Russian MIG . . .

Lots of trainers, fighters, interceptors, and bombers . . .

many helicopters . . .

and an SR71 Blackbird, a long-range Mach 3 reconnaissance aircraft, which could outrun a ground-to-air missile shot at it . . .  and what a beautiful airplane this is!

We spent five or six hours walking around the many planes and exhibits at the Pima Air & Space Museum and could easily have spent much more time there. It is a great collection of aircraft, both military and civilian. We saw so much more than the few I've shown here. I plan to return and I strongly recommend this museum to anyone interested in aircraft, flying, or history whenever you are in the Tucson area.