We visited the Arizona Aerospace Foundation Pima Air & Space Museum, Wednesday, October 28, 2009. Below is the write up about the museum.
From the Wright Flyer, to Air Force One, to the SR-71 Blackbird, visitors experience more that 100 years of aerospace history. See 300 vintage and modern airplanes at the third largest aviation and space museum in the U.S. Plus, tours of the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Boneyard (AMARG) are available Monday through Friday.
AMARG = 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group.
There is a lot to see and read in the museum. Too much material to read all the write ups about the the displays. I was more interested in the "bone yard". There are 4500 airplanes in the "bone yard". Most of the planes are partially wrapped in a material that protects them from the elements and rodents. Some of these airplanes will fly again, some will go to other aerospace museums in the country, such as the Smithsonian and some are dismantled for parts for airplanes still flying in the military.
We took the tour and had a very informative tour guide, who was a volunteer for the museum. An interesting day!
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