Just been out to Arizona to visit my son and his girlfriend and took the opportunity to visit Pima Air & Space:
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A GREEN Gnat trainer? :o
Great pics, it looks a bit warm there............
Nice. Love the TF-102, and the Harrier.
Quote from: Captain Canada on November 23, 2022, 06:47:46 PMNice. Love the TF-102, and the Harrier.
That Harrier is actually a Kestrel. I can't recall having seen one before, but the same could be said of a lot of the stuff on shjow
Now you are either very, very tall or the B-36 isn't anywhere near as tall as I thought it was ;D I bet it was rather hot to the touch ? ;)
Great photos, thanks for sharing :thumbsup:
Can't be many more Peacemakers still extant.
Airfix should get out there with their LIDAR and scan it for a new 1/72 kit...
Quote from: NARSES2 on November 24, 2022, 12:00:20 AMNow you are either very, very tall or the B-36 isn't anywhere near as tall as I thought it was ;D I bet it was rather hot to the touch ? ;)
Great photos, thanks for sharing :thumbsup:
For scale, I'm 5 ft 7in. It was early in the day and had been fairly cold [for Arizona] overnight, so it was still cool [and I'm standing on the side in the shade :mellow:
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Quote from: NARSES2 on November 24, 2022, 12:00:20 AMNow you are either very, very tall or the B-36 isn't anywhere near as tall as I thought it was ;D
A B-36 IS tall to the top of the fuselage, but it sits low to the ground. You can't stand underneath one unless the bomb bay doors are open and your head is inside, otherwise you get a BIG bump on your head! :(
Don't ask me how I know this............
I haven't been down that way in a loooong time. Last time I was there it was a bunch of guys who worked across the road at the boneyard and when they had something one of a kind or the last of something they would buy it for scrap price and tow it across the road to the museum. Saved a lot of stuff that way.
Great pics and I'm insanely jealous of your experience and being out of the cold!
Are you sure that Gnat isn't Russian? It's got green wheels......
Quote from: kerick on November 24, 2022, 08:08:35 PMAre you sure that Gnat isn't Russian? It's got green wheels......
It's got green EVERYthing! :o
Faded from Blue after being used in 'Hot Shots' and parked in the sun ever since?
(Can't see whether it has 'The Navy' on the side)
Strike that, not with Roundels and a Brit registration on the side...
Perhaps it was a colour blind painter's idea of a 'Red Arrows' scheme? ;D
;D
Quote from: Leading Observer on November 24, 2022, 03:49:00 AMQuote from: NARSES2 on November 24, 2022, 12:00:20 AMNow you are either very, very tall or the B-36 isn't anywhere near as tall as I thought it was ;D I bet it was rather hot to the touch ? ;)
Great photos, thanks for sharing :thumbsup:
For scale, I'm 5 ft 7in. It was early in the day and had been fairly cold [for Arizona] overnight, so it was still cool [and I'm standing on the side in the shade :mellow:
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Every time I see a B-36 I think of Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson ;D
Quote from: NARSES2 on November 25, 2022, 02:03:41 AMEvery time I see a B-36 I think of Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson ;D
You and me both! ;D
It was on TV a couple of days ago, wonderful stuff. :thumbsup:
Jimmy Stewart's classic line concerning the likelihood of a KC-97 catching fire because of the General smoking while standing alongside it :-
'It wouldn't DARE!' ;D
Quote from: PR19_Kit on November 25, 2022, 02:40:02 AMQuote from: NARSES2 on November 25, 2022, 02:03:41 AMEvery time I see a B-36 I think of Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson ;D
You and me both! ;D
It was on TV a couple of days ago, wonderful stuff. :thumbsup:
Jimmy Stewart's classic line concerning the likelihood of a KC-97 catching fire because of the General smoking while standing alongside it :-
'It wouldn't DARE!' ;D
Classic! :thumbsup:
Quote from: rickshaw on November 25, 2022, 03:04:03 AMQuote from: PR19_Kit on November 25, 2022, 02:40:02 AMQuote from: NARSES2 on November 25, 2022, 02:03:41 AMEvery time I see a B-36 I think of Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson ;D
You and me both! ;D
It was on TV a couple of days ago, wonderful stuff. :thumbsup:
Jimmy Stewart's classic line concerning the likelihood of a KC-97 catching fire because of the General smoking while standing alongside it :-
'It wouldn't DARE!' ;D
Classic! :thumbsup:
Thanks for the heads up - I've been trying to see Strategic Air Command for years and kept missing it! Found it on Film4 so that's my afternoon sorted :mellow:
I've been trying to find a decent version to download without much luck. I might have to actually pay for a copy! :o
That drone of the B-36's engines will stay with you for ever. ;D
I feel so lucky that I saw and heard them for real when they were based at Brize Norton in the 50s Talk about 'Magnesium Overcast., that's JUST what it looked like as they were on long finals over our house in West Oxford.
Quote from: Leading Observer on November 23, 2022, 11:01:00 PMThat Harrier is actually a Kestrel.
Pima likely has the most complete "Harrier" collection anywhere. Kestrel, TAV-8A, AV-8C, GR.3, GR.5 and a Sea Harrier. Impressive
Quote from: sandiego89 on December 01, 2022, 05:59:04 PMQuote from: Leading Observer on November 23, 2022, 11:01:00 PMThat Harrier is actually a Kestrel.
Pima likely has the most complete "Harrier" collection anywhere. Kestrel, TAV-8A, AV-8C, GR.3, GR.5 and a Sea Harrier. Impressive
If they have an AV-8C and someone from here visits I have some photo requests for that version of the Harrier. The area around where the forward Air Dam is located has some details that everyone misses from their builds of the aircraft, hinge points and other lumps and bumps around that area specifically. None of the on-line walk around sites I have found cover everything and its very unlikely that I would be able to get there myself unless I win the lottery.
Gondor
Quote from: Gondor on December 02, 2022, 12:13:17 AMQuote from: sandiego89 on December 01, 2022, 05:59:04 PMQuote from: Leading Observer on November 23, 2022, 11:01:00 PMThat Harrier is actually a Kestrel.
Pima likely has the most complete "Harrier" collection anywhere. Kestrel, TAV-8A, AV-8C, GR.3, GR.5 and a Sea Harrier. Impressive
If they have an AV-8C and someone from here visits I have some photo requests for that version of the Harrier. The area around where the forward Air Dam is located has some details that everyone misses from their builds of the aircraft, hinge points and other lumps and bumps around that area specifically. None of the on-line walk around sites I have found cover everything and its very unlikely that I would be able to get there myself unless I win the lottery.
Gondor
I might make it by the AV8C in Havelock North Carolina next month, will try to snap some pics.
Quote from: sandiego89 on December 02, 2022, 01:08:40 PMI might make it by the AV8C in Havelock North Carolina next month, will try to snap some pics.
That would be wonderful if you could :thumbsup:
Gondor