#pimaairandspacemuseum

[elizabethiris]

Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, AZ. One of the world's largest non -government funded aerospace museums. The museum was a location for Can't Buy Me Love (1987). The "Boneyard" was also featured in the films My Science Project (1985), The Wraith (1986), and Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (2009). #pima #pimaairandspacemuseum #pimaaviation #airmuseum #pimaairmuseum #aviation #aviationphotography #aviationlovers #movielocation #tucson #tucsonarizona #arizona #arizona🌵 #visittheusa #aeroplanes #museumsoftheworld #desert #arizonadesert #visitarizona #visitarizona🌵 #blogger #bloggersofinstagram #bloggerlife #outandaboutwithliz #travelphotography #travelphotographer #travelphotography📷 #travelphotos https://www.instagram.com/p/CGHSfReFZn_/?igshid=1o4fvhgxwkbst

[sentinelchicken]

This 747 Classic is a 747-121, N747GE, the former General Electric engine testbed that had been flying since 1992 for GE. At the time of its retirement in November 2018, it was the oldest active 747 in the world. ⠀ ⠀ Originally delivered to Pan American World Airways in March 1970 as N744PA, this particular 747 was the 25th 747 built (LN 25) and was originally christened “Clipper Star of the Union”. In 1982, Pan Am renamed it “Clipper Ocean Spray” and it flew for Pan Am all the way to the airline’s eventual shutdown in 1992 when it was sold to General Electric to become an engine testbed. ⠀ ⠀ Most of the interior was removed and the left wing and empennage were strengthened to make it suitable for engine test work. Re-registered as N747GE, the aircraft test flew the GE90, GEnx, Engine Alliance GP7200, the CFM56, and the CFM LEAP. ⠀ ⠀ When GE retired it in November 2018, it was just three months shy of its 50th anniversary of its delivery to Pan Am. It has been replaced by an ex-Japan Airlines Boeing 747-400 that has had its winglets removed as they’re not necessary for the sort of flying GE has planned. ⠀ ⠀ I took this photo of N747GE at the Pima Air & Space Museum this past March where it was being prepared for eventual display. ⠀ ⠀ November Aviation Photo Challenge | @kjdphoto1971 | #1119planes | “Boeing” | Day 29⠀ ⁣⠀ #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #PimaAirandSpaceMuseum #Pima #Tucson #DavisMonthan #Arizona #airport #planespotting #instaplane #instagramaviation #Boeing #747 #N747GE #GE #GeneralElectric #instaaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge #AvGeekNation (at Pima Air & Space Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5c5DPlB0GY/?igshid=g6p8j0v94vmj

[chaoskeep]

#teaser from #todays #photoshoot with #model @theemmydelight at the @pimaair using the #vintage @americanredcross #uniform she found. #pinup #pinupgirl #pinupstyle #tucson #arizona #tucsonmodel #arizonamodel #vintageclothing #redcross #pimaairandspacemuseum #canon80d (at Pima Air & Space Museum)

[halopigg]

On this date in 2013 I had the pleasure of visiting #TheBoneyardProject at @pimaair with @joshuabgeyer. This is @hownosm’s plane! I’ll do my best to post as many 🛩’s as I can today, though I must say my #iPhone5 photography skills were not as polished as my current day standards. #HowNosm #HowAndNosm #HowAndOrNosm @tatscru #tatscru #BoneyardProject #pimaairandspacemuseum @ericfirestone #StreetArtOnThisDate #streetartspringbreak #artnerd #artington #artingwithhalopigg (at Pima Air & Space Museum)

[scorpion6knives]

Went to @pimaair today to break up the usual flow and spend time with my girls. .... Aviation is and will always be a big part of my life. I was raised in an airplane and even took my first solo ride on my 16th birthday before I even had a driver’s license. .... Anytime you want to see something designed with thought, function and quality, look no farther than the airplane. .... #American manufacturing #dontseechinesemadejets #itsallfunandgamesuntilthewingsfalloff #pima #pimaairandspacemuseum #tucson #tucsonarizona #roadtrip #blackandwhite #airplanes #jets #saturdaytravels (at Pima Air & Space Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/B666Ajggc5x/?igshid=1pdm0hke5pzuq

[maryannmccarra-fitzpatrick]

Just listed for SALE on #Amazon “The Pima Air & Space Museum” compiled and edited by #JamesStemm HC in DJ. Minor bump to front cover. Minor shelfwear, mainly to DJ, which has slight creasing. No former owner name, bookplate, or inscription. No marginalia, underlining, or highlighting. 272 pages. Many four-color photographs of aircraft. Binding tight. No torn or creased pages. Pages are clean and bright. Check out this and other titles listed for SALE by MaryAnnMcCarraFitzpatrick on Amazon.com #pimaairandspacemuseum #JamesStemm #pimaairandspace #aeronautics #aircraft #aircraftbooks (at Peekskill, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuFBI4vA2X8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1lk4fe8i79732

[jamesreiningerphotography]

#pull #engine #bluesky #propeller #photographerlifee #photographerlife #photographyislife #photographyislifee #photographylovers #photography #photographersoninstagram #photographersontumblr #pimaairandspacemuseum #tucson #arizona (at Pima Air & Space Museum)

[chewbaccam]

Second #sr71 #blackbird I've been lucky enough to see. #pimaairandspacemuseum #tucson #arizona #airplane #spyplane #planesofinstagram #planephotography #fastestplane #sony #a7iii #mirrorless

[adistantshadow]

Lancelot the #americanbulldogmix and @warthog2t0 at the #nightwings event at Pima Air and Space Muesum in #arizona #pimaairandspace #pimacounty #lancelottheamericanbulldog #americanbulldogs #mueseum #travelphotography #travel #goarmybeatnavy #goarmy #airforce #army #history #a10warthog #airplane #boxermix #bulldogmoments #bulldogmix #bullybreed #americanbulldogsofinstagram #americanbulldog #rescuedogsofinstagram #rescuedog #bulldoglove #dogsofinstagram #dogs #pimaairandspacemuseum #warthogplane (at Pima Air & Space Museum)

[gtdartist]

At the Pima Air and Space museum. 😎😁 #pasm #pimaairandspacemuseum #airplanes #helicopter #bombers #fighters #planes (at Pima Air & Space Museum)

[iloveahangar]

Checkout those victory markings! 😮🤔....Louis Edward Curdes USAAF was an American POW and fighter ace during World War II. He was one of three American pilots to shoot down aircraft belonging to the German, Italian and Japanese air forces and the only one to also shoot down an USAAF aircraft. Yes, you read that correctly.... . The story behind this interesting turn of events was that during a mission to find and attack a Japanese airfield he noticed a Douglas C-47 with US insignia approaching an Airfield that was under Japanese control. The C-47 did not respond to Curdes’ radio transmissions so in an effort to prevent the C-47 landing at the Japanese airfield he skillfully shot out both engines of the C-47 causing it to ditch in the sea. . The C-47 had apparently been lost in poor weather and its radio had stopped working. As it was also running out of fuel, the pilot headed directly to the island's airstrip, unaware that it was under Japanese control. . The crew and pax of the C-47 were picked up the next day by a PBY and it was then that Curdes realized one of the pax was a nurse named Svetlana Valeria Shostakovich Brownell, who was a woman with whom he had had a date the night before the incident and whom he would later marry. 🤙😎 . Pima Air and Space Museum have a P-51 on display wearing the livery of Curdes’ “Bad Angel”. . 🛩www.iloveahangar.com .🤙😎 . #instagramaviation #aviationgeek #warbirds #aviation_lovers #aircraftlovers #militaryaviation #pimaairandspacemuseum #badangel #p51 #p51mustang #aviationhistory #chucktaylor #pilot #aviate #aviation #usaaf #ww2aircraft #ww2aviation #flyingaces https://www.instagram.com/p/CCD_BeAB0kV/?igshid=g3eqsopvacbf

[madchemistnj]

Hustler

[sentinelchicken]

When the postwar successor to the Boeing B-29, the B-50 Superfortress, entered service in 1948, it was always planned that the B-50 be converted to tankers once replaced by the B-47 Stratojet which made its first flight in 1947. The Hayes Aircraft Corporation was assigned responsibility for the conversion of the B-50 into KB-50 tankers. The first KB-50s entered service with the Tactical Air Command in January 1956, replacing the KB-29 which was simply too slow to refuel jet aircraft. The KB-29s were phased out completely by November 1957. However, the increasing performance of TAC’s jet fighters meant that in no time, the KB-50s were also too slow to function as tankers. Hayes was once again contracted to upgrade the KB-50 fleet to KB-50J standard with the addition of a single 5200 lb thrust GE J47 turbojet under each wing. The jet engines gave the “new” KB-50J a shorter takeoff distance by 30%, improved the time to operational altitude by 60% and allowed the KB-50J to operate easily at over 400 knots in level flight. 112 KB-50s were upgraded to KB-50Js and a further TB-50 crew trainers were also converted to jet-augmented tankers, designated KB-50Ks. The first KB-50Js were delivered to TAC in January 1958. The KB-50J/K tankers were to be interim tankers until the arrival of the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker. Unfortunately their long careers as nuclear bombers and then tankers had taken a toll on their durability and reliability. Aircraft were commonly cannibalized to keep other tankers flying and the first KB-50J/Ks were phased out in 1964. The crash of a KB-50J in 1965 revealed extensive cracking and corrosion in the aircraft structure and the Superfortress tankers were retired quickly in 1965. They did last long enough, however, for some to be used in the Vietnam War. November Aviation Photo Challenge | @kjdphoto1971 | #1119planes | “Cold War” | Day 30⠀ ⁣⠀ #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #PimaAirandSpaceMuseum #Pima #Tucson #DavisMonthan #Arizona #airport #planespotting #instaplane #instagramaviation #Boeing #B50 #KB50 #Superfortress #USAF #mil_aviation_originals #instaaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight #AvgeekSchoolofKnowle (at Pima Air & Space Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5fZ46ghZux/?igshid=1nrxjl9ks67t7

[theonlyladyjai]

Look at dat ass! My #2 crush! #airforce #warthog #a10 #a10warthog #planes #crush #love #geekgirl #nerdygirl #besttoys #pimaairandspacemuseum (at Pima Air & Space Museum)

[halopigg]

On this date in 2013 I had the pleasure of visiting #TheBoneyardProject at @pimaair with @joshuabgeyer. This is from @retna’s plane, I’ll do my best to post as many as I can today, though I must say my #iPhone5 photography skills were not as polished as my current day standards. #Retna #RetnaMSK #IronEyeRetna #BoneyardProject #pimaairandspacemuseum @ericfirestone #SomeoneElsie #StreetArtOnThisDate #streetartspringbreak #artnerd #artington #calligraphy #calligraffiti #typography #lettering #MSK #MadSocietyKings #artingwithhalopigg (at Pima Air & Space Museum)

[livingfree207]

An F-4 Phantom and a F-105 Thunderchief two of my favorites!!! #planes #jets #fighterjet #F-4Phantom #F-105Thunderchief #pimaairandspacemuseum #fastmover #museum #history #aircraft (at Pima Air & Space Museum)