Slides From Pima (20 Images)

[Tomliner]

Here is a selection of the pictures I took in 1990 during a visit to the Pima Aircraft Museum near Tucson Arizona whilst on holday in the western US.This was heaven for anyone interested in photographing aircraft.If I remember correctly the temperature was well into the 90'sF but it was dry desert heat.I wonder how many of these aircraft are still there.Hope you like some of them.












The picture below is one of my favourites







I think the Connie below may have been used by Eisenhower,and that it had just been renovated.


Best Wishes EricT

[airboatr]

eeeehh , ..... not bad for US stuff....



always enjoy your pic post Eric, most appreciative of the time it takes to put them up.


Joe

[Tomliner]

Thanks Joe.Scanning and posting them is better than leaving them forgotten in their boxes.I am hoping that someone over the pond will be able to add some info about these aircraft.Cheers EricT

[DarrenL]

Looks like some of them (like B-29 Sentimental Journey) are now indoors.

http://www.pimaair.org/aircraft.php

Bristol Blenheim still outdoors though

[DaveB]

Nice shots Eric. Tks for scanning/posting them

ATB

DaveB

[Nigel H-J]

Brilliant photos Eric, thanks for posting. the first ones of the TWA Constellation I noted that there was a fire extinguisher underneath the fusalage, would I be correct in saying that they still fire up the engines?

Regards
Nigel.

[Chris Trott]

I think they just have them scattered around "just in case" more than anything. Very rarely is anything a Pima run. The runs of the Shack when it arrived were more to "clean out" the engine in preparation for preservation than actually the start of anything. I think occasionally they'll run some of them as part of a restoration, but I don't know of any organized runs or any announced runs in the last year.

[nigelb]

Great pictures, Eric! Thanks for sharing them with us.

Nigel²

[austerdriver]

Nice pics.

Thanks for sharing.

[Tomliner]

Thanks for the replies guys.I looked at the website from DarrenL and for some reeason was surprised at how big a collection they have.The few hours that we were there didn't really wasn't anywhere near long enough for a thorough look.Considering that we doing a fly-drive holiday making up our own itinery as we went along,I should have cut other visits short that day and spent the time at Pima.Oh well,20 years of hindsight.ATB EricT