Air and Space Museum

We discovered an underutilized treasure in Southern Arizona.  The Pima Air and Space Museum. 

My buddy Scott was in town from LA to help me with a big DJ job so he was on camera duty.  It was kinda nice to have a couple of pictures of all three of us for once.  That's a Wilbur and Orville Wright replica plane above our heads.  

My favorite plane of the day.  SR-71 Blackbird spy plane.

Our WWII Grandparents would have appreciated this one.  Here's Lesa- thinking of Gramma Speirs. 

There were a few WWII veterans around the property- both docents and visitors.  That generation is all but gone.  I engaged as many of them as I could and thanked them for their service and listened to their stories.   It sure is good to be free!  I found myself rather emotional about it.  There's a scripture in the Old Testament as the Hebrews were just about to be enslaved in Egypt that says that another generation grew up "who knew not Joseph" There is already a generation being born that doesn't know about Pearl Harbor and World War II, The Shuttle Explosion, John F Kennedy, even the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks.  I hope we don't forget. 

On a lighter note, the docent reminded us that the first flight by the Wright brothers wasn't the length of this wingspan and the plane would not have cleared the top of this fuselage! 

There are about a half dozen hangars and a large amount of property outdoors for other planes and for some that are too large for the hangars.  There were a couple of B-52 bombers on site.  They are HUGE!

 Finished off the visit with some local tamales.  Deeeeeee-LISH!