Friday, January 21, 2011

Thursday 1-20-11

Pima Space Museum was the trip for today. The long range Bomber, B-36.
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This is just a sample of the 160 pictures for today. The tram tour was an hour long and the "Ex fighter Pilot" was a great guide. The Helicopters.
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This B-52 was modified to carry the "X-15".
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A 707 used for weightlessness, called the "Vomit Commit".
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Fighter row.
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B-52 used in "NAM".
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Russian Mig.
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A welcome site in Vietnam.
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We had an excellent lunch at the Grill, then to the Gardens near by.
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The butterfly tour was in town.
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Very colorful.
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The garden is about local plants, Desert plants. The benches are colorful.
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Glenn just had to run the train.
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A Saguaro, different!
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That is all for Thursday.

2 comments:

Doug & JoAnn said...

Sounds like you all are having a great time in Tucson! We miss you!

Unknown said...

I enjoyed your post this morning! Looking at old/vintage aircraft is always interesting to me. I think it’s because many of them were aircraft that I worked with during my time in the military. Thanks for the great tour.

John
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