Tucson Pima Museum again

Sat Feb 11 I went back to the Pima Air and Space Museum.  On our earlier visit, we had not even gone into two of the buildings, and I wanted some time to just enjoy walking around and looking at some of the incredible collection of aircraft they have.  Clara decided that maybe she'd seen enough airplanes for a while, so she relaxed back in the RV. 

Mostly, I was drawn to the T-38 and B-52's there.  A recently repainted T-38 sits right across from three B-52's, making an interesting contrast of the two aircraft I flew on active duty.  The T-38 is primarily a trainer with incredible performance and a max speed of mach 1.2 and the B-52 is a lumbering beast that weights nearly 500,000 pounds when loaded and is a real war machine.  Both were fun to fly in their own way.  And today, it is hard to believe I ever flew either one.

The  beauty and the BUFF (Big Ugly Fat Fellow!)

Cockpit of the B-17, one of the old aircraft that excites me the most.

B-17

The museum is really quite a place.  I could easily spend a lot more time there. 

Saturday afternoon, Clara and I did a little shopping for an RV for Bill and Jan Bass.  They've become interested in RVing since they've seen how much we enjoy it.

There are 4 or 5 large RV dealerships here within a couple miles of each other, and they all have large inventories.  Based on our shopping, it seems that their pricing is excellent.  We didn't find one that we like any better than what we already have (thank goodness!)

Sunday, Feb 12 was another day of chores and just relaxing.  We're getting closer to the end of our stay here in Tucson and thinking we'll head East into Texas for a few days before leaving the RV back in Albuquerque.