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I'm heading back down in the spring, driving to Montana from Alaska. I did this back in August of this year. I'm planning on taking a side trip to Wichita and points south or east of there, I'm going to try and work that part in on the way back north, can't wait.
That's the perfect time to visit Tucson. Don't forget also to visit the Pima Air and Space Museum. They have a SR-71, among many other historic military aircraft, including Ronald Reagan's Air Force One (Boeing 707-320B) and Dwight Eisenhower's DC-6. The 707 is the same one that was used in 1981 to bring the hostages from Iran. The last time I went, you weren't allowed to get onboard the 707, but they do allow you to get on the DC-6.
I've been to Boeing Field in Seattle a few times before the age of digital cameras and over the years I've lost those photos. One of these days I'm going to make a trip there and take pictures at the Museum there. They have a old 707 you can walk through and a wide variety of aircraft including the SR-71, a DC-3, and many small airplanes.
We've passed it up lots of times (me and the work crew) and could never seem to have the time to stop in there and check it out. Its about halfway between Casa Grande and Tucson, if I remember correctly. One day I wouldnt mind going to Az and stopping there just for the heck of it.
I've been to Boeing Field in Seattle a few times before the age of digital cameras and over the years I've lost those photos. One of these days I'm going to make a trip there and take pictures at the Museum there. They have a old 707 you can walk through and a wide variety of aircraft including the SR-71, a DC-3, and many small airplanes.
The Boeing 707 you mentioned - That plane was Boeing's prototype of their very first jetliner, which was given the 367-80 model designation when it first flew in 1954. It was stored at one of those AMARC facilities here in Arizona for about 2 decades, then it was transported piece by piece to another facility for restoration, then it sat in the Smithsonian for a little over a decade, before it was flown back to Boeing Field in Seattle. Check it out in the link below. That aircraft has a ceiling of 42,000 feet!
Used the software that came with my old dig camera.
Went back and edited and replace photo.
Thanks again
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