Pima Air & Space Museum

The Pima Air and Space Museum provides an historical look at space travel. There are several hangars housing memorabilia, 250 aircraft, and vivid WW II displays honoring various crews and heroic units. The main building has the smallest plane ever built. It held only 3 gallons of fuel, so it didn’t stay in the air long. Also exhibited is the world's smallest jet aircraft.

The Museum has
a gift shop with interesting selections for the flying enthusiast. The 90 minute tram tour of the outlying areas was led by our driver, a retired USAF Fighter Pilot, who also retired as a United Airlines pilot. He had information on most of the important aircraft since the beginning of WW II. The tour included President Kennedy’s Air Force One, Ike's Columbine, the SR-71 Blackbird Spy Plane, several MIGS, and other models that never made it to the production line. The largest plane we saw was used by NASA (white plane above) to transport space equipment. The Thunderbird Restaurant is a great spot for lunch at reasonable prices.