Jets, Helicopters, Rocks, Cactus, Snow . . . but no bears
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
The Boneyard ~ 20,000 acres and billions of dollars in retired aircraft from all lines of military service; incredible
Mt. Lemmon:
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| We spent a good portion of our day visiting the PIMA Air & Space Museum |
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| cute . . . bumble bee; the smallest plane ever to fly |
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| Neat "pusher" |
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| Used in James Bond movie: (smallest Jet Propelled) |
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| Just a neat double propped helicopter with no practical use |
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| Strange nose cones |
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| Thunderbirds are always Blog-worthy |
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| A painted up "Huey" used extensively in Vietnam |
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| THE PLANE used in the movie TOP GUN (flown by the Thunderbirds) |
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| the front view; impressive jet but not as impressive as the one Dozer is working on now! | Watch YouTube video: | |
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| This was the simulator used in the Airplane Movies! |
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| Looks like it has been used alot since the movie was made; it was pretty messed up inside |
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| Homebuilt using a VW engine as the powerplant |
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| This guy got caught on a ceiling fan and got in this museum lol (didn't perform too well on shaky landings) |
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| Lockheed's SR-71, set speed record of Mach 3.5 in 1964, and still holds record today. |
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| Under belly photo of SR-71, with remote started. |
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| Just strange looking. |
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| Huge |
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| Hard to believe it gets off the ground |
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| Strange shapes |
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| This was a huge WWII plane |
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| A superfortress like the plane that dropped the atom bomb |
The Boneyard ~ 20,000 acres and billions of dollars in retired aircraft from all lines of military service; incredible
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| All mothballed and ready future use. |
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| There were row after row of this jet |
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| The white coating keeps the suns heat out of the planes |
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| Lots of Turbine Engines removed from ?? |
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| F-14D |
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| These are old versions of the planes Toby flies . . . i think, this one is being prepped for storage. |
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| In storage |
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| They store helicopters too |
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| Plane after plane after plane... |
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| These planes were in the outside museum. |
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| Some strange paint jobs too |
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| Some Presidential |
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| This one was huge |
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| This 6 engine plane was big and the propellers were backwards |
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| And Kennedy's plane |
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| You knew I'd fine an old car somewhere in this museum |
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| One of the smallest helicopters I've seen |
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| One of the largest |
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| And one of the strangest |
We saw these billboards all over Arizona !
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| He only needed one more year at U of M ! How's the book Dozer? Is it worth downloading on the Kindle? |
Mt. Lemmon:
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| Beautiful homes at the entrance of the park |
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| Amazing rock formations |
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| We experienced major temperature changes as we drove up the Mt. road |
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| Strange Rock formations |
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| We drove under this rock...it was just hanging over the road! |
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| What does this look like? A face? So COOL ! |
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| I don't know how some of these stones stay in place. |
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| There is snow! |
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| Bears! We didn't see any....sorry Kevin; I will keep trying to find some more animals |
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| Doesn't look to stable |
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| Yep! That is the road we were on |
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| Puppy liked Mt. Lemmon |
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| Glad they didn't fall |
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| Pretty amazing when you're driving along side these... |
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| Can't imagine the volume of water that comes down this valley |
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| He really liked the ride |
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