Continued, page three. Pima Air and Space Museum:
Editor's Note: John took a lot more pictures than we can hope to publish here,
but there is room for a small random sampling from the remaining group:
 John referred to the B-58 Hustler. Here's the one they have on display at Pima. This fantastic airplane flew as the Air Force's nuclear carrier in the early 60s.
Here's a face that's hard to forget: the nose of the B52 referenced in John's report. Looks like it bored a whole lot of holes in a whole lot of air over the years.
Cold Warrior.
 Old Warrior.
John Taylor: The Pima Air and Space Museum is open every day except Thanksgiving and Christmas. Hours are 9:00 AM till 5:00 PM. (but come earlier). Admission
costs $9.75 for those 13 and older; $8.75 for seniors and military; $6.00
for children ages 7-12; kids 6 years and under are free.
To find it on the southeastern outskirts of Tucson, take exit 267 off I-10
at Valencia Rd and go two miles east on Valencia to the main gate. There are
signs to guide you.
But wait, there is more. The museum also offers separate tours of the USAF's AMARC "boneyard" facility at Davis-Monthan AFB next door, and it operates a satellite museum in a former Titan missile silo in Green Valley, AZ, about 15 miles south of Tucson (at exit 69 off I-19). This cold war veteran silo comes complete with Titan missile, through special dispensation built into the SALT treaty. It is located right across the road from a Safeway store (no kidding) and only about a block from my winter home. So I was really happy when they deactivated it.
We'll take a look at both the boneyard tour and the Titan missile silo
museum in Letters from the West in future editions of Jim Slade's Air Lines.
John Taylor
Tucson, AZ
2003
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