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San Xavier del Bac Mission

Tucson AZ

Mission San Javier del Bac was built under the direction of the Franciscans 1783-1797. The front facade is unbalanced. The left side does not match the right side.
The interior is colorful and really gaudy.
Painting depicting Pentecost.
Painting depicting the Last Supper.
Gaudy ornate.
Looking up to the rotunda.
Not sure what this represents.
Antique Psalter.

Pima Air & Space Museum

Tucson AZ

Pima Air & Space Museum is the largest aviation museum in the world. A visitor can easily spend all day here, but we were here for only about 3 hours.
Douglas A-4C Skyhawk Attack Bomber 1959-1980.
Thiokol Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster.
The Wright Flyer 1903.
British Aerospace Hawk T1A.
McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom.
Grumman F-11A Tiger Blue Angel.
Grumman F-14A Tomcat.
Grumman F-14A Tomcat head on.
Bell UH-1C (UH-1M) Iroquois (Huey).
Air Traffic Control tower cabin.
Air traffic control.
Learjet Model 23.
Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird. Top speed exceeds Mach 3+, max altitude 90,000+ feet.
SR-71A Blackbird profile.
This American flag was on board SR-71 on its record transcontinental flight March 6, 1990. Los Angeles to Washington DC 64 minutes 20 seconds, 2144.8 MPH.
Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warrior.
Consolidated B-24J-90. Transferred to Great Britain under lend-lease, as Royal Air Force KH304 Liberator MK VI. Then assigned to Indian Air Force as HE 877 Liberator MK VI in IAF No. 6 Squadron.
Boeing B-29 Superfortress head on.
B-29 Sentimental Journey.
Ilyushin IL-2M Shturmovik.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis (LIM-2) Fagot.
Vought F4U-4 Corsair.
Boeing 747SP Sofia, Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy.
McDonnell Douglas DC-10, Orbis Flying Eye Hospital 1970-2016.
Boeing 747-100 Airliner.
Boeing 747-100 Airliner head on.
Boeing 777-200 Airliner.
Dassault HU-25A Guardian Search Aircraft.
Lockheed P-3B AEW Orion, Airborne Early Warning/Patrol.
Boeing NB-52A Stratofortress Bomber, one of two modified for the X-15 Project.
Boeing NB-52A Stratofortress Bomber head on.
Focke-Wulf FW 44J Stieglitz.
General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon.
Lockheed L-049 (C-69) Constellation Airliner/Transport.
Douglas VC-118A Liftmaster, Presidential Aircraft (Air Force One) used by Presidents Kennedy and Johnson 1961-1967.
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner Prototype Airliner.
Aero Spacelines B-377SG Super Guppy Cargo Transport 1965-1995.
Convair B-36J Peacemaker Strategic Bomber 1947-1959.
Boeing B-52D Stratofortress Bomber 1956-1983.
Boeing B-52G Stratofortress Bomber head on.
B17 Flying Fortress.
Looking toward the cockpit.
Mockup of Parham Airfield, England.
Diorama: Mission to Berlin 8 March 1944
Target – Erkner VKF Ball Bearing Plant
13th Combat Wing
100th, 390th and 95th B-17 Bomb Groups
Curtiss F6C-4 Hawk.
Beechcraft Model S18D.
Curtiss C-46D Commando Syracuse Shackrat.
Martin PBM-5A Mariner, 1940. This is an early model “flying boat”. These could be equipped with radar, powered gun turrets, wing- and engine nacelle-mounted bomb, depth charge, mine and torpedo packages.
Pereira Osprey II, 1970.

Historic Aviation Boneyard

Tucson AZ

Situated on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, the boneyard contains many decommissioned airplanes all lined up in rows. They used to conduct tours of the boneyard, but no longer. So I had to take the pictures from the road.

Saguaro National Park East

Tucson AZ

The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein
-Psalm 24:1

Having never seen a single saguaro cactus in person prior to this trip, this park was amazing to me! Saguaro National Park is both on the east and the west side of Tucson. This park is on the east.