The city of Tucson, AZ sits at the intersection of Interstates 10 & 19, one the Jacksonville to LA route through the southern U.S. and the other the path to Nogales, the largest (legal) border crossing between Juarez and Tijuana. We have passed through Tucson at least a half-dozen times on our way to visits with the kids, and our only sure stop has been for a great Mexican lunch at Micha's, a few blocks off the highway. This trip had a planned overnight in the area, so after lunch at Micha's we payed an overdue visit to one of the largest collections of historical (mostly) American aircraft in the country - the Pima Air and Space Museum.
The exhibits include hangers and outdoor displays full of early 20th century replicas of Wright brothers-era and WWI, real WWII warplanes, commercial aircraft from the 20's through the 50's, and modern-day military fighters and bombers. Lots of special-purpose planes like Air Force One, and the Blackbird spy plane from the 60's. I was ready to test-fly this little gem, but we couldn't figure out where to insert the quarter.
They even had copies of the F8 Crusader and the A7 Corsair that might have rolled off the assembly line in the 60's and 70's during my 25 year career working for Ling-Temco-Vought in Grand Prairie, Texas. Woo-hoo!
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