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If you're going to Tucson, Biosphere 2 (30 miles north) and the Titan Missile Museum (30 miles south) make a good day trip.
by mjmsmith 3y ago
If you're going to Tucson, Biosphere 2 (30 miles north) and the Titan Missile Museum (30 miles south) make a good day trip.
- kkylin 3y agoFor the space / aviation nerds on the list, I think the Pima Air & Space Museum is also worth a stop, as is the Mirror Lab tour on the University of Arizona campus. (Alas, Davis-Monthan AFB no longer offers the Boneyard Tour.)
- oceanplexian 3y ago+1 The Air and Space Museum is the largest outside the Smithsonian, they have an SR-71 and several variants of Air Force One, as well as all kinds of interesting military and experimental civilian aircraft. Tucson is a really great place to nerd out as an engineer.
- yareally 3y agoThat one is pretty large, but the National Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio is the largest and oldest military aviation museum in the world. They have 2 SR-71s, one of which is the prototype YF-12 interceptor[1] meant to engage in air-to-air combat. They also have a number of presidental aircraft, including the one JFK took to Dallas in 1963[2]. Surprisingly, they also have the Memphis Belle[3]. Been there a dozen times at least and still find something I haven't seen before. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_the_United_States_Air_Force https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_the_Unite... [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_YF-12 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_YF-12 [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_C-137_Stratoliner https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_C-137_Stratoliner [3] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_Belle_(aircraft) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_Belle_(aircraft)