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Phoenix and military aviation
Heading out to Arizona soon.
On the last trip (1998) I hit the following Planes of Fame CAF - AZ wing Sky Harbor (?) Thunderbird Aviation F-8 & C-123 Luke AFB base O club parking lot on the north end to see flight ops Anything new or different in the area? Is Luke still accessable since 9-11-01? Thanks in advance MAH |
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"mah" wrote in message ... Heading out to Arizona soon. On the last trip (1998) I hit the following Planes of Fame CAF - AZ wing Sky Harbor (?) Thunderbird Aviation F-8 & C-123 Luke AFB base O club parking lot on the north end to see flight ops Anything new or different in the area? Is Luke still accessable since 9-11-01? Thanks in advance MAH Pima Air Museum and Green Valley Titan II annex. Tex |
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"mah" wrote in message ... Heading out to Arizona soon. On the last trip (1998) I hit the following Planes of Fame CAF - AZ wing Sky Harbor (?) Thunderbird Aviation F-8 & C-123 Luke AFB base O club parking lot on the north end to see flight ops Anything new or different in the area? Is Luke still accessable since 9-11-01? Thanks in advance MAH Pima Air Museum and Green Valley Titan II annex. Tex Planes of Fame (I think) up at Valle airport (between Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon). Deer Valley Airport on the West side of Phoenix has a bunch of L-39s. Best bet in the Phoenix area is Williams Gateway (ex-Williams AFB) on the East side which has lots of interesting aviation activity going on - definitely worth a stop. Luke AFB is a bit harder to get on unless you have a military ID. But you can still park on Northern Ave just west of Litchfield Road, which is at the approach end of RW 21L, and usually there will be lots of F-16s to watch and listen to upclose. Tex is absolutely right about the Pima Air Museum - a definite "must see". Unfortunately the Champlin Air Museum at Falcon field is moving to Seattle as I write this, so will be gone soon. Kirk |
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Heading out to Arizona soon. On the last trip (1998) I hit the following Planes of Fame CAF - AZ wing Sky Harbor (?) Thunderbird Aviation F-8 & C-123 Luke AFB base O club parking lot on the north end to see flight ops Check out the airport at Mesa, AZ. There are a lot of former military planes in various states around the airport. There was once a really nice museum on the airport, but I know that it was sold out, and I haven't followed what has happened to it. Finally, there is a McD plant on the north side of the airport that is the home of the AH-64, and you often see them test flying new ones that are fresh off of the assembly line. The former Williams AFB is now a regional airport, and you might see some intersting stuff just by bumming around the base. A trip to Tucson is in order since you are only 2 hours away in Phoenix. The Pima County Air Musuem is a must see. Also, call ahead and try to get on the Davis Mothan AFB tour. Even if you cannot get on the tour, you can see miles and miles of airplanes by driving on the perimiter road. There are a number of airplanes in various states of dis-repair at the Tucson Intl airport. Also, just west of town is a fire bomber base that often hosts former military aircraft. Finally, the Arva Valley Airport (just north of Tucson), which is a former CIA airbase, now owned by Evergreen (a cargo airline), has any number of interesting aircraft on the ramp. The trick is getting in...some days the place is locked down, other days you can drive right in. As another poster stated, the Titan Missile Silo Museum is not to be missed. It is in Green Valley, 1/2 way between Tucson and Mexico on I-19. Kitts Peak is a fun place to visit. Yuma has a Marine base that does Harrier training. I often see aircraft in the areas of the Goldwater Range from the highway that runs through it. If you are up for a road trip, there are nice museums at White Sands Army Base, the space musuem in Alamagordo, a very nice musuem in El Paso at the army base, and a warbird musuem in Santa Theresa (west of downtown El Paso just across the New Mexico border). -john- -john- -- ================================================== ================== John A. Weeks III 952-432-2708 Newave Communications http://www.johnweeks.com ================================================== ================== |
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