Tucson Vacation, Days 0 and 1: Wednesday, July 2 and Thursday, July 3

Jul 07, 2008 21:22

This year’s vacation with gomijacogeo was to visit jikme and tsennyipa in Tucson, where I had been in '05 and '06. We flew Southwest into Phoenix (paying extra for Group A seats is a good deal; we were nearly the first on the plane in both directions). Everything went extremely smoothly upon landing, and we were quickly on our way to Tucson. The evening sun was bright ( Read more... )

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sfo2lhr July 8 2008, 06:25:14 UTC
Sounds like fun. Please give my regards to your hosts.

The Pima Air and Space Museum is my favorite place in Tucson!

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gomijacogeo July 8 2008, 16:27:55 UTC
In theory, the outside planes are still usable, at least for parts

To be more clear, a couple of the outside planes appeared to be mothballed (i.e. effort was made to slow degradation) as opposed to the majority that were totally exposed to the elements.

Specifically, in the case of the Super Guppy, there are about 10 planes still flying and I could see the one on display still possibly being used as a source of spare parts.

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Dove o' Peace! jymdyer July 9 2008, 02:21:36 UTC
=v= 4TW!!!

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