The Pima Air & Space Museum, located in Tucson, Arizona, is one of the world's largest non-government funded aerospace museums. The museum features a display of nearly 300 aircraft spread out over 80 acres (320,000 m²) on a campus occupying 127 acres (610,000 m²). It is also, since 1991, home to the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame.
Opened to the public in May 1976 with 48 aircraft then on display, the Museum's main hangar houses an SR-71A Blackbird, an A-10 Warthog, a United States Air Force Through the Years exhibit, and a mock-up of a control tower.
The museum is adjacent to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), affiliated with the base, also known as the "Graveyard of Planes" or "The Boneyard", is the largest aircraft storage and preservation facilities in the world. Bus tours of the boneyard leave from the museum several times a day from Monday to Friday, except Federal holidays.
The nearby Titan Missile Museum is located about 20 miles south of Tucson in Green Valley off of Interstate 19 and features a Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile still in its silo. Tours of the above-ground and underground installations around the missile are conducted daily. More extensive "top to bottom" tours take up to five hours and are conducted several times each month. Reservations required for top to bottom tour.
Both museums are overseen by the Arizona Aerospace Foundation and are governed by the Board of Trustees. They are non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization that relies on visitors paying admissions, for trams and AMARG tours, as well as what they spend in the Museum stores. They also rely on memberships and contracted events to pay to restore and acquire exhibits.
During 2015, Boeing donated to the museum the second 787 aircraft to be made. It is exhibited in the colors of the 787 customer, ANA
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Aircraft and exhibits on display
Hangar 1 North
- Aerosport Quail
- Bede BD-5J Micro-jet
- Bellanca 14-13-2 Cruisair
- Bowers Fly Baby
- Cassutt Pylon Racer
- Curtiss O-52 Owl
- Evans VP-1 Volksplane
- Flaglor Scooter
- Gyrodyne QH-50C DASH
- Learjet 23
- McCulloch HUM-1
- MuCulloch Super J-2 Gyrocopter
- Mitchell/Warr B-10 Mitchell Wing
- Radoplane/Northop MQM-57 Falconer
- Airwave Pacifica Model 89 Kiss hang glider
- Pentecost Hoppi-Copter
- Piper J-4A Cub Coupe
- Pitts Special S-1C
- Rutan Long-EZ
- Scheibe III-B Zugvogel
- Starr Bumble Bee
- Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Taylorcraft L-2M Grasshopper
- Waco RNF
- Waco ZKS-6
- Wright 1903 Flyer (replica)
Hangar 1 South - The Spirit of Freedom Hangar
- Bell AH-1SCobra
- Douglas B-18 Bolo
- Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II
- Fleet Model 2
- Helton 95 Lark
- Hughes OH-6A Cayuse
- Kaman SH-2F Seasprite
- Lockheed S-3B Viking
- Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird
- Martin PBM-5A Mariner
- North American F-107A
- Perier/Hummel Osprey 2
- Lockheed D-21 drone
- Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star
Hangar 3
- McDonnell FH Phantom FH-1 Phantom (move to H1 6 Sept 2016)
- Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan
- Cessna UC-78B Bobcat
- Consolidated B-24J Liberator
- Culver PQ-14B Cadet
- Douglas C-47 Skytrain
- Douglas A-26C Invader
- Fairchild PT-19A Cornell
- Fairchild PT-26 Cornell
- Fieseler Fi 103A1 V-1 Buzz Bomb
- Fieseler Fi 156 Storch
- Focke-Wulf Fw 44J Stieglitz
- Globe KD6G-2 Firefly drone
- Hawker Hurricane Mk.II
- Morane-Saulnier MS.500 Criquet
- North American B-25J Mitchell moved to H5
- RadioPlane OQ-19
- Ruhrstahl SD 1400 Fritz X
- Ryan PT-22 Recruit
- Schweizer TG-3A
- Taylorcraft TG-6
- Waco UPF-7
- Waco CG-4A (nose) Hadrian.
Hangar 4
- Bell HTL-2 Sioux
- Bell P-63E Kingcobra
- Boeing B-29 Superfortress
- Boeing PT-17 Kaydet
- Curtiss C-46D Commando
- Grumman FM-2 Wildcat
- Grumman TBM-3E Avenger Moved to H5 2016
- Nakajima Ki-43-IIb Hyabusa Moved to H5 Sept 2016
- Naval Aircraft Factory N3N
- North American P-51D Mustang
- Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major engine
- Vought F4U-4 Corsair
Hangar 5
Opened 6 Sep 2016
Planned displays
- Consolidated PBY Catalina
- Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer
- Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar fuselage possibly open to public viewing
- Bristol Bolingbroke Canadian-built version of the Bristol Blenheim refreshed and moved from outside display
- North American B-25 Mitchell refreshed and moved from Hangar 3
- North American T-6 Texan refreshed and moved from outside or Hangar 3
- North American NA-64 Yale partially converted in a BT-14A and moved from outside or Hangar 3
- Vultee BT-13 Valiant refreshed and moved from outside or Hangar 3
- Bell P-39 Airacobra moving from Hangar 4 end of Aug
- McDonnell LBD-1 Gargoyle jet assisted anti-shipping glide bomb
- Bat (guided bomb)
Area 51 - satellite aircraft restoration facility and main restoration facility
- Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler Frankenprowler. On display outside 11 Aug 2016
- McDonnell FH Phantom FH-1 Phantom. On display inside 5 Aug 2016
- Consolidated PBY Catalina. On display inside Hangar 5
- Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer. On display inside Hangar 5
- McDonnell LBD-1 Gargoyle jet assisted anti-shipping glide bomb: On display inside 4 Dec 2015
- Hiller UH-12C. On display inside 10 Nov 2015
- Boeing 787 Dreamliner: On display outside 16 April 2015
- Grumman Gulfstream I started restoration 30 Dec 2014
- Lockheed C-56 Lodestar started restoration 30 Dec 2014
- Westland Lynx On display inside 11 June 2015
- SEPECAT Jaguar GR.3A ) On display outside (11 Mar 2015)
- Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 On display outside (22 April 2015)
- Douglas A-24B Dauntless On display (Dec 2014)
- Hawker Siddeley XV-6A Kestrel On display outside (Nov 2014.
- Hawker Siddeley TAV-8A Harrier On display outside (June 2014.)
- McDonnell Douglas F-18 Hornet (Blue Angel #6) On display outside (Aug 2013)
- Grumman F4F Wildcat On display inside (Oct 2013)
- Lockheed EC-121 Constellation removed from display for repairs to lower radome.
- Stinson L-5B Sentinel On display inside (Nov 2014 Hangar 1)
- North American F-86E Sabre On display inside (Dec 2014)
- Fouga Magister CM.110 On display outside (Nov 2013)
- Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low On display outside (Nov 2013)
- Boeing 727-300 On display outside (Dec 2013)
- Linn Mini Mustangs On display outside (Nov 2013)
- Mil Mi-24 Hind: On display outside (July 2013)
- Bell P-39N Airacobra On display inside (June 2013)
- Boeing KB-50J Superfortress On display outside 2013)
- de Havilland Vampire on display outside (2012)
- BAC Jet Provost On display outside (2012)
- McDonnell F2H Banshee On display outside (2013)
- Lim-2 (Polish-built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis) on display inside (2012)
- Avro Shackleton (Royal Air Force) On display outside (2013)
- English Electric Lightning On display outside (2013)
- Lockheed L-1011 cockpit On display inside (2014)
- B-52D tail gun position On display inside (April 2014)
- Nakajima Ki-115a Tsurugi
- Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka
390th Memorial Museum
- Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
WWII Barracks
Space Gallery
Apollo Program Space Suit
Outdoor exhibits
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