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Pima Air Museum Adds F-5E Tiger II and C-23B+ Sherpa

May 24, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona has recently added two new aircraft to their world-class collection of aircraft and historical aeronautica, a former U.S. Navy Northrop F-5E Tiger II (Bu.741564) and a […]

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Pima Air & Space Museum’s Freshly Refurbished Hawker Hurricane Mk.XII Unveiled

January 13, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

The Pima Air & Space Museum has just unveiled their freshly refurbished Hawker Hurricane Mk.XII. The museum had previously displayed the fighter wearing the markings of a 257 Squadron Hurricane Mk.I, RAF serial V6864, flown by […]

Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Stieglitz Unveiled in Original Finnish Markings at Pima

November 21, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Pima Air & Space Museum in Pima, Arizona recently completed the refurbishment of their Focke-Wulf Fw 44J Stieglitz biplane and returned it for display inside Hangar 3. The Stieglitz, German for goldfinch, was an excellent […]

Sea Harrier FA2 On Display At Pima Air & Space Museum

January 10, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Back in September, 2018, we reported that the Pima Air & Space Museum near Tucson, Arizona had just taken delivery of former Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm BAe Sea Harrier FA2 ZH810. In addition to […]

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Pima Air & Space Museum CH-46 Sea Knight on Display

November 8, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Pima Air & Space Museum near Tucson, Arizona has just finished refurbishing Boeing-Vertol CH-46F Sea Knight Bu.156469 and placed it on display outside. This Sea Knight actually rolled off the production line in Morton, Pennsylvania during […]

Unique Two-Seat Yokosuka Ohka On Display at Pima Air & Space Museum

November 1, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

The Pima Air & Space Museum in Pima, Arizona recently unveiled the world’s sole surviving Yokosuka MXY7 K-2 Ohka, a two seat training variant of the rocket-powered kamikaze plane. It was designed for the Imperial Japanes […]

Sea Harrier FA.2 ZH810 at Pima Air Space Museum

Sea Harrier FA.2 Arrives at Pima Air & Space Museum

September 6, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

The Pima Air & Space Museum near Tucson, Arizona has just taken delivery of British Aerospace Sea Harrier FA2 ZH810. The airframe arrived at the museum’s main workshop for refurbishment yesterday. ZH810 flew in Britain’s Fleet […]

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Pima Air & Space Museum Acquires Combat Veteran Westland Lynx

January 5, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

The Pima Air & Space Museum in Pima, Arizona has just taken delivery of combat veteran Westland Lynx HAS.8 XZ722. The museum has added several ex-British military aircraft to its collection over the past year […]

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Pima Adds a Catalina… and a Privateer!

August 23, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

After a long and determined struggle to restore their Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer back to flying condition, the Lone Star Flight Museum has made the difficult decision to sell the old naval patrol bomber, along with their PBY […]

Lots of Activities at The Pima Air & Space Museum

December 23, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 2

PRESS RELEASE – Tucson, AZ – The Pima Air & Space Museum’s Second Saturday Speaker Series is revving up for another season of titillating topics that explore today’s mysteries and tomorrow’s discoveries. The series will […]

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