Air-Minded: Art Planes at the Air Museum

The aircraft boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB turned local artists loose on some old aircraft.  The results are soon to go on display at the Pima Air & Space Museum.  I watched them tow a few out into the yard this week and took some photos: There are more to come, and the exhibit, called The […]

Air-Minded: the Super-Duper Sabre

I love the jet fighters of the 1950s.  Built for speed, sleek and swept-back, they were the embodiment of the fantasy planes of comic book superheroes.  The North American F-107, an orphan fighter-bomber abandoned by the USAF, embodies the go-fast exuberance of the period. The F-107 began life in 1953 at North American Aviation as a drawing-board […]