{"id":22290,"date":"2018-05-22T10:41:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T17:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=22290"},"modified":"2023-01-31T17:38:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T00:38:51","slug":"air-minded-pasm-photoblog-xii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=22290","title":{"rendered":"Air-Minded: PASM Photoblog XII"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’ve been some changes at Pima Air & Space Museum<\/a>, where I work as a volunteer docent. Our T.35 Vampire<\/a>, once used as a trainer and staff support aircraft by the Royal Australian Air Force, has been moved indoors, and not a moment too soon: de Havilland used molded plywood in its construction, and those panels were taking a beating in the Arizona sun. The Vampire’s now in the main exhibit hangar, near where our two-seat MiG-15 UTI<\/a> trainer was once suspended. The MiG, formerly of the Polish Air Force, is now outdoors with its comrades, finally allowing me to get a glimpse of its upper surfaces.<\/p>\n

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RAAF T.35 Vampire (photo: Paul Woodford)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Polish AF MiG-15 UTI (photo: Paul Woodford)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Polish AF MiG-15 UTI (photo: Paul Woodford)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The MiG, you might notice, is up on blocks, but that’s only temporary … the restoration department is replacing the tires, which can’t be easy to find these days.<\/p>\n

Our newest addition is a General Dynamics F-16A, formerly assigned to the Arizona Air National Guard at Tucson International.<\/p>\n

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Arizona ANG F-16A (photo: Paul Woodford)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Arizona ANG F-16A (photo: Paul Woodford)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Arizona ANG F-16A (photo: Paul Woodford)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cleaned up nicely, didn’t it?<\/p>\n

Finally, not yet on display but nearing completion in the restoration hangar: a replica of a late 1920s Curtiss F6C-4 Hawk. This is not my photo; it was taken by John Bezosky Jr., a member of the museum’s collections staff, and I thank him for letting me use it. I’m especially excited about the Hawk, since PASM has very few warbirds from the period between WWI and WWII.<\/p>\n

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Curtiss F6C-4 Hawk (photo: John Bezosky Jr)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

\u2014 back to the Air-Minded Index<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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