Pima air museum oddities
Posted by markthechevy@reddit | WeirdWings | View on Reddit | 34 comments
Seen these this weekend and know some of them have been shared. Thought you might enjoy also
Posted by markthechevy@reddit | WeirdWings | View on Reddit | 34 comments
Seen these this weekend and know some of them have been shared. Thought you might enjoy also
mola_mola6017@reddit
Sure, those are weird, but some of the stuff outside is even weirder.
markthechevy@reddit (OP)
Nah, most of the weird stuff was inside. Out side they had alot of f5, f106, sabers, migs. Alot of production stuff, and most of those have my kiddo in them lol so they weren't posted
mola_mola6017@reddit
if you look around the back, you’ll find the last existing example of the YC-14, a B-36, the B-52 that launched the X-15s, definitely just as, if not more interesting than inside!
MithrilCoyote@reddit
so they have gotten that B-36 restored for display? when i was there last (well over a decade ago) they'd only just taken delivery, and had the fuselage was parked a good half mile from the museum. still was disturbingly huge even from that distance
mola_mola6017@reddit
It’s too big to fit inside any of the hangars, but it’s in one piece and in the outdoor display area with all of the other large planes that aren’t important enough to be inside
greatistheworld@reddit
and a Fairey Gannet!
Rich_Razzmatazz_112@reddit
Also the remains of the Conestoga transport and one of my faves (coz of the story): an A-model C-130 with skiis.
murphsmodels@reddit
Inside is also the Columbia XJL-1, the Grumman Petulant Porpoise, the last surviving Martin Mariner, XF-107, Lockheed D-21, Douglas B-18. And that's just hangar 1.
YumWoonSen@reddit
I've been to a bunch of air museums and you know what I really dig?
SR-71s are cool, A-10s are cool, F-15s are cool...
...but the oddball stuff is REALLY cool!!
Thanks for posting that!
/Flying car, lol....that's never happening unless it's "get in drone and let robot fly it"
markthechevy@reddit (OP)
Yeah but it sure is cool lookin lol
YumWoonSen@reddit
LOL can't argue with ya other than "It looks way cooler without the wings extended"
I'm always amused when "the latest flying car that will totally change commuting" is announced. I'm old, seen it several times, and I look at commuting where I live (be it Miami, West Palm, or Atlanta) and think, "Ain't no way that's gonna work, people can't do it in 2D as it is
I just realized you posted about Pima. Did you see the Phillipine Mars? I've been following that on FB
murphsmodels@reddit
I got to see it enroute, it stopped for the day not too far from my home.
gravelpi@reddit
100% autonomous has a shot, but the energy requirements to lift someone(s) off the ground to transport them is unlikely to work out compared to wheeled vehicles.
YumWoonSen@reddit
100% autonomous has a shot,
I'd love to agree but that autonomous isn't happening anytime soon, IMO.
I've been in IT since the 90s and have seen too many "THIS WILL SOLVE EVERYTHING" solutions that usually solved nothing past some exec's KPOs lol.
energy requirements to lift someone(s)
That's a great call. GREAT call.
I think battery power is the key - mainly recharging them in a timely manner- and we haven't solved that yet, be it for cars for aircraft. Batteries are great but take "forever" to charge. I believe someday some kind of "quick charge capacitor" will be the battery that powers darned near everything mobile.
Rich_Razzmatazz_112@reddit
I've been there many times and never seen the Trautmann. Is it new?
murphsmodels@reddit
Recently me. I go every 6 months or so, and the previous visit it wasn't there, then the visit I did 2 months ago it was there
AzureBelle@reddit
Seems likely. I was just there a few months ago and don't recall seeing it then. But there's so much I thought I just missed it...
greatistheworld@reddit
Pima, simply put, is heaven
KokoTheTalkingApe@reddit
Holy crap, I thought the Yron was an autogiro.
xerberos@reddit
The backpack helicopter is the Hoppi-Copter.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoppi-Copter
BryanEW710@reddit
I still can't believe the Bumble Bee actually flew.
7stroke@reddit
I can’t believe someone got in
BryanEW710@reddit
I mean, yeah. With those itty bitty wings, it just looks like it it would roll uncontrollably at the drop of a hat. I can't imagine the stable to fly.
LarryGSofFrmosa@reddit
One of those things that you want to ask the staff “where is the rest of it??”
HughJorgens@reddit
Ooh, the Rotorcycle, I remember seeing footage of it.
Pixel22104@reddit
Hey look it’s the Buzzsaw from the Farcry games in picture number 5!
BobbiePinns@reddit
I'd love to visit PAaSM again and its sister museum, but I can't afford the nearly $2k ticket price.
It's a long and expensive trip from Brisbane lol
Professor_Smartax@reddit
Did that stubby wing thing ever fly?
mola_mola6017@reddit
Yes, It held/holds the current world record for smallest plane, not sure if it’s been bested yet.
Stellarella90@reddit
I love the Air Museum. I was just at its newest sister museum next door, they've got some cool stuff too (but not planes).
TotalWaffle@reddit
Iirc they have a Hiller Flying Platform, a very fun oddity.
Plump_Apparatus@reddit
Eh, I don't know if I'd call the Dash weird, it was just a drone. Hundreds were produced to equip smaller vessels that couldn't fit a full sized helicopter for anti-submarine warfare.
PsychoTexan@reddit
I’d say it’s weird because it, like the Interstate TDR, were effective drone technology long before many other such systems appeared. It predates the MQ-8 by 40 years.
Plump_Apparatus@reddit
The Interstate TDR wasn't effective, the program was cancelled. Only 10% of the original production quality were produced.
Over half the Dashes produced were lost at sea, none in combat situations. They weren't effective, and the program was canceled six years after it started.
The drones have been around for a long time. Even combat drones, like the Hewitt-Sperry Automatic Airplane from the WW1 era. The modern era has certainly revolutionized the concept.