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BIG news in both size and impact... the famous Coulson Aviation airplane, Philippine Mars, will soon find its forever home here in Tucson, AZ! We've officially acquired the aerial firefighter converted from a WWII-era flying boat. We expect it to arrive by the end of the year.

“The High and Mighty One” mission markings for Flight 62, the first X-15 spaceflight.

May the 4th be with you.

New aircraft on display! The Grumman Gulfstream I was assigned to the Johnson Space Center in Houston and used primarily as NASA staff transport. You can now see a G-I, II, and IV on the grounds.

Posting for an aviation history museum be like…

After German forces invaded Belgium in May 1940

Today is Aviation Maintenance Technician Day and we're here to thank you for what you do so the rest of us can live in this wonderful bliss of ignorance. AMT Day is celebrated on May 24th because it's Charles Edward Taylor’s birthday, the man who built the Wright Flyer’s engine.

Happy Father's Day! Thanks for all the jokes.

NOW ON DISPLAY! Sorry you couldn’t see it. Classic Starfighter photobomb though.

Big day in helicopter history: Sikorsky H-34 broke three speed records on July 12, 1956. Exactly one year later to the day, Eisenhower became the first president to fly in a helicopter. Work began to upgrade several H-34s, including the one at Pima, for the presidential fleet.

The Boeing 707 and KC-135 are based off the Model 367-80 that first flew on this day 70 years ago, July 15, 1954. The two examples here of this classic airframe have a lot of history as VC-137 "Freedom One" and NASA’s "Vomit Comet"

The USAF accepted the first production F-16 at the General Dynamics plant in Fort Worth, Texas on 8/17/78. Though the F-16 wasn't officially named Fighting Falcon until 1980, the "Name-the-Plane Contest" had already concluded with a free dinner for the winner. 📸 by Bold Imagery.

August 19th is National Aviation Day!

The X-15 replica is now loaded up on the NB-52's pylon. The X-15 program achieved Mach 6.72 (4,534 mph) and an altitude of 354,200 ft

It’s #sofiasunday and we had a beautiful sunrise at Pima Air & Space Museum this morning. SOFIA is in good company. #nasa #nasasofia #sofia #747sp #sofiatelescope #dlr #boeing #pimaairandspacemuseum #tucson #visittucson #aviationsafari #aviationpreservation #boneyardsafari

⚪🔵🔵 For the Big 12 Opener at Arizona Stadium 🔥

🔥🔥🔥 much love to Pima Air & Space Museum for taking care of the Wildcats!! One Arizona 🐻⬇️✊🏾

After six years in the test fleet, Boeing delivered the first 777 ever built and flown to Cathay Pacific for passenger service on this day, December 6, 2000. After 18 years and over 20,000 flights later, it is retired here wearing that livery. Photo by Boneyard Safari

Historic final flight of the Martin Mars - 2/10/25. After being grounded for 17 years, Philippine Mars takes to the skies one last time for museum immortalization. Video by Luke Vold.

Thunder and Lightning over Arizona from the perspective of our Draken and Étendard for a little added air show flavor.