One of the world’s leading aviation museums can be found in Tucson, Arizona, right next door to the vast AMARG ‘Boneyard’. Joe Copalman went to the Pima Air & Space Museum to find out how and why this big collection intends to carry on getting bigger.
The Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona is one of the largest non-government funded aerospace technology museums in the world. The attraction boasts 335 aircraft spread over 80 acres and is still aiming to add more. Indeed, it has an additional 60 acres of currently unused land. Of course, the facility has the advantage of being next to Davis-Monthan AFB – home of the legendary aircraft storage facility run by the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) – known as the ‘boneyard’. Since the museum opened in 1976 this vast neighbouring site has been a rich source of exhibits, however, most of its US military types are on loan rather than owned. And once the paperwork on an ‘acquisition’ has been completed it’s simply a case of opening two gates across Valencia Avenue and towing the latest display item across the street from AMARG.
One of the most common misconceptions about the Pima Air & Space Museum (PASM) – though …
