Arizona + Road Trip + Aeroplane Graveyard
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IT's good, but at most a days worth of entertainment. You cannot wander free, you cannot get that close (pics below is about as close as you can get) and the tour has apparently been highly sanitised in recent years and is just about OK.
If you are anywhere near though, it is well worth a visit!
a bit deceptive as these are all taken through chainlink fences, and I was on a motorbike so it is easier to stop in odd places than in a car.
and there is only so long you can look at old planes for!
If you are there though do not fail to drive the hour or so south to the titan 2 museum
far too cool for words! Cannot recommend it enough
IT's good, but at most a days worth of entertainment. You cannot wander free, you cannot get that close (pics below is about as close as you can get) and the tour has apparently been highly sanitised in recent years and is just about OK.
If you are anywhere near though, it is well worth a visit!
a bit deceptive as these are all taken through chainlink fences, and I was on a motorbike so it is easier to stop in odd places than in a car.
and there is only so long you can look at old planes for!
If you are there though do not fail to drive the hour or so south to the titan 2 museum
far too cool for words! Cannot recommend it enough
Edited by scdan4 on Sunday 3rd February 17:15
Edited by scdan4 on Sunday 3rd February 17:25
That's great - thank you 
Which one was this? I gather there are about 4 in Arizona and 1 in California and one in Mexico?
From what I've been reading they have all been cordoned off like this - it is a shame because hubby has an image in mind of him wandering about abandoned planes and around climbing on and off them - taking cool things for souvineers etc.... I'm thinking it's going to be like Disney but worse.
Which one was this? I gather there are about 4 in Arizona and 1 in California and one in Mexico?
From what I've been reading they have all been cordoned off like this - it is a shame because hubby has an image in mind of him wandering about abandoned planes and around climbing on and off them - taking cool things for souvineers etc.... I'm thinking it's going to be like Disney but worse.
If you're a Western fan then Tombstone can be worth a visit. It's very fake, but looks good!
Don't bother with crossing the border at Nogales, just don't!
I enjoyed the desert museum: http://www.desertmuseum.org/
Don't bother with crossing the border at Nogales, just don't!
I enjoyed the desert museum: http://www.desertmuseum.org/
That was the biggy in central arizona, (can't remember the name right now and too lazy to look at a map to help you right now, sorry! - but the main town and air force base).
There is plenty of the about the area, USAF and privates. Acres and acres of the stuff.
Painted desert and the petrified forest both worth a nose if you are in the area.
Love arizona, superb place. (Although better for those non townies / those that can make their own entertainment)
ETA
Tucson, and Davis Air Force Base. HTH, and have fun!
There is plenty of the about the area, USAF and privates. Acres and acres of the stuff.
Painted desert and the petrified forest both worth a nose if you are in the area.
Love arizona, superb place. (Although better for those non townies / those that can make their own entertainment)
ETA
Tucson, and Davis Air Force Base. HTH, and have fun!
Edited by scdan4 on Sunday 3rd February 17:37
I looked into this recently, AMARC (the biggie) in Tucson is the only one that you can get tours of, and it's through the Pima air museum. The museum looks really good by itself too. From what I've read don't even bother trying any of the other 'boneyards', security (like everything else half-interesting) has been stepped up since 9/11.
Arizona is a nice state, decent roads and interesting landscapes.
Arizona is a nice state, decent roads and interesting landscapes.
Puggit said:
If you're a Western fan then Tombstone can be worth a visit. It's very fake, but looks good!
Don't bother with crossing the border at Nogales, just don't!
I enjoyed the desert museum: http://www.desertmuseum.org/
yeah we really enjoyed tombstone ..worth a lookDon't bother with crossing the border at Nogales, just don't!
I enjoyed the desert museum: http://www.desertmuseum.org/
My wife and I did a 6 day AZ/UT tour in May 2006 that started off in Tucson. We did the inside perimeter bus tour of Davis Monthon and drove around the fence in our hire car. Some really mind-boggling stats - like the value of the inventory - and sinister looking aircraft as far as the eye can see. We also stopped at Pima Airpark (between Tucson and Phoenix) but it isn't open to the public, so difficult to get close. They had lots of 747/DC-10/L10-11 parked there in various states of dismantlement. From there we went north to Flagstaff, Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Painted Desert, Navajo Nation, Moab, Arches/Bryce Canyon, then west over Capitol Reef to Zion, south through Las Vegas and Hoover Dam to Lake Havasu City and then east back to Scottsdale and finally back to Tucson. Very enjoyable and easy. Not insanely hot at that time of year either.
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