Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ

[azspyder]

Thank you Harvey!

[MuseumAndy]

Cockpit of the Avro AEW.2 Shackleton "Mr. McHenry"


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[MuseumAndy]

Mission Crew stations in the Avro AEW.2 Shackleton.


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[Bubak]

...very cool!!

[Barry Griffiths]

That's a great "cold war" era shot, Andy.

[MuseumAndy]

Thanks guys, the Shack really is a bit of a time capsule.

[Jay Beckman]

Would almost like to see the interior of the "Shack" removed from the aircraft and brought indoors (maybe put it in a simple metal tube of approx the same diameter as the fuselage) so visitors can better appreciate the Cold War tech that was used.

[Joe Copalman]

Would almost like to see the interior of the "Shack" removed from the aircraft and brought indoors (maybe put it in a simple metal tube of approx the same diameter as the fuselage) so visitors can better appreciate the Cold War tech that was used.

That's actually a really cool idea.  There are quite a few aircraft at PASM with interesting "guts," like the EC-135 and EC-121, where it would be cool to see what the actual workstations looked like.  I'd imagine that removing these from the aircraft would be pretty difficult, not to mention costly though.  Still a great idea.

[Joe Copalman]

DEVIL DUCK

I have walked past this aircraft countless times without giving a second thought to shooting it.  Really trying to wrap my head around what kept me from shooting it, as it is incredibly photogenic, and an excellent candidate for the fisheye treatment.

[Joe Copalman]

COMMAND PRESENCE

I can't decide if this would have been the best or the worst aircraft to crank-call Leonid Brezhnev from. 

[Tower Guy]

Clear!

YC5A8765 by Tower Guy, on Flickr

[Rob Silliman]

[Joe Copalman]

"Hustler" is one of those words that is really fun to say in a Sean Connery accent.

[bilwor]

Boeing KB-50J Superfortress cn16148 USAF 49-372

[Joe Copalman]

NAUTICAL STAR