All photos were taken with a Nikon D700 and Tamron 28–300
VC lens.
A fine place to stay in
Tucson.
The Titan Missile Museum
visitor's center.
A docent explainin the
first stage of a Titan ICBM.
Looking into one of the
combustion chambers of a Titan ICBM.
A view of the missile in
its launch silo.
One of the horns
comprising the microwave intrusion detection
system.
A docent standing by the
steps leading into the silo.
The hallway from the
launch room to the missile silo.
An owl standing on one
of the shock absorbers that cushions the launch
complex.
Launch teams needed to
enter the correct sequence into the butterfly valve
lock for the missile to fire.
An owl at the launch
console.
A dummy positioned as if
to work on the missile.
The two sets of 300-psi
blast doors leading into the launch complex.
It's more fun to hike
with smugglers and illegal immigrants.
Fruits growing on a
cactus.
A road runner perched on
a rock.
I'll need to check this
out next time.
Descending back to
Montezuma's Pass
Two trees arching over
the trail.
Land should have many
uses.
Andreas at the border
with Mexico.
An owl with the trash
picked up during the hike.
An abandoned and unsafe
to enter house.
A trio of weathered
graves.
An owl hanging out with
several toys left on a grave.
A grave marker
succumbing to time.
The entrance to the Pima
Air and Space Museum.
The world's smallest jet
plane.
A Pentecost E-III
Hoppicopter.
The museum's SR-71.
The ginormous
afterburners in the SR-71's engines.
A side view of an
SR-71.
Note the offset nose
wheel to allow mounting the cannon in the centerline
of the airplane.
SR-71 landing lights by
General Electric.
Andreas standing by an
SR-71 engine.
The propeller from an
F4U Corsair.
A former Air Force One
reflected in a window.
An airplane for
transporting space vehicle components.
Lots of mechanical stuff
around the rotor of a Skycrane.
The interior of a B-17
showing the entrance to the ball turret.
The twin engines of a
MiG-29.
A MiG-29 Fulcrum A
interceptor.