Pima update (Now with warbirds)

[jamesintucson]

Since people were interested in the 777 I decided to show you all what else we've been up to lately.

Sea Knight getting a fresh paint job.
CH-46 Sea Knight

The TH-55 we've had in storage for a long time got new glass and will be repainted in its Army markings.
TH-55

The SH-60B should be going into restoration in the next month or so for fresh paint. The original artist will be coming out to repaint the scorpion.
SH-60B

Reassembly work on our FA.2 Sea Harrier.
FA.2 Sea Harrier

And the second Harrier we have being reassembled at the moment. This one is a GR.5 of the RAF.
Gr.5 Harrier

Two more recent arrivals waiting to go into the paint shop.
F-16A and F-16B

The Il-2 is making good progress at this point.
Il-2 Shturmovik

We've also started putting the A-20 back together.
Douglas A-20G

And finally a shot of our newest arrival.
Boeing 777 B-HNL

[Clifford Bossie]

James - How is the Bf 109 progressing? And any idea when the P-47 will be back from Australia? I enjoyed seeing the P-40 a couple of weeks ago, another great restoration!

[Scott Rose]

Thats awesome! Thanks for the update James!

[jamesintucson]

James - How is the Bf 109 progressing? And any idea when the P-47 will be back from Australia? I enjoyed seeing the P-40 a couple of weeks ago, another great restoration!

The 109 is waiting on parts we're having made for us in Germany. Hopefully the next couple of months will see some more progress on it. The P-47 will be quite some time yet.


James

[4RG.I.'S]

Looking great! Can't wait to get back there and see everything. Thanks James!

[Combatmech]

Nice....what colors will the Phrog be getn?

[jamesintucson]

Nice....what colors will the Phrog be getn?

Back into its last service markings with HMM-163.

[JohnB]

Are they planning by on using the 777 for anything?
Storage, meeting rooms....birthday parties?
I appreciate it would be tough to cool for frequent use, but there is a lot of space in there.

Are they recovering any valuable bits from it?
If so, what...and who...Cathay Pacific or Pima?

[jamesintucson]

Are they planning by on using the 777 for anything?
Storage, meeting rooms....birthday parties?
I appreciate it would be tough to cool for frequent use, but there is a lot of space in there.

Are they recovering any valuable bits from it?
If so, what...and who...Cathay Pacific or Pima?

We do not plan to have the aircraft open to the public. The plane will be externally complete but he passenger cabin was stripped to the bare walls by Cathay Pacific before flying it here. Boeing and Cathay are working now to take a fairly long list of other internal components that were needed for the flight.

[CAPFlyer]

Thanks for the update James. It's great to see the work you guys are doing.

[k5083]

Excellent acquisitions and restorations. This collection may rank as the #1 aviation museum in the world in the diversity of its exhibits (role, era, nation of origin). Something I never would have predicted 30 years ago when it was just a one-of-everything appendage of the boneyard.

August

[Lynn Allen]

Thanks James for the updates, I'll be out there the 1st of next month for recurrent at Flight Safety and plan on stopping by.

[6trn4brn]

Thanks James...and thanks for the explanation on the 777 question I had. What an incredible collection ya'll have there!

[Lightning]

Hi James

Thankyou for the update

How is the Museum's P-38 project going so far ?
Is there any info on its history yet ?
Thanks

Lightning

[Pat Carry]

Great info James, thanks for the update.