Date: September 1st, 2026 9:07 PM Author: Ruby Soggy Stead
As an aviation focused city I am obv a fan. Another place with a dead downtown core though. No street traffic or businesses just parking garages and office towers. Was NOT a lot going on in Topeka.
Date: September 1st, 2026 10:29 PM Author: Ruby Soggy Stead
I didn't see the thread. I was at the Kansas Aviation Museum earlier today, was 180. My dad's PT-17 was built right there and first flew off that runway. As a Cessna and Stearman pilot Wichita is 18000000 history. Museum has a 180000 BUFF that bombed the Vietnamese and a 727 that had the DB Cooper stairs down.
Date: September 1st, 2026 10:33 PM Author: snowy new version sneaky criminal
That sounds incredibly 180. I had no idea your dad had a PT-17. I would have assumed he had a closed cockpit Cessna. I had no idea that you were into that open cockpit stuff. That's pretty cool.
Date: September 1st, 2026 10:41 PM Author: Costumed Library Azn
I went but it was summer and oppressively hot and I was just running from plane to plane to get into the shade. I guess go during winter but it did seem really cool and Tucson is quite an interesting place. You should do an American west or Texas road trip for bort content
Date: September 1st, 2026 10:45 PM Author: Ruby Soggy Stead
I did a New Mexico road trip in Dec. I've been to AZ a bunch of times, mostly for football games in the Phoenix area but when I was a kid we did go to Tucson, I remember Saguaro. Would like to do a roadtrip around Texas and through Arizona towards California. Going to AusTTTin in 2 weeks for the Bucks @ TX game.