Visitors get into British planes
Visitors check out an English Electric Lightning during the "British Invasion" at the Pima Air and Space Museum, 6000 E. Valencia Road. Saturday's show spotlighted several aircraft, including the Lightning, a Cold War-era fighter capable of flying at Mach 2 speeds.
Museum volunteer Rob Lovell sits in the tight cockpit of the English Electric Lightning. Go to www.pimaair.org for more on the museum, which is open seven days a week.
Standing, in background, are Alex Montes and his girlfriend, Blanca Rivera, inside the AVRO Shackleton's fuselage. The kids surveying the interior are, from left, Alice Montes, Gabriel Aguilar, Aubrey Montes, and way in the background, Juan Armstrong.
A newly restored Royal Air Force AVRO Shackleton also was on display during the "British Invasion." The Shackleton is a post-World War II, long-range maritime reconnaissance plane.
Aubrey Montes, left, is drawn to an opening in the nose section of the Royal Air Force AVRO Shackleton. Juan Armstrong, right, also was checking it out. During last Saturday's event, the British Invasion Trolley also took visitors to see other British-made aircraft on display at the museum.
