Bell P-39N Airacobra - Pima Air & Space Museum - Tucson, AZ - Static Aircraft Displays on Waymarking.com

Located in Hanger 4 of the Pima Air & Space Museum is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress static display, along with other WWII planes in this hangar. There's a webpage devoted to this plane from the museum website here and it reads:

BELL P-39N AIRACOBRA

The P-39 was an unusual design when it appeared in 1937. Among its many unorthodox design features are the mounting of the engine behind the pilot, the use of an automobile type door on the side of the cockpit, and tricycle landing gear. The Airacobra had good low altitude performance, but suffered badly at high altitudes. Fortunately, the aircraft's large, nose mounted 37mm cannon made it a perfect ground attack aircraft. Large numbers of P-39s were exported to the Soviet Union where they were very popular in this role. The Airacobra was never popular in American or British service, but they still served in combat during the early stages of the war while more capable types were being designed and built.

This plane has an inventory page at Warbirdregistry.org. I'll be submitting updated info to their website to include the current status of this plane.

Each aircraft contains its own interpretive display and I've included a picture of it which contains additional info on this aircraft.

Many of these planes move around within the museum grounds so keep this in mind when visiting and trying to locate a particular aircraft.

Type of Aircraft: (make/model): Bell P-39N Airacobra Tail Number: (S/N): 42-18814 Construction:: original aircraft Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): Pima Air & Space Museum inside / outside: inside Other Information:: Open 7 Days a Week 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (last admission at 4 p.m.) Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas day. Access restrictions: Adult (ages 13 & up) $15.50 $20.00 Pima County Resident $12.25 $16.25 Senior/Military $12.75 $16.75 Junior (ages 7-12) $9.00 $12.50 Child (6 & Under) FREE Group of 20+ $12.50

Visit Instructions:
Photo of aircraft (required - will be interesting to see if the aircraft is ever repainted or progress if being restored)
Photo of serial number (required unless there is not one or it is a replica)
Photo(s) of any artwork on the aircraft (optional but interesting)

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