Carolinas Aviation Museum

Founded in 1992 by Floyd & Lois Wilson, the Carolinas Aviation Museum displays a collection of over 50 static aircraft, and a wealth of smaller historic items related to aviation in the North & South Carolina. The museum is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, on the grounds of Charlotte/Douglas International Airport.

Overview

The museum also operates a small group of flying historic aircraft, such as the Piedmont Airlines' DC-3, and two Grumman OV-1D Mohawks, which attend air shows along the east coast.

With access to three runways, one in excess of 11,000 feet, many other historic aircraft, such as B-17s, B-24s, the B-29 and the Berlin Airlift C-54 all fly in and visit the museum from time to time and are open to the public.

The Museum also operates the Dolph Overton Aviation Library. This major aviation archive in named in honor of Major Dolphin D. Overton, III, USAF, a Korean War ace from North Carolina.

Many aircraft have come from the closed Florence Air & Missile Museum, Florence, South Carolina. And in late 2006 the Museum will begin construction of a major new hangar complex.

Collection

The Aircraft Collection includes:

*Douglas Aircraft Company 1944 DC-3 N44V (Piedmont Airlines) - Flyable - Former C-47
*Bellanca 1940 14-9L Crusair Serial # 1037 / N1KQ (State Airlines) - Could be Flyable
*Ercoupe 1946 415-C Serial # 3805 / N3180H - Could be Flyable
*Piper Cub (In storage)
*Long/Schweizer 1948 Midget Mustang Serial # 100001 - Goodyear Air Racer - Could be Flyable
*Wright brothers 1902 Wright Glider (Reproduction) - On Display at Charlotte-Douglas Airport
*Boeing 1953 KC-97 Stratotanker Serial # 53-0335 - Texas Air National Guard (Cockpit Only)
*Boeing 1941 PT-17/ N2S Kaydet Serial 15923 / N48272 United States Navy
*Boeing CH-46D Sea Knight Serial # 153389 USMC - Medal of Honor Winner Vietnam War
*Cessna 1952 L-19 Bird Dog Serial 0-20777 / N777VN United States Army - Flyable
*Convair 1956 YF-102 Delta Dagger Ser 31788 USAF 2nd of 10 YF prototypes produced - SC Air Guard
*Douglas 1944 A-26C Invader Serial 44-35752 Donated by Vern Reyburn as "Rude Invader" (Storage)
*Douglas 1947 D-558-1 Skystreak Serial # 37972 This was Aircraft # 3, last flown by Scott Crossfield
*Douglas 1956 A4D-1 Skyhawk Serial # 14-2226 US Marines 156th of 2960 built
*Douglas 1944 C-47 Dakota Serial # 12907/ 43-49926 - Royal Canadian Air Force - Burma Veteran
*Grumman 1962 OV-1D Mohawk Serial # 62-5890 / N1209P United States Army - Vietnam Veteran - Flyable
*Grumman 1962 OV-1D Mohawk Serial # 62-5874 / N1171Y United States Army - Flyable - Vietnam, Korea, Honduras
*Grumman F-14D Super Tomcat BuNo: 161166 VF-213 - The Last F-14 Squadron to see combat
*Kaman 1953 HOK-1 Serial #139990
*McDonnell Douglas 1982 AV-8B-1 Harrier Serial # 161397 United States Marines, #3 US Built Harrier / #2 Flight test aircraft -5000+ hrs of test flight time.
*McDonnell Douglas 1985 F-4S Phantom II Serial # 155872 USMC VMFA-235 Barbers Point / MCAS Cherry Point
*McDonnell Douglas 1985 F-4S Phantom II Serial # 158353 USMC VMFA-235 Barbers Point / (Cockpit Only)
*McDonnell Douglas 1957 F-101B Voodoo Serial # 56-0243 Flew with Nevada Air National Guard
*North American 1944 SNJ-5C Serial # 90906 MCAS El Torro Air Group 31 / Last Service 1958 - Flyable
*North American 1950 T-28B Trojan Serial # 138258 United States Army
*North American 1962 T-2A Buckeye Serial # 148239 United States Navy - Last Single Engine Airframe built
*North American 1952 F-86L Sabre Jet Serial # 52-4159 - United States Air Force - (In Storage)
*North American F-100D "Super Saber" Serial #?? - United States Air Force (In Storage)
*LTV 1956 A-7E2 Corsair II Serial # 159971 VA-72 Desert Storm USS John F Kennedy
*Lockheed 1944 TV-1/P-80 Shooting Star Serial # 33866 United States Marines
*Lockheed 194? TV-2/T-33 Shooting Star Ser ?? United States Navy - (In Storage)
*Lockheed 194? TV-2/T-33 Shooting Star Ser ?? United States Navy - (#2 In Storage)
* Republic P-47D-1RA "42-22331" - Wreckage from WWII Training Mission Crash - Ocean Isle, NC (In Storage)
*Republic F-84G-30RE Thunderjet Serial #53-3253 United States Air Force Korean War Jet Fighter
*Waco Aircraft Company 1941 CG-15 Waco Combat Glider - United States Army Air Forces - In Storage recovered from South Carolina

References

* [http://www.carolinasaviation.org/ Carolinas Aviation Museum] Official website.

ee also

* Florence Air & Missile Museum
* Myrtle Beach Air Force Base