Assorted small US aviation museums

[reddfoxx]

I had the chance to go to several interesting museums lately, several of which had aviation collections.  I'll be heading to Oshkosh soon for a return visit to theirs, and hope to go to others soon, but for now, I hope you'll enjoy these:

Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos, CA

Just south of SFO is this nice museum.  Had to go through in a rush since we had to catch a flight, but it is well worth a couple of hours.







More pix:
http://s49.photobucket.com/user/markknapp/Hiller%20Aviation%20Museum/story

[reddfoxx]

Fort Hood, TX- two unit museums with mainly land artifacts, but some aircraft.







More pix:
http://s49.photobucket.com/user/markknapp/Fort%20Hood%20museums/story

[reddfoxx]

Texas Military Museum- a great place on a base in Austin, TX.  Mostly armor, and Texas unit history, but a few planes and helos out front and inside.







More pix:
http://s49.photobucket.com/user/markknapp/Texas%20Military%20Museum/story

[sandiego89]

What is that huge black prop aircraft hanging above the NASA Scissor wing?

Boeing Condor- huge UAV for trials.  200+ foot wingspan.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Condor

[PR19_Kit]

What is that huge black prop aircraft hanging above the NASA Scissor wing?

Boeing Condor- huge UAV for trials.  200+ foot wingspan.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Condor

200 ft span? MY kind of airplane! 

[KiwiZac]

200 ft span? MY kind of airplane! 

Think you can put extensions on?

[PR19_Kit]

200 ft span? MY kind of airplane! 

Think you can put extensions on?

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[KiwiZac]

 

[Captain Canada]

Nice pics ! Love the Skycrane. I've been to the one in Austin thanks to Scooterman 

[Caveman]

Not sure if these count as small or not but I only got a flying visit to them so they were small temporally for me...

From the USAF Armaments Museum and USS Alabama Park, I missed out on the Naval Aviation museum Pensacola much to my distress. Whilst I love taking pictures of aircraft flying I still cant quite make statics look good so these are a little bit... abstract...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/wcave/albums/72157658529533878

The engine shots by the way, are of a TF30 sat outside, behind the shed by the bow of the sub, at the USS Alabama. Lots interesting bits and pieces of aircraft and weapons just rusting away.

[Captain Canada]

Great shots ! Thanks for sharing.  I went there last year but haven't been to the Alabama yet....one day !

[Caveman]

Cheers guys. I didn't get to go on the Alabama as we arrived just after last entry but there is a lot of kit you can just wander around.

[Captain Canada]

Ya the outdoor displays are a lot bigger than I thought ! Excellent stuff, and it looks like they have gotten serious and moved some other stuff indoors.



I have a thread around here of my Florida Rod trip that has my pics from our trip. That boat will be next time

[reddfoxx]

Great pix, Caveman!  I need to get down that way.

[wagnersm]

North Carolina has at least three, I have visited two of them.

North Carolina Aviation Museum and Hall of Fame
2222-G Pilots View Rd.  Asheboro, NC 27205  On the field at the Asheboro Regional Airport
Nice little museum on the field of the Asheboro Regional Airport.  It is off NC49 and I would advise using a GPS to navigate there.
http://www.ncaviationmuseumhalloffame.com/index.html

Carolina's Aviation Museum
4672 First Flight Drive Charlotte, NC 28208.   It is at Charlotte Douglass International Airport.
Nice displays of both civilian and military aircraft.  When I was there they had a DC-3 painted in Piedmont Airlines colors.   According to their website they have an Eastern DC7 awaiting a replacement engine and a Delta DC-9. 
http://www.carolinasaviation.org/

Western North Carolina Air Museum
1340 Gilbert Street Hendersonville, NC.
Never been to it. Website lists a number of small aircraft
http://www.westernnorthcarolinaairmuseum.com/home-1.html