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North Carolina Gate Guards, Outside Museum Displays and Air Parks

This page updated 5-1-2019.

Candler: Enka Middle School - F-84F April 2014

Charlotte: North Carolina Air National Guard Base - C-130E, F-86L April 2014 - When one turns onto Morris Field Dr. to go to the Carolinas Aviation Museum, the first aircraft they are going to see is this C-130 setting up over the intersection of Morris Field Dr. and Minuteman Way.

Coming back down the hill from the Museum affords the best opportunity to photograph this F-86L on display.

This photo was taken from Morris Field Dr.

Charlotte: Carolinas Aviation Museum - C-130, DC-7B, DC-9, F-101, F-102, SSM-N-8 (Regulus) April 2014

Inside the museum.
Below are a couple of photos of the Airbus A320 that is the center piece of the museum. This is a very interesting and well-done exhibit. It is well worth the trip to Charlotte to see this.

This is the Airbus A320-214 from the "Miracle on the Hudson" that landed in the Hudson River on January 15, 2009. Flight 1519 was en-route from New York City to Charlotte, NC, when it landed in the river with no fatalities. On June 10, 2011, the aircraft finally made it to Charlotte via tractor trailer.

When looking at the A320, one can see considerable damage to the aircraft. Most was caused after the accident in moving the aircraft to storage for inspection and then to Charlotte. However, this crinkling of the fuselage was caused by the impact with the cold waters of the Hudson River.

Fayetteville: Fort Bragg Pope Army Air Field (Formerly Pope AFB) - C-47, C-119, C-123, C-130 May 2012 - This was on the old Pope AFB, which is now part of Ft. Bragg. When visiting the 82nd Airborne Museum, one can drive over and also see these four aircraft. The two locations are about a mile apart.

Here is a photo of Pope AFB back in the old days. This is a photo of a photo that is in the 82nd Airborne Museum.

Fayetteville: 82nd Airborne Museum, Fort Bragg C-7, C-46, C-47, C-119, C-123, C-130, UH-1 May 2012 - Also included is a US Army Cattle Car. If you were in the Army, you probably got to ride on one during Basic or AIT back in the old days.

This my be the last published photo of this C-130 in this location. According to the Museum Staff, it was going to be moved the day after I was here to a spot in the Air Park with the rest of the aircraft. The move would put it on some higher ground, to my four o'clock, from where I was taking this photo. There was a huge amount of construction going at Ft. Bragg. No doubt a new building or parking lot was going into the location of the C-130. The building behind the Hercules and across the street is a barracks.

The C-130 should now be located behind the Commando.

We are going to digress. As I was walking around taking aircraft photos and saw this trailer back by the woods, I thought it was a work trailer for maintenance on the display aircraft. As I walked up to it, the realization that it was a Cattle Car hit me. I had not seen or ridden one in over forty years. Not that the last time I rode in one I ever wanted to see or ride in another. A very cool display.

Looking to the rear from the side door.

Looking to the front from the side door.

Looking the entire length from the rear. Although the official capacity is listed as 80, I think we had more than that when we took rides to the ranges in it.

Note the lower left-hand photo. There are not nearly enough soldiers in it. We had packed them in tighter and standing up.

Goldsboro: Seymour-Johnson AFB A-10, F-4, F-16, F-86, F-100, F-105 April 2019; Spitfire replica May 2015

Havelock: City Hall AV-8A May 2012

Havelock: Marine Air Station Cherry Point Front Gate AV-8B May 2012 This photo was taken from inside a moving vehicle during arrival for the Cherry Point Air Show 2012. So the quality is not the best. Don't try this at home, kids!!

Havelock: Visitor's Center A-4, A-6, CH-46, F-4, F9F, F4B Replica May 2012 - The four aircraft directly below are just outside the Visitor Center, with the A-6 being a block away up the road in the photo below. The Intruder is actually on the front lawn of the Hampton Inn. A replica of a F4B is located inside the Visitor Center. It has been included in the photos.

Hickory: Hickory Aviation Museum A-4, A-7, F-4 , F-5, F9F-8T, F-14, F-105, F27, HA-200, T-2, T-33, T-34 November 2015

The Hickory Aviation Museum is only open on Saturdays, with limited hours for access to the ramp. I was at the airport on a Thursday. Therefore, my photos of the museum's aircraft on display were all taken from outside the fence.

Along this row from front to back are the F-5, F27 back on the grass, F9F, HA-200, A-7 and F-14. The F9F Cougar is new to the Museum in the past year, being received in 2014 in really bad shape from Moton Field in Tuskegee, AL. The Hickory Aviation Museum has done an excellent job of restoring this aircraft for display.

Along this row from front to back at the Hickory Aviation Museum are T-34, FJ-3, T-33 and T-2. Along the back of the ramp is the F-4 and just barely visible to its left is the F-105.

This photo shows some of the F27 back behind the rest of the aircraft.

Newton: VFW Post 5305 UH-1 November 2015

Statesville: American Legion Post 65 AH-1 November 2015