Hickory Aviation Museum
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  Location in North Carolina | |
| Established | 19 May 2007 |
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| Location | Hickory, North Carolina, United States |
| Coordinates | 35°44′41″N 81°23′21″W / 35.744849°N 81.389143°W |
| Type | Aviation museum |
| President | Jeff Wofford |
| Curator | Kyle Kirby |
| Website | hickoryaviationmuseum |
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Hickory Aviation Museum is an aerospace museum at the Hickory Regional Airport in Hickory, North Carolina. The museum originated from the Sabre Society co-founded by Kyle and Kregg Kirby, when an FJ-Fury, the Naval version of the North American F-86 Sabre was recovered and became the first aircraft of the museum. It features a museum located in the former airport terminal with artifacts, a hangar with aircraft and outdoor exhibits of aircraft on the former airport ramp.[1]
Exhibits
Most aircraft in the collection are on loan from the Naval Museum of Naval Aviation, National Museum of the United States Air Force and the Sabre Society.[2]
- Bell AH-1 SuperCobra
- Grumman F-14D Tomcat
- McDonnell Douglas F-4B Phantom II
- North American FJ-3M Fury (F-1C)
- LTV A-7A Corsair II
- Republic Fairchild F-105B
- Douglas A-4L Skyhawk
- Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star
- de Haviland Vampire
- Hispano HA-200 Saeta (ME-200)
- Howard GH-3 Nightingale
- Lockheed P-3C Orion
- Curtiss XF15C-1
- Beechcraft T-34C Turbo Mentor
- North American T-2 Buckeye
- F-5 Tiger II
- Sikorsky SH-3H Sea King
- Grumman F-9 Cougar
- Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler
See also
- Carolinas Aviation Museum, Charlotte, NC
- North Carolina Aviation Museum, Asheboro, NC
- List of aerospace museums
References
- ^ "Museum". Hickory Aviation Museum. Archived from the original on 9 March 2010.
- ^ "Aircraft". Hickory Aviation Museum. Archived from the original on 9 March 2010.