Hickory Aviation Museum facts for kids
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| Established | 19 May 2007 |
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| Location | Hickory, North Carolina, United States |
| Type | Aviation museum |
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-3 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.
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.
- 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
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