Carolinas Aviation Museum ~ Aug 2011

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AUGUST 2011

HANGAR HAPPENINGSBy Claude Sanford

A lot has been going on at the hangar this month especially with 1549. If you are on a return visit to the museum, ywill notice that 1549 is now on solid ground. The fuselage is supported on its frame, the nose wheel has been re-moved and its support is in place. The “tail feathers” have had various moving parts, such as elevators and rudder,

removed to facilitate installing the vertical stabilizer. The J. Supor and Sons frame and hydraulics that were supporing the fuselage have been removed. Thanks to the help of US Air volunteers, Hunter Crane, Don Creason and othewhose names I do not have at the present time. Hopefully in the future there will have a full accounting of everyon

who has had a part in the work going into the 1549 display.Efforts have been underway to work out the problem of being unable to display the aircraft displaced by 1549. Afteall they are also an important part of our museum and visitors ask to see them. Hopefully in the near future we willable to do tours of the ramp and the other hangar where the planes are now stored. This will probably be accom-plished by a scheduled walking tour arrangement.

You will note in HANGAR NOTES that our attendance has been up despite the extreme temperatures. People wanthe see the airplanes.

A return visitor will notice some changes that have taken place with the various displays. This is a continuing efforto have the display relate to the various aspects of our collection rather than just being stationed randomly along thwalls. We are also looking into acquiring additional display cases so more information can be given to the public.

You can follow current happening on 1549 work on Twitter and Facebook by going to the sites listed on the bottomof this page.

You can now follow the “Miracle on the Hudson” 1549 Plane on Twitter and Faceboo

Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/CarolinAirMusemFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/ft1549

On the ground

Lowering 1549 and Removing crane Nose cone goes on

Rudder is removed

Photos from Facebook



HANGER NOTES

Wally Coppinger reports thatduring the month of June, 46Volunteers gave 1895 hours of their time for an average of 42 +/- hours each.

Dottie Evans also reported atten-dance for June as 2828 visitors.

Claude Sanford, Editor [email protected]

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AUGUST 2011

Book Report By Steve West

Mosquito VictoryBy Jack Currie

Mosquito Victory is Mr. Currie’s third book about flying in WWII; the othertwo are Wings Over Georgia and Lancaster Command. If you are looking a book about combat, this is not the book to read. If you are looking for a booabout what it was like to be in the RAF when not flying combat missions, thithe book to read. Mr. Currie shows a deft sense of humor throughout the book but his use of English slang was difficult to interpret at times. He met his wifeto be, who was in the WAAF, and from what the author reported she appeareto be a steadying influence on him. This was something Currie admits heneeded.

In this book he has completed his required number of bombing missions in an

Avro Lancaster. After his Lancaster duties Mr. Currie, like a lot of his crew aformer Lancaster crews, became a trainer. His first trainees were the ones learing to fly the Halifax bomber. The sad part about being trainers was the numbof his mates that survived combat only to be killed in training accidents. Ifound his observations on the difference between the Halifax and Lancaster bombers quite interesting. The Lancaster seemed to him to want to fly and nowant to land. The Halifax grumbled about taking off, staying in the air and walways ready to land. The Halifax was in his opinion the easiest bomber to lanThroughout the book Mr. Currie’s makes it clear he was always getting into d

ficult situations with his commanding officers. This caused him to first be as-signed to combat training and then to gliders after his Halifax days.

But in the end he was able to worm his way into the Mosquito squadrons. TheMosquito was known as the “wooden wonder.” He refers to the Mosquito as t

“Mossie”. He was to serve in the Mosquito Pathfinder force until the end of th

war. The Pathfinders were to lead the way for bombers on their night bombing missions. As thewar wound down the threats to the Mossie came“either in the weather, in the aeroplane itself, or

in some failure by the crew to fly it right.” TheFock-Wulfs or 109s, the flak, the night flightsearch lights were gone but the need for the pilot

to stay alert and hone his skills was not dimin-ished.

This book Mosquito Victory is worth readingand is available in the Members Loan Section of the Dolph Overton Aviation Library of theCarolinas Aviation Museum and is book #

27.685.



CAROLINAS HISTORIC AVIATION COMMISSION

AUGUST 2011

Photos by BSerreno

“TUeSdAY nIGHT AT THe

MOVIeS” HAS been cAnceled

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

Photos from the internet

WE HAVE LOST THE LIBERTY BELLE By Claude Sanford

Many of you aircraft enthusiasts may already know about the demise of the B-17G

affectionately known as “ LIBERTY BELLE ” owned by the Liberty Foundation. The

“BELLE” has been touring around the country for several years and one of her earli-

est stops was right here at Carolinas Aviation Museum. About a month ago, “BELLE”suffered an engine fire shortly after takeoff. After emergency measures

failed to control the fire, the crew decided it was best to put the planeon the ground as soon as possible rather than return to the airport. Acontrolled wheels-down landing in a farm field was made and all thecrew exited the plane safely. The fire continued and the fire departmentresponded quickly. However, the fire trucks could not get to the planedue to the soft muddy field and so “BELLE” went up in flames andsmoke. You can read the full story at www.libertyfoundation.org

THE BAT CAVE SHUFFLE By William Serreno

The museum has been lucky enough to utilize space in the old Dobbs House food preparation site on the airport. Ufortunately our space is being reduced due to a new tenant in part of the building. The project was started about midJune but was accelerated by airport facilities management in mid July. The shuffle involved packing and moving alartifacts of the library stored at this location which included items such as magazines, various office equipment, tex

tiles (mostly parachutes), survival gear and equipment, and aircraft instruments donated to our museum over the payears. Dean Demmery and crew have been relocating the museums aircraft parts, engines and other equipment to thnew space. There is much left to be done in reorganizing and cataloging what we have in each location for future reerence. Our hats are off to the volunteers who have been giving their time and energy to this effort.

Mr. Dorsch




AUGUST 2011

NEW MEMBERS FROM 7/1 to 7/27:

Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hill, Fayetteville, NCJohnnie Spell, Hope Wells, NCRonald McCall, Fayetteville, NCPaul Constantine, Charlotte, NCMr. and Mrs. Thomas Stalvey, Charlotte, NCMr. and Mrs. Jose Cancel, York, SCMr. and Mrs. Kirk Walsh, Waxhaw, NCMr. and Mrs. Mark Brown, Charlotte, NCJerry Eden, Covina, CAMr. and Mrs. Chip Abbott, Charlotte, NCMr. and Mrs. Mark Montgomery, Waxhaw, NCMr. and Mrs. Jason Sirmon, Belmont, NCBenny Lingerfelt, Hildebran, NCMr. and Mrs. Brian Ludden, Charlotte, NCDavid Bryant, Gastonia, NC

Mr. and Mrs. Russell Roux, Harrisburg, NCMr. and Mrs. Franasco Bermudez, Charlotte, NCMr. and Mrs. John Godmo, Concord, NC

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Thompson, Charlotte, NCMr. and Mrs. David Wessel, Pennisula, OHMr. and Mrs. Stephen Cusa, Charlotte, NCAntonio Hebron, Simpsonville, SCMr. and Mrs. Jonathan Anderson, Davidson, NCMr. and Mrs. Chris Pratt, Fort Mill, SCJames Dawson, Lumberton, NCClara Ferreri, Fayetteville, NCEmanuel Matthews, Fayetteville, NCGerome Chavis, Lumberton, NCJames Helvey, Hope Mills, NCSheryl Jett, Charlotte, NCMr. and Mrs.Jesse Perry, Indian Trail, NC

Mr. and Mrs.Waylon Lingerfeldt, Kings Mountain, NCMr. and Mrs. Steve Mura, Matthews, NCRalph Stevenson, Concord, NC

Carson Norris, Lillington, NCKelly Seagle, Lincolnton, NCMr. and Mrs. Darrell Klotz, Charlotte, NCJim Phelps, Concord, NC

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Schumann, Charlotte, NCScott Weaver, Bessemer City, NC

Mr. and Mrs. Brent Krug, Lincolnton, NCErin Gormley, Concord, NCMr. and Mrs. Domenic Dadio, Sr., Harrisburg, NCMr. and Mrs. Dan Duncan, Clover, SCMr. and Mrs. Aaron Pura, Charlotte, NCMr. and Mrs. Jeremy Funk, Charlotte, NCBeverly Sartain, Fort Mill, SCMr. and Mrs. John Jones, Mt Holly, NCMr. and Mrs. Goetz Hagen, Fort Mill, SC Nilesh Choudhary, Matthews, NCMr. and Mrs. Don Dyer, Charlotte, NCMr. and Mrs. Eric Worden, Dallas, NCMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Geiss, Charlotte, NCMr. and Mrs. Matt Gantt, Charlotte, NCGlenn King, Asheville, NCMr. and Mrs. Bryant Carrington, Durham, NCMr. and Mrs. Brian Wilder, Charlotte, NC

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Luther, Jr., Jupiter, FLMr. and Mrs. Roberto Gonzalez, Charlotte, NCMr. and Mrs. Smit Gupta, Weddinngton, NCMr. and Mrs. Eddie Fain, Rock Hill, SCGordon Michael Weigand, Travelers Rest, SCBarrie Clark, Rock Hill, SCMr. and Mrs. J. Molina, Charlotte, NCMr. and Mrs. Tom Mueth, Charlotte, NCMr. and Mrs. Richard Hiner, Charlotte, NCMr. and Mrs. Adrian Wyrick, Charlotte, NCKevin Queen and Anne Pipkin, Charlotte, NCMr. and Mrs. Jack Philemon, Matthews, NCMr. and Mrs. Nicholas McMasters, Columbia, SC

Lela Becker, Charlotte, NCMr. and Mrs. Michael Caison, Supply, NCBeverly Spell, Rock Hill, SC

PATRON:Mr. and Mrs. James Epstein, Charlotte, NC

WHERE ARE 1549’s WINGS?

By Claude Sanford

That seems to be the big question around the museum. Visitors are coming in even in all the recent heat expecting tsee a completed aircraft. Unfortunately they are still in storage at the J. Supor storage yard in New Jersey. ShawnDorsch said “due to unexpected heavy demand from customers for J. Supor and Son’s services, they have had to de

lay for a few weeks the shipment of the wings. As soon as we have a new shipping date we will let you know”.

Although this is a small bump in the road and causes some re-planning by the museum, we are grateful that the moof 1549 to Charlotte, including the wings, has been a gift from J. Supor and Sons. Work continues, in the meantimeinstalling the “tail feathers”. I wonder if the delivery of the wings will create as much excitement and attention as th

fuselage did on its journey? We’ll have to wait and see.



AUGUST 2011

INTERESTING WEB SITES By Claude Sanford

Recently I have come across several web sites that I thought would be of interest to you. First are the Twitter andFacebook sites listed on the bottom of page one for tracking 1549 progress. Make them your “favorites” for easy a

cess.

Another site that I have found has excellent shots of the recent 2011ReadingAir Show, including the C-46 “Tinker Bell” out of Monroe, NC. This site has

links to all types of interesting information that you can investigate.Try http://www.warbirdsandairshows.com/Airshows%202011/reading-

2011.htm .

Another unusual and interesting site is www.nmusafvirtualtour.com which is a 3-d, panoramic format of the asseof the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson AF Base, Dayton, Ohio.

www.aerofiles.com is an informative site with information of every airplane and helicopter produced in North Am

ica.

Photo fron the Reading site

LIBRARY NEWS By Claude Sanford

Well another hot month bites the dust. What a time for the air conditioning to act up. It is like the flat tire on the caalways when you are running late and you need to be somewhere NOW… it happens at the most inopportune time

We have survived and work goes on. We continue to inventory stuff that has been stored over the years. We havemade good headway with updating the database. PastPerfect, the computer program, is beginning to pay off. Just t

other day, we had a request to see an object given to us in 1999. With a few keystrokes we found it on the computewent to the room where the item was suppose to be, and there it was. That is real progress! Could not have done tha few years ago.

The Library staff continues to try to improve our methods of preservation. We talk regularly with other museumsabout how to do things as none of us have had formal training in library science or museum procedures. Surprisingwe have better procedures than some museums that have professional staff and government backing: a.k.a. funds.Just last week, Charlie Wagner spent the better part of a day over at the Charlotte Museum of History to see how thcare for their Textile collection as we have a very large one here. We have everything from airline uniforms to a hialtitude space suit minus the bubble helmet. He discovered we were not too far out of line in what we are doing topreserve ours. I am certain we could do better with more money but we do what we can with what we have.

We are planning to have an in-house seminar in the fall conducted by Charlotte Museum of History personnel toguide us in other aspects of artifact storage and care. Learning is a continual process in this area we have discovere

I have been attending the Monday morning staff meeting at the museum. This is an attempt to bridge the gap of physical separation that exists between the library and the museum. It is helping in our communications and under-standing what is going on at both the museum and library.

To be continued…




Continued on page 7

AUGUST 2011

Moments in Aviation History By: K. D. Wentzel

August 1, 1941 first flight of the TBF/M Avenger at Grumman Aircraft.August 1, 1943 the 467th Bombardment Group (Heavy) is activated, deployed to UK.August 1, 1943 "Operation Tidalwave" B-24's drop 311 tons of bombs on the

oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania. (heavy heavy losses!)Flown by the 376th, 93rd, 44th, 389th, and 98th Bomb Groups.August 1, 1997 the Queen is on hand to open The American Air Museum in Britain.

Located at Duxford, just south of Cambridge.August 2, 1967 North Vietnam's Paul Doumer Bridge is destroyed by F-105's August 3, 1981 Air traffic controllers go on strike, disrupting flights.

President Reagan is having none of this!August 4, 1955 first flight of the prototype U-2 reconnaissance plane.

Product of Kelly Johnson at Lockheed’s Skunk Works. August 4, 1989 Piedmont Airlines flew off into the sunset and became USAir.August 5, 1964 aircraft from the USS Constellation and Ticonderoga struck the

North Vietnamese fuel depot at Vinh and three enemy PT boat bases.August 5, 1964 Lt. j.g. Everett Alvarez Jr. of San Jose, CA is shot down in hisA-4 Skyhawk , the first American pilot shot down and capturedin the Vietnam War.

August 6, 1945 the 1st Atom Bomb is dropped on Hiroshima by the B-29, 'Enola Gay'at 8:16:02 am 'Little Boy' a Uranium Bomb. 140,000 + die.

August 7, 1997 a Fine Air Cargo Jet, DC8-62, crashes on a street in Miami, FL. 5 dieAugust 8, 1946 first flight of the B-36 Bomber at Consolidated-Vulte.August 8, 1945 the 2nd Atom Bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, by the B-29 'Bock's Car'.

at 11:02 am 'Fat Man' a plutonium bomb. est. 74,000 die.August11, 1927 Charles Lindbergh took Henry Ford for his first flight,

about 10 min. in the Spirit of St. Louis.August 11, 1981 the striking Air traffic controllers are dismissed fromtheir positions!

August 12, 1977 the space shuttle Enterprise makes its first test flight near Edwards AFB despite being used in multiple earthbound tests,the Enterprise never flew in Space.

August 13, 1940 "Battle of Britain" begins with the "Day of the Eagle".August 13, 1927 Cessna's first production aircraft takes to the skies.August 15, 1935 Comedian Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post are killed when their

plane crashes into a lagoon just outside Barrow, Alaska.August 15, 1958 Congress approves a bill creating the Federal Aviation

Agency (FAA) to regulate all US commercial and military aviation.August 16, 1942 The 82nd Airborne (All American) paratroop Division

is formed in Louisiana.August 16, 1995 An Air France Concorde lands at NY's Kennedy Airport at

7:16pm, cutting 1 hour, 21 minutes and 14 seconds off theround-the-world speed record for a passenger jet set in1992. The 99 people aboard the supersonic jet saw 3 sunrises and 3 sunsets during the eastbound flight of 31 hours,27 minutes and 49 seconds.

August 17, 1923 the Governors of NC and SC meet to dedicate the new Buster Boyd Bridge. Gov Cameron Morrison addressed the crowd and there



BIRTHDAYS

August 6 Tommy King

August 7 Eric SchmidtAugust 23 Jennifer BradshawAugust 26 Ed MilanoAugust 27 Max Goebel

September 1 Brad GibbsSeptember 6 Floyd WilsonSeptember 14 D ale BartelsSeptember 23 Dan Engle-

hardt

October 5 Lance BraatenOctober 5 Richard Parsons

October 5 Chuck McGrawOctober 8 Randy BreedloveOctober 9 Ralph Huey

November 4 Jimi Oates November 5 George Morg November 12 Scott Edwar November 18 Theodore

Thevaos November 19 William Ser

reno November 26 Don Creason

AUGUST 2011

THANKS TO..

John Gibson A large collection of NC WWII photosand news clippings

Lance Bratten 9 Aviation magazinesClaude Sanford 4 Aviation booksManual Ferrara 111 Aviation magazinesBill Fish 2 decks of Aviation recognition cards,

and 1 leather WWII flying helmetJim Martin 1 large collector model of B-17G, 1 9 inch die cast

model of Stuka dive bomber, 1 1/42 scale die castmodel of Spitfire, 2 painted Aviation signs, 7 minia-ture die cast models of B-17, 1 book on the B-17,and misc photos and news articles

Laura Magee Several Piedmont Flight Attendant uniforms

Continued from page 6

PLANNING YOUR CHILD’S BIRTHDAY PARTY AGES 3-10

Make a birthday party take off with the airplanes, jets and other aircraft at Carolinas Aviation Museum. The Birthday Packagincludes: a party host for the 2-hour party, a guided tour of the museum, a birthday cake with drinks and goodie bags for thekids to take home.

Please call 704-359-8442 for further details.

was a "fly under" by Capt Elliot White Springs, WWI flying ace.August 17, 1942 363 B-17's bomb Schweinfurt and Regesburg, 59 aircraft lost.August 17, 1978 the first successful trans-Atlantic balloon flight ends as Maxie

Anderson, Ben Abruzzo and Larry Newman land their DoubleEagle 2 outside Paris.

August 19 National Aviation Day

August 19, 1940 first flight of the North American B-25 “Mitchell”

Bomber .

August 19, 1942 2nd Lt. Sam F. Junkin becomes the first American pilot to shoot downa German fighter. A Focke-Wulf 190, while giving air support to aCommando raid on Dieppe, France.

August 20, 1960 Pan Am sells its last 14 Boeing Stratocruisers to ascrap-metal dealer for $105,000.

August 22, 1963 NASA pilot Joe Walker sets an altitude record of 345,200 feet(67 miles) in the experimental X-15 rocket plane.

August 25, 1946 The Navy Blue Angles transition from their F6F's to new F8F Bearcats.August 27, 1991 first flight of the YF23 V-22 Osprey tilt rotor aircraft.August 30, 1983 a South Korean Boeing 747 bound for Seoul apparently strayed

into Soviet airspace and was shot down by a Soviet SU-15 fighter after it had tracked the airliner for two hours...All 269 aboard were killed, including 61 Americans.



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CHAC Calendar of Events

Date Event Contac

August 1 Air Force Day

August 7, 1945 Atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan by B-29 “Enola Gay

August 9, 1945 Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki, Japan by B-29 “Bock’s Car

August 15, 1945 V-J Day is declared. Victory over Japan

August 19 National Aviation Day

September 2, 1945 V-J Day. Japan signed Formal Surrender on the

USS Missouri

September 5 Labor Day

September 11 Patriot Day

September 16 POW/MIA Recognition Day

September 18, 1947 U.S. Air Force established

September 25 Gold Star Mothers Day

Membership Dues: Family: $50 Individual: $30

Patron: $100

Admissions: Adults: $11 Seniors (60+): $9

Students and Active Military w/ID: $7

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