Western North Carolina Air Museum

If you remember the roar of a big radial engine thundering into life, or even if you only know it from Dad's reminiscences, come hear it again at the Western North Carolina Air Museum.

See and touch the airplanes that lifted a generation. The Stearman N2S-4, known as the Yellow Peril, that introduced World War II aviators to flight. The North American SNJ-5 Texan, the classic two-seat advanced trainer, which turned young fliers into combat pilots. The Piper J2 and J3 Cubs, the staples of every hometown flying patch. They're all vanishing from the flying scene, but they're all ready to roar at the Western North Carolina Air Museum.

History:
The Western Western North Carolina Air Museum, "The First Air Museum in the 'First in Flight' State," was founded in April 1989 by three members of the Western North Carolina aviation community, Dennis Dunlap, Bill Schreier and Ken Stubbs. The Air Museum was established "to preserve the Aviation heritage of North Carolina in general and of Western North Carolina in particular." The Western North Carolina Air Museum was incorporated in the State of North Carolina in August 1989 and was granted a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) status by the Internal Revenue Service.