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INCOME/REVENUE
http://museumsdatabase.com/museums/view/23265

Purpose: http://www.carolinasaviation.org/

Cost: http://www.carolinasaviation.org/
General fee: $12
Seniors (60+): $10
Students: $8
Active Duty Military: $8
Retired Military: $9
Children 5 and under: Free
History: http://www.carolinasaviation.org/history
Started as the Charlotte Airport, which was soon renamed Morris
Field in honor of Major William Colb Morris in 1941. Then it was renamed
Douglas Municipal Airport in honor of Mayor Ben Elbert Douglas in 1954.
Erected in 1936-37 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA)
to create jobs for Charlotte during the Great Depression.
Originally consisted of a hangar and administration/terminal
building and 2 3,000 feet runways and a 2,500 foot runway.
The original hangar was to be torn down in 1991 for expansion
purposes, but Floyd and Lois Wilson decided to turn it into a historical landmark
to preserve the present and future aviation history of North and South Carolina.
This soon became the Carolinas Historical Aviation Commission.
The hangar then became whats called the Carolinas Aviation
Museum. However, it is now being used as storage for some aircrafts from the
museum.
Then it was renamed as Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
What you can do there: http://www.carolinasaviation.org/exhibits
Different exhibits
Commercial aviation
Miracle on the Hudson River
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/11/
us/11plane.html
Civil aircraft
Wright Flyer
Story
https://www.wdl.org/en/item/11372/
Military aviation
Helicopters
Internship opportunities (http://www.carolinasaviation.org/getinvolved/internship-opportunity)
Volunteer
http://www.carolinasaviation.org/getinvolved/volunteer

 Education assistant, gallery support assistant,

museum docent, museum greeter, special collections specialist, special
events assistant, facilities maintenance assistant, junior volunteer, or gift
shop sales clerk
Gift shop
http://www.carolinasaviation.org/about/giftshop
Dolph Overton Aviation Library
http://www.carolinasaviation.org/about/library
Dolph Overton donated many artifacts to the
museum. It was named in his honor.
You can visit by appointment.
It contains magazines, technical manuals, flight
manuals, documents, books, photographs, scale models, engineering
drawings, uniforms (textiles), and multimedia.
Sources also looked at:
http://www.carolinasaviation.org/
http://www.charlottesgotalot.com/museums-science-centers/carolinas-aviation-museum
http://www.visitnc.com/listing/carolinas-aviation-museum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV0BzcFtELk
http://www.northjersey.com/news/miracle-on-the-hudson-plane-stored-in-njready-to-take-final-journey-1.1171861
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/05/20/miracle-us-airways-flight-1549-headedto-charlotte-museum-for-display/