Tennessee Museum of Aviation
A visit to the Tennessee Museum of Aviation in Sevierville, TN to record a History of Aviation Podcast with founder and owner Neal Melton. Once we completed the podcast, I took time to walk around the museum and check out some old favorites and discover several new items added to the collection. Neal came out to give background information on several of the newer items. As usual, this museum continues to evolve and deliver an excellent trip through the history of aviation.
23Sep23
Menasco Super Buccaneer - Model C6S-4 engine. A 6-cylinder, air-cooled, inline, inverted, aircraft engine manufactured in the 1930's and 1940's. 23Sep23
Lockheed P2V-6 Neptune Gun Nose. 23Sep23
Rear view of the Lockheed P2V-6 Neptune Gun Nose. 23Sep23
Ammo chute for the guns in the Lockheed P2V-6 Neptune Gun Nose. 23Sep23
Interior electronics of the Lockheed P2V-6 Neptune Gun Nose. 23Sep23
A rocket-assist booster for a Chance Vought Regulas II missile. 23Sep23
A new collection of helicopter rotor blades. In the box in the foreground are a front set of blades for a Piasecki H-21 Flying Banana. In the middle are wooden rotor blades for a Bell 47 helicopter. In the box in the rear are rotor blades for a Piasecki HUP Retriever helicopter. 23Sep23
Beechcraft T-34 Mentor 23Sep23
1951 Cessna ALLARDICE 305A 23Sep23
North American T-38B Trojan 23Sep23
North American T-38B Trojan 23Sep23
Beech SNB-1 Kansan 23Sep23
Beech SNB-1 Kansan 23Sep23
A collection of used propellor blades for the P-47 Thunderbolt and SB2C Helldiver. 23Sep23
Tennessee Museum of Aviation is one of the rare place on Earth that you can see a pair of flying Republic P-47D Thunderbolts sitting side by side. 23Sep23
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt "Hun Hunter XVI" 23Sep23
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt "Hun Hunter XVI" 23Sep23
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt "Hun Hunter XVI" 23Sep23
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt "Hun Hunter XVI" 23Sep23
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt "Hun Hunter XVI". Note the trays below the Thunderbolt. They are there to catch the dripping oil from this piece of living history. 23Sep23
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt "Wicked Wabbit" 23Sep23
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt "Wicked Wabbit". Note the trays below the Thunderbolt. They are there to catch the dripping oil from this piece of living history. 23Sep23
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt "Wicked Wabbit" behind the unrestored remains of another P-47 Thunderbolt. 23Sep23
A 1940's era grinder that came from the Republic Aviation Factory in Evansville, Indiana where the P-47 Thunderbolt was built. 23Sep23
Plaque on the Grinding machine: This machine conforms to orders of the War Production Board. 23Sep23
A Curtiss Wright R-1820 radial engine on an engine stand. 23Sep23
Spare bomb racks for the P-47D Thunderbolt. 23Sep23
A replacement P-47 Thunderbolt turbo supercharger stored in a box. 23Sep23
Bruce K getting his picture made with a spare P-47 Thunderbolt windscreen. 23Sep23
An interesting pair of spare tires used for the beaching gear of a US Navy seaplane. 23Sep22
Red Bull 1957 Grumman HU-16E Albatross. 23Sep23
North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco 23Sep23
The original, unrestored Wright R-3350-26WD-Cyclone 18-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine from the Douglas A-1 Skyraider "Lieutenant America" 23Sep23
The original cowling from the Douglas A-1 Skyraider "Lieutenant America". 23Sep23
An Electrical Power System diagram for a KC-97 tanker. 23Sep23
USS Arizona artifact from the battleship sunk at the attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. 23Sep23