After being SOC this Texan carried the civil registrations N9676C and N12CC before coming to this super museum.

This Cayuse carries Aeroscouts of the 1st Infantry Division patch with the words 'Low Level Hell' emblazoned on it. The Outcasts, as they were known, flew low and slow as the aerial eyes of the division over the jungles of Vietnam

This PT-19 is in reality 42-2871 and at one time carried the civil registration NC38985.

Alas, possibly the worst positioned information board in the history of aviation museums! The date this Trojan was TOC with the USN is unknown but it was SOC in December 1977. During its time in service, or at least for part of it, the plane flew with a white/high-vis orange scheme. In civilian life it was registered N75ES with an unknown owner and then, from 1988 until around 2003, placed on display at the Pate Museum of Transportation, Fort Worth, Dallas-Fort Worth in Texas. It came to the SMoF in February 2005.

A total of 283 Mites were built, in five different models, between 1948 and 1955. This example was donated tp the SMoF by Nancy Batson Crews, a former Woman's Air Service Pilot and the first woman to be inducted into the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame

The serial of this Mongol-B is not known but the plane is thought to be ex-Soviet/Russian AF and some sources say ex-Egyptian AF. If any one has any definitive information to share, then please get in touch.

On April 4th, 1943 this B-25 took off from Colombia AAB, SC for a routine skip-bombing practice over Lake Murray. The left engine failed at 500 ft whilst on the bombing run and, as they were too low to bail out, the captain carried out a forced landing on the lake. Fortunately, the crew could evacuate safely before the plane sank. It was raised 62 years later and eventually will be placed on display in the condition it was found on the lake bed. At the time of my visit the nose section restoration was complete. This was the 200th B-25C off the production line and the 3rd oldest surviving.

This Vultee forms part of the very interesting Tuskegee Airmen exhibit at the SMoF.

This Sabre Dog is on display outside in the grounds of the Southern Museum of Flight.

With no centrally located vertical tail, canards and a pusher engine/propeller configuration, the Starship was certainly distictive but is most noteworthy for being the first non-military aircraft certified by the FAA to have a carbon fibre composite airframe. This example, one of relatively few survivors from the 53 built, is on display at the Southern Museum of Flight.

This was one of four (?) Hinds acquired by the US Army for evaluation purposes by the Threat Systems Management Office at Fort Bliss. It is now on display at the super Southern Museum of Flight (since April 2012). Various incorrect identites are quoted for the helicopter, but the information as shown here is confirmed. It is ex Lybian Air Force 302.

This is one of the original eighteen aeroplanes specifically designed by Huff-Daland to perform aerial crop dusting. C.E. Woolman took over the company in 1928 and renamed it Delta Air Service. To generate extra revenue a seat was added in the duster bin to fly passengers and the company became the forerunner of Delta Air Lines. This piece of history is now on display at the Southern Museum of Flight.

This F-4 was previously on display on this pole at the Southern Museum of Flight in false markings as 60-1049. After refurbishment it is now back on display wearing her correct identity.

This T-33 served from 1958 for twenty years until it was SOC and retired to MASDC. After a second spell in the desert it was rescued in 1990 and went on to become part of the NMUSAF Loan Program and is now on display at the Southern Museum of Flight.

This C-47 was built in 1944 and served with the Navy as 50814. It then passed to the US Army Electronics Command for use as an airborne electronic test bed. In 1975 it became civil as N48211. It is now enjoying retirement in this new scheme at the super Southern Museum of Flight.

The Beech Starship with no centrally located vertical tail, canards and a pusher engine/propeller configuration was certainly distictive. It is, though, most noteworthy for being the first non-military aircraft certified by the FAA to have a carbon fibre composite airframe. This example, one of relatively few survivors from the 53 built, is on display at the Southern Museum of Flight in Birmingham, Alabama.