The museum is cleverly located inside a hangar, on a winding road near the airport. The wallside exhibits detail planes from both world wars and give the history of Morris field, the air force base that later became Charlotte Douglas airport.
But obviously the real draw of the place are the planes. Fighter jets, copters, bombers, passenger planes, little dinky joyride planes. You got your Tomcats and Phantoms and F-something or others. The place was crawling with volunteers on Saturday, willing to give you the rundown or show you around in one of the three boardable planes. Even our guide who couldn't have been a day over 16 knew more about those planes than I think I know about most things. I think the spot would be grand for any amateur plane lover, I'm not sure how much it has to offer to a true aficionado minus the opportunity to walk up and touch the actual restored planes. The place is also quite family friendly, lots of touching is okay and there are chairs in random places for the folks who just want to sit one out. It's a fun little stop for an hour or so I'd say. Adults were $11, I think kids mightve been 5.