The Tennessee Museum of Aviation is an aviation museum located at the Gatlinburg–Pigeon Forge Airport in Sevierville, Tennessee.
History Background The Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame was founded by Bob Minter in 1996. Separately, three years later, R. Neal Melton began construction of Tennessee Museum of Aviation at the Gatlinburg–Pigeon Forge Airport. The two organizations merged shortly thereafter.
Establishment The combined museum opened in a facility on 15 December 2001.
Move to Lebanon In April 2025, the museum received approval to move to Lebanon Municipal Airport in Lebanon, Tennessee, where a new facility will be built.
Exhibits Exhibits at the museum include a history of military chaplains and a timeline of aviation history.
Collection The majority of the museum's aircraft are on loan.
Aircraft
1902 Wright glider Beechcraft Model 18 – fuselage Beechcraft RC-45J Expeditor Beechcraft T-34B Mentor Canadair CT-133 Silver Star Cessna P172D Skyhawk Cessna O-1A Bird Dog Dornier Do 27 B-1 Douglas A-1H Skyraider Douglas A-4 Skyhawk – cockpit Grumman HU-16E Albatross LTV A-7A Corsair II Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21US North American B-25 Mitchell – forward fuselage North American P-51D Mustang – replica North American T-28B Trojan North American Rockwell OV-10D Bronco Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Sikorsky UH-34G WSK-Mielec Lim-5 WSK-Mielec Lim-5R
Other
Gnome Monosoupape 9 Type B Link C-11 trainer
See also List of aviation museums
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