Reviews of Hickory Aviation Museum (Museum)

John McCloskey

"Boats" gave a wonderful tour of the P3!!

David Grimm

Very friendly staff. Did I mention its free!

Brandon Morrison

From arrival to departure we had a blast. My son made some new friends today and they are friends with a wealth of knowledge they did not mind sharing at all. The history of these machines is awesome. The availability of them to the public is also very cool. We will be back. Thank you for having us!

Justin

Most excellent place. My three years olds were welcomed and made to feel like princesses, albeit princesses that also fly Sea King helicopters. Be sure to chat to the guys running the place and order a cheese burger from the cafe, grilled with freshly ground beef.

Jimmy Moretz

A nice place to take your time and really look at all the exhibts.

Laurie Elgin

Great guides

Lewis Quinn

Is a very Place to visit

Linda Montgomery

Eat at the crosswinds Cafe and it was great!

Ernie Byars

Nice museum and restaurant!

Dennis Willis

Very good staff, interesting to visit

Deatric Smith

Great museum packed with tons of history.

Jeff Watson

Fancy to get in and look plus touch jets of navy.

Tony Thornton

An awesome museum of aviation history! If you love military aircraft, you don't want to miss this museum.

Mike D

Nice little museum with lots of history and information. The staff are passionate and really care about aviation and it shows in the collection of items and aircraft found and displayed here at the Hickory Regional Airport. You can see everything in a short visit and make sure to ask questions because you will be gifted with great historical facts

Rick Reid

This is a wonderful place for a family to learn about our great nation's history. I feel privileged to have such great aviation museum in my backyard. My 7 year old daughter loved it. We will be regulars their from now on.

Andrew McCallister

Great museum, very friendly and knowledgeable volunteers. We brought a very large group with lots of kids, and they all had a good time. They really liked being able to go into and look around the large helicopter they have on display outside. Definitely a must see when you visit Hickory.

Peedie Montgomery

Even though they were closed when we were at the airport,we walk through the airport parking lot and saw some very nice well-maintained, a large part of our past history was on that blacktop.

Carol Baucom Pietras

Great small airport & it's free

Kitty Chavez

Truly amazing love hearing about history

Maria Phillips

It was very educational. I love seeing and learning about the different planes and their jobs.

david fisher

What a wonderful experience!

Jeremy Mullens

Cool mini museum and cool planes and jets!

Andrea Martinez

Loved this place

Brent Presnell

Very friendly volunteers staff the museum and are very helpful in understanding the indoor exhibits. Outside are multiple aircraft to examine all at your own pace. Spend as long as you like. My grandson love the place as did I.

Landon Jensen

Nice facility

Megan AC

Absolutely awesome experience for my family and I! Super friendly and welcoming staff and cool planes with tons of history!

p1tuup shutupok

Was closed but could see some really cool planes.

Brian L Kluttz

If your kid loves planes this is the place to be. Even if your a little older the kid inside will love it too.

Sullivan Strong

Awesome! Great tour guides and a great restaurant!

Edgar Sanchez

(Translated by Google) The history of aviation is very interesting and seeing the planes inside and how they work is of interest to all (Original) La historia de la aviación es muy interesante y ver los aviones por dentro y como funcionan es de interés para todos

Logan Sumrell

Cool place. They had a flying B-17 the other day. So they get some traveling expos

Vickie Vaughan

Fantastic museum!!

T M

Fun little museum. Lots of vintage aircraft outside. It is small, but I think that fact actually makes it a better museum.

Shera Smith

Great history place. The staff is very knowledgeable and willing to tell you many stories of days gone by!

Melvin elder

Great!

Joe Robinson

Great aircraft to tour. They have a one of a kind dual propulsion aircraft only one in the world. Highly recommend!

Shannon Massey

Best group of historians ever whom have become friends. Definitely the gem in Hickory, please tip your hats and shake the hands with some of our brave veterans. Remember to always be kind it costs zero to educate the next generation on respect. Humbled with a sense of honor to just know some of them, their personal sacrifices should definitely be a testimony to our military, our government including but not limited to the brave souls that our country has lost in battle. PRICELESS ❣️ Experience

David Green

A fantastic place to see old US Air force war planes, the proprietor is a very knowledgeable guy and gladly passes this to visitors, go see for yourself.

Fast Freddy Muldoon

Ask for Kyle and take the tour. Enjoy!

syphon filter

Excellent place they have been getting new planes almost yearly.

Nathan Merique

Excellent. Im a member here. If you like military planes, veterans, and good stories this is the place for you.

bobby greene

Love it

Tammy Duncan

Great place to take your children. Lots of history & fun.

Brad Shook

This place is full of amazing history. I highly recommended you visit and take your family.

Michael Forbes

This is a really cool museum that we should all try to support. Awesome for kids too, especially little boys with big imagination, big boys too!!!

Jonathan Broadus

The museum is not very large, but there’s a surprising amount of memorabilia and the volunteers who work here clearly love their subject. Well worth the time spent if you’re a fan of military aviation, especially if you get a chance to chat with the curator.

Rita Powell

WOW!!! Great visit to Hickory Aviation Museum. The staff, for the museum, are all volunteers. They give freely of their time & knowledge. We will be back again to enjoy the restaurant on site. Great way to spend an afternoon at Hickory Aviation Museum❤

Bruce Cynamon

Nice little museum. Good restaurant next door.

Dudley DoRight Home Improvements, LLC

Great place to look at history. I enjoyed the helicopter that you can walk in and would of liked to seen the inside of the larger one but wasn't open.

Jill Trent

Mr Boats and all of the staff treated us like royalty on a 96 ° day. Such a great excursion and photo op. Thank you all!!!!

scuba man

Very neat place. Right at the Hickory airport. Nice to learn some of the history and see the actual planes and equipment.

Kelley Thomas

Great history place for kids

Bill Myers

GREAT people. Recommend to all

kurtis b.

Interesting stuff our little city has hidden around. This is worth it. A lot of history and actual "artifacts" to see. I'm still amazed. This is a must see.

Mike Michaels

Went to see the EA6B Prowler. Very nice little museum with a lot of good information. Wasn’t able to be there very long since they had to close, but still had a good time. Also met Phil who was a very nice gentleman who was full of knowledge!

Ethan Hahn

Fellows in there are super nice and extremely knowledgeable.

Mauricio Arguello Alzate

(Translated by Google) Good place to learn about the navy's, enjoy and learn from planes that have been in different wars (Original) Buen lugar para aprender acerca de los navy's, disfrutar y aprender de aviones que han estado en diferentes guerras

Jesebel Douty

A great place to visits.The staffs were very friendly and knowledgeable .They took their time to answer all our questions and shows us everything! We will go back and visit again.Thank you all for your service!!

Danny Russell

Amazing little museum. Must see if in the area and are interested in military aviation. A lot of one of the kind things to see that most people dont have the chance to see. People are very friendly and knowledgable..

Neil Brooks

Wonderfully small but great museum. Staffed by volunteer former military who provide authenticity to their collection. Be sure to check out the machine guns at the other end of the terminal. Not easy to find so ask.

Shirleta Prunty

Kid friendly and very good speaker.

Susan Taylor

Go take your kids into the cockpit of an airplane and let them get a good, upclose look at the high flying objects. Even see how air domination has been used by America over the years. Honor the hero's that made it all possible along the way.

Eddie Bowman

Burford showed us the new addition to the planes and explained how it was used.

Tom Wheeler

Interesting personal stories and photos accompanied planes on display

John Ballard

So nice people! Loved it!

Billie Clark

Good hickory better

Robert Bentley

Everyone was extremely nice and informative. Big thank you to" Boats" for the VIP tour!

Scott Reynolds

Great museum. Check out the diner while you are there!

Rp Mx

Kyle is such a knowledgeable and entertaining host! And all these planes just for you...F4, A4, A6, F86....and the last Tomcat to fly

Connie Crysler

Unique planes and Jets, many pictures and history... very educational and make sure to ask questions, staff was very helpful and knowledgeable

Nine2-5traveler

Had an amazing time visiting the museum today. We learned a lot about some local hero's, and efforts that our community had done to preserve so many artifacts. It's so nice to have this museum in our very own airport, and have so much support.

Carlos Montalvo

Great selection of local armed forces history

Deandra Bailey

This museum is a very nice place. The tour guides are great and well educated with the planes. The museum is free but it is good to leave a tip and/or buy something in the shop. I highly recommend the museum.

Kim Logan

Good food and service.

Jackie

Very nice.

Ace Feeley

All I can say is WOW! It's not a big place, but it's stuffed with historical aviation memorabilia. Incredible and well done!! And, oh yeah, then there's the planes out on the flight line! A must see for aviation bluffs of all ages!!!

sherri parkhurst

Awesome bit of history.

Connie Smith

Not there

Kevin Reichenbach

Great piece of history, very nice and well informed guides. Loved seeing all the planes. Can't wait to go back when they expand.

Carlos Valdivieso

(Translated by Google) very nice experience (Original) muy linda experiencia

Michelle Gibbs

Awesome museum to visit. Be sure and take the tour of the pc3 and walk around and look at everything. Also check out the Crosswinds Cafe. The burgers are great.

ACES

Sweet little gem of a place. Lots of memorabilia from last wars. Very knowledgeable attendants. The planes were cool to see. They have one that was in Top Gun. Fun for my daughters.

Dennis Self

Great restaurant in there to

Jennifer Mitchell

Very well maintained and attention to detail!

MultIplay3r

This museum is a very nice place. The tour guides are great and well educated with the planes and their also veterans!! Its also free but its good to leave a tip and/or buy something in the shop. I highly recommend the museum. If your hungry there is also the Crosswinds Cafe inside the airport.

Larry Brown

Great experience!!

Dhruv Gramopadhye

Amazing museum run by passionate, helpful voulenteers

Dara Kinkopf

Very fun place to visit. Interesting and enjoyable.

Matthew Poteet

I took my 5 year old son and now he wants ti go back every weekend. Lol it free but we made a donation. Touring the big Navy plane was awesome. The staff really knows their stuff.

Krezip

A real neat place to visit. The fellows who were on staff the day i visited were really friendly and well imformed. I plan on taking family there soon.