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UPDATE: Summer 2009 - The NCAM's "Third Annual Fly-In" was an unqualified success!!! At least 1,800 people and about 75 aircraft showed up June 6 for a fantastic day of flights, fun and history!! For more details about the event and some of what's NEW INSIDE the museum, please click on the "News" link to the left, then choose the entry "Latest Annual Fly-In/Museum News."

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UPDATE: Summer 2009 - Adult admission to the North Carolina Aviation Museum will be undergoing a slight increase, from $7 to $8, as of Sept 1. Admission for students (under 18) remains at $5 and children five and under will still get in absolutely FREE.

The all-volunteer Board of Directors was forced to institute the change at the July 28 quarterly meeting "due to the rapidly rising cost of doing business, even for 501(c)(3) non-profits like the NCAM," says General Manager/Curator Rick Bondurant.

"We hate price increases around here like worst enemies, but we have to do our best as a non-profit to try and at least break even each year so we can continue to progress as a museum," stresses the former Myrtle Beach AFB Community Relations Chief. "The board felt a small adults-only increase was the best answer to the bottom-line battle we are facing in the near future."

Officials also voted to begin the museum's "Pre-Winter Schedule" Nov 1. The NCAM will be closed on Mondays throughout November, but otherwise will be operating under normal hours (Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 1-5 p.m.).

Beginning Dec. 1, the NCAM will switch to its "Winter Schedule," which includes closing on both Mondays and Tuesdays until April 1. Once again, however, the museum will still be open Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, from 1-5 p.m.

As of April 1, 2010, the NCAM will revert back to its "Normal Schedule" of Monday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., and Sunday, from 1-5 p.m. This schedule will be in effect until Oct. 31, 2010. The museum is also closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.

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UPDATE: Summer 2009 - New exhibits open honoring "The Tuskegee Airmen" (courtesy of Harvey Alexander of Greensboro); "The First Warbirds" (featuring WWI scale models, artwork and actual photos of some of the earliest fighter aircraft and their pilots); "Women in Aviation" (courtesy of the Carolinas Chapter of the Ninety-Nines) and a second "Curator's Corner," which features new, untouched donations fresh out of the packing crate.

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UPDATE: Spring 2009 - Thanks to Chuck Jensen, Dick Kanning, Jim Myers and the rest of the folks at the North Carolina Sub Vets, we now also feature a Memorial Parade Submarine, as well as a 6000-pound Mk-14 Torpedo Exhibit, which honors the 52 subs (with more than 3,500 souls on board) lost during WWII.

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UPDATE: Spring 2009 - Active on-site restoration of the first Rutan VariEze built in North Carolina is underway by Mike White and his son, Ryan!!! Donated by a few years ago by area resident "Mule" Ferguson, the Whites hope to have to the restoration done by 2011-2012. Anyone wishing to volunteer to help should call and leave their name and number with the general manager.

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UPDATE: Spring 2009 - A new exhibit featuring a 1/4scale Wright Flyer opened in Hangar 1. This classic craft was built and donated to the museum by area resident Mark Glazer. The entire "NCAM Family" would like to publicly thank Mark for his fantastic gift!!!

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UPDATE: Winter 2008 - The first of several future exhibit areas called "The Curator's Corner" opened in time for Christmas 2008. The "corners" are sections which allows patrons close-up browsing (but please don't touch) many of the museum's newest arrivals. Items on display there are usually fresh out of the box and on initial display until a permanent home is created for them. A big thanks here goes to Asheboro High School Senior Devon Goy for his outstanding efforts assisting with the set up of this, and other, NCAM exhibits!!

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North Carolina Aviation Museum
2222-G Pilots View Road
Asheboro, NC 27205
Phone: (336) 625-0170
Fax: (336) 625-2984