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Tennessee Airplane Museums.from the Yellow Airplane Resource Center. |
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A List of Airplane Museums in Tennessee. Tennessee is nicknamed the Volunteer State. The population of Tennessee is 4,897,000 people, number 17 of the 50 states, its capitol is Nashville and its largest city is Memphis. The land area of Tennessee is 41,220 square miles, number 34 of the 50 states, and its highest point is Clingmans dome 6,642 feet. |
Tennessee is the home of Elvis Presley.
You can see a couple of Elvis' airplanes at Graceland. Graceland it the home that Elvis built. When I was stationed at Naval Air station Station Memphis in naval tech school, in 1972-74, I had a chance to visit Graceland. There was no one there except the guard, which I understand to be the grandfather of Elvis, and the gates were open. We were allowed to walk anywhere around the front of Elvis' property. It was great, there was no crowd there, then, there is a massive crowd there now. There are a couple of airplanes there that Elvis owned. I would like to have seen how they got them to the property across from Graceland. You can tour these airplanes and the tour is great. See it for yourself. C. Jeff Dyrek, webmaster.12-19-20 A letter
from one of our viewers.
1. You had a
question regarding how they got the airplanes to Graceland. Here's
how: The Jetstar (N777EP) was simply towed down Winchester
Road from the airport to Elvis Presley Blvd, about 2 1/2 miles, then
turned left for the three block trip to where itr now sits. The Convair
880 (N880EP) Lisa Marie, was ferried gear down from where it
had been left derelict in Florida to the Memphis Airport. The
wings were cut off with power saws just outboard of the engines,
and the airplane towed like the Jetstar. The wings were then
reattached. Needless to say, it can never fly again. I worked
on this aircraft for three years, until Elvis died. I also
worked on it when it was flown by Delta Air Lines.
2.
The Memphis
Belle is currently disassembled, and stored at the Millington
airport (formerly NAS Memphis, now NSA Millington). Unfortunately,
there is infighting amongst two competing groups for control of the
aircraft, and rumors are that the Air Force is considering taking it
back. Although I haven't looked closely at the airplane, I have been told
that it is in better condition than several of the
flying B-17s.
Ed Woerle
EdWoerle@aol.com
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