The Carolinas Aviation Museum has been renamed the Sullenberger Aviation Museum, honoring Capt. C.B. "Sully" Sullenberger for his role in the "Miracle on the Hudson."
The museum houses the actual Airbus A320 from US Airways Flight 1549 and is undergoing a major expansion with a new 105,000-square-foot facility slated to open by the end of 2023.
The Sullenberger Aviation Museum aims to be the premier aviation museum of the Southeast, providing educational resources and connecting visitors to STEM-based careers through the wonder of flight.
The museum formerly known as the Carolinas Aviation Museum has a new name: the Sullenberger Aviation Museum.
The name change is in honor of Capt. C.B. “Sully” Sullenberger, who along with copilot Jeff Skiles, ditched US Airways Flight 1549 safely in New York’s Hudson River after losing power in both engines.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
