Trip Report: Carolina
First published in 2008. Reformatted 2025. My only prior visits to South Carolina were to ride across the state as a passenger in my parents' car, and to transit Charleston Air Force Base on my trip to Germany in 1979. This was the first time I stayed overnight and explored some of the state. Just a reminder PIN means Permanent Installation Number and ILC means Installation Location Code; I include these for Air Force properties when I know them.Saturday, 8 November 2008
Debbie and I flew from Denver to Charlotte, North Carolina. We picked up a Dodge Avenger rental car and headed southeast into South Carolina. Woodward Field SCBrick hangar, possibly pre-war
WWII 184-foot demountable hangar
WWII 184-foot demountable hangar
WWII 184-foot demountable hangar
Hangar
Hangar
Flightline view of hangars
Two hangars We stopped for the night in Charleston.
Sunday, 9 November 2008
Fort Sumter SCView from the harbor
View from the harbor
Battery Isaac Huger, built within the original fort
Battery Isaac Huger
Battery Isaac Huger
Battery Isaac Huger
Battery Isaac Huger
Battery Isaac Huger
General view inside the fort
General view inside the fort
General view inside the fort
General view inside the fort
General view inside the fort
Front entryway to fort
Front entryway to fort
One of the gun mounts on top of the battery
General view from top of battery, showing dock and our boat
Observation post on top of battery
Gun mount on battery
Gun positions
Gun positions
Gun positions
Gun in position
Gun in position Castle Pinckney SC
General view of the ruins
Another view
And another view USS Yorktown
View from the dock
View from the water
View from the water
View from the water
View from the water
View from the water
View from the water This was our second night in Charleston.
Monday, 10 November 2008
Jennings Airport SCRear view of hangars
Flightline view of one hangar
Flightline view of the other hangar
Rear view of one hangar
Marker Donaldson Air Force Base SC
WWII hangar
WWII hangar
View of maintenance docks from across flightline
WWII building
WWII building
Double-cantilever hangar, with non-historic aircraft tail enclosures
Hangars
Remodeled WWII barracks
Row of buildings We stopped for the night in Greenville.
Tuesday, 11 November 2008
Charlotte Army Missile Plant NCBuilding on east side of property
Building on east side of property
Building on east side of property
Building on east side of property
Plant building with monitors
Plant building with monitors
Plant buildings and elevated water storage tank
Plant building showing Art Deco details and sawtooth monitors
General view
General view Then we drove back to the Charlotte airport to start the trip home. Updated April 20, 2025
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