Trip Report - Carolina

2008

My only prior visits to South Carolina were to ride across 
the state as a passenger in my parents' car, and to transit Charleston AFB on my 
trip to Germany in 1979. This was the first time I stayed overnight and 
explored some of the state.</p>
Saturday, 8 Nov 2008</h3>
My friend DG and I flew from Denver to Charlotte, North 
Carolina. We picked up a Dodge Avenger 
rental car and headed southeast into South Carolina.</p>
<b>Morris Field SC </b>(No photos, no historic features 
seen.</P>
<b>Woodward Field SC</b><br>
  <a href="Woodward_Field_SC_20081108_02.jpg">Brick hangar, possibly pre-war</a><br>
  <a href="Woodward_Field_SC_20081108_03.jpg">W.W.II 184-foot demountable hangar</a><br>
  <a href="Woodward_Field_SC_20081108_07.jpg">W.W.II 184-foot demountable hangar</a><br>
  <a href="Woodward_Field_SC_20081108_05.jpg">W.W.II 184-foot demountable hangar</a><br>
  <a href="Woodward_Field_SC_20081108_09.jpg">Hangar</a><br>
  <a href="Woodward_Field_SC_20081108_04.jpg">Hangar</a><br>
 
<a href="Woodward_Field_SC_20081108_10.jpg">Flight line view of hangars</a><br>
<a href="Woodward_Field_SC_20081108_01.jpg">Two hangars</a></P>

We stopped for the night in Charleston.</p>
<h3>Sunday, 9 Nov 2008</h3>
<b>Fort Sumter SC</b><br>
  <a href="Fort_Sumter_SC_20081109_05.jpg">View from the harbor</a><br>
  <a href="Fort_Sumter_SC_20081109_58.jpg">View from the harbor</a><br>
 
<a href="Fort_Sumter_SC_20081109_07.jpg">Battery Isaac Huger, built within the original fort</a><br>
<a href="Fort_Sumter_SC_20081109_08.jpg">Battery Isaac Huger</a><br>
<a href="Fort_Sumter_SC_20081109_34.jpg">Battery Isaac Huger</a><br>
<a href="Fort_Sumter_SC_20081109_54.jpg">Battery Isaac Huger</a><br>
<a href="Fort_Sumter_SC_20081109_10.jpg">Battery Isaac Huger</a><br>
<a href="Fort_Sumter_SC_20081109_44.jpg">Battery Isaac Huger</a><br>
 
<a href="Fort_Sumter_SC_20081109_09.jpg">General view inside the fort</a><br>
<a href="Fort_Sumter_SC_20081109_32.jpg">General view inside the fort</a><br>
<a href="Fort_Sumter_SC_20081109_33.jpg">General view inside the fort</a><br>
<a href="Fort_Sumter_SC_20081109_36.jpg">General view inside the fort</a><br>
<a href="Fort_Sumter_SC_20081109_38.jpg">General view inside the fort</a><br>
<a href="Fort_Sumter_SC_20081109_14.jpg">Front entryway to fort</a><br>
<a href="Fort_Sumter_SC_20081109_16.jpg">Front entryway to fort</a><br>
<a href="Fort_Sumter_SC_20081109_37.jpg">One of the gun mounts on top of the battery</a><br>
<a href="Fort_Sumter_SC_20081109_39.jpg">General view from top of battery, showing dock and our boat</a><br>
<a href="Fort_Sumter_SC_20081109_52.jpg">Observation post on top of battery</a><br>
 
<a href="Fort_Sumter_SC_20081109_53.jpg">Gun mount on battery</a><br>
<a href="Fort_Sumter_SC_20081109_25.jpg">Gun positions</a><br>
<a href="Fort_Sumter_SC_20081109_27.jpg">Gun positions</a><br>
<a href="Fort_Sumter_SC_20081109_30.jpg">Gun positions</a><br>
<a href="Fort_Sumter_SC_20081109_11.jpg">Gun in position</a><br>
<a href="Fort_Sumter_SC_20081109_12.jpg">Gun in position</a></P>
<b>Castle Pinckney SC</b><br>
  <a href="Castle_Pinckney_SC_20081109_1.jpg">General view of the ruins</a><br>
  <a href="Castle_Pinckney_SC_20081109_2.jpg">Another view</a><br>
<a href="Castle_Pinckney_SC_20081109_4.jpg">And another view</a></P>
<b>USS Yorktown</b><br>
 
<a href="USS_Yorktown_SC_20081109_01.jpg">View from the dock</a><br>
<a href="USS_Yorktown_SC_20081109_03.jpg">View from the water</a><br>
<a href="USS_Yorktown_SC_20081109_04.jpg">View from the water</a><br>
<a href="USS_Yorktown_SC_20081109_05.jpg">View from the water</a><br>
<a href="USS_Yorktown_SC_20081109_06.jpg">View from the water</a><br>
<a href="USS_Yorktown_SC_20081109_07.jpg">View from the water</a><br>
<a href="USS_Yorktown_SC_20081109_09.jpg">View from the water</a></P>
This was our second night in Charleston.</p>
<h3>Monday, 10 Nov 2008</h3>
<b>Jennings Aprt SC </b>I originally misidentified this as Orangeburg MAP<br>
 
<a href="Jennings_SC_20081110_02.jpg">Rear view of hangars</a><br>
<a href="Jennings_SC_20081110_07.jpg">Flight line view of one hangar</a><br>
<a href="Jennings_SC_20081110_09.jpg">Flight line view of the other hangar</a><br>
<a href="Jennings_SC_20081110_04.jpg">Rear view of one hangar</a><br>
<a href="Jennings_SC_20081110_01.jpg">Marker</a></P>
<b>Columbia AAB</b> <b>SC</b> (No photos, no 
historic features seen.</P>
<b>Donaldson AFB SC</b><br>
  <a href="Donaldson_AFB_SC_20081110_01.jpg">W.W.II hangar</a><br>
  <a href="Donaldson_AFB_SC_20081110_03.jpg">W.W.II hangar</a><br>
  <a href="Donaldson_AFB_SC_20081110_02.jpg">View of maintenance docks from across flightline</a><br>
 
<a href="Donaldson_AFB_SC_20081110_05.jpg">W.W.II building</a><br>
<a href="Donaldson_AFB_SC_20081110_04.jpg">W.W.II building</a><br>
 
<a href="Donaldson_AFB_SC_20081110_06.jpg">Double-cantilever hangar, with non-historic aircraft tail enclosures</a><br>
<a href="Donaldson_AFB_SC_20081110_07.jpg">Hangars</a><br>
<a href="Donaldson_AFB_SC_20081110_08.jpg">Remodeled W.W.II barracks</a><br>
<a href="Donaldson_AFB_SC_20081110_09.jpg">Row of buildings</a></P>
<b>Greenville Muni Aprt SC</b> (No photos, no historic 
features seen.</P>
We stopped for the night in Greenville.</p>
<h3>Tuesday, 11 Nov 2008</h3>
<b>Charlotte Army Missile Plant NC</b><br>
 
<a href="Charlotte_Msl_Plant_NC_20081111_01.jpg">Building on east side of property</a><br>
 
<a href="Charlotte_Msl_Plant_NC_20081111_02.jpg">Building on east side of property</a><br>
 
<a href="Charlotte_Msl_Plant_NC_20081111_04.jpg">Building on east side of property</a><br>
 
<a href="Charlotte_Msl_Plant_NC_20081111_06.jpg">Building on east side of property</a><br>
 
<a href="Charlotte_Msl_Plant_NC_20081111_07.jpg">Plant building with monitors</a><br>
<a href="Charlotte_Msl_Plant_NC_20081111_08.jpg">Plant building with monitors</a><br>
 
<a href="Charlotte_Msl_Plant_NC_20081111_10.jpg">Plant buildings and elevated water storage tank</a><br>
<a href="Charlotte_Msl_Plant_NC_20081111_12.jpg">Plant building showing Art Deco details and sawtooth monitors</a><br>
<a href="Charlotte_Msl_Plant_NC_20081111_03.jpg">General view</a><br>
<a href="Charlotte_Msl_Plant_NC_20081111_13.jpg">General view</a></P>
Then we drove back to the Charlotte airport to start the trip home.</P>