Charlotte Aircraft Corporation is a company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina which deals in used aircraft and aircraft parts. The company was founded by Jenks Caldwell Sr. in 1953. Today the company is run by his son Jenks Caldwell Jr. The company’s main business is reselling refurbished aircraft parts which it acquires by purchasing used aircraft and stripping them of their useful parts, storing them until required, and re-furbishing them before sale to the customer.

The company has a large business in parts for Boeing

Boeing

The Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...

 aircraft.

Locations

Current Locations

• Headquarters: Delta Airbase
  Delta Airbase
  - History :Delta Airbase is a private airstrip located at the intersection of East Harris Boulevard & Albemarle Road in Charlotte, NC. The airport, initially called as "Grove Airport", was probably built sometime during 1941 - 1942 .The earliest depiction of an airfield at this site was on the...
  
  , Charlotte, North Carolina
  Charlotte, North Carolina
  Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...
  
  : Sometime in the late 1950s the company acquired Delta Airbase, an airfield located off WT Harris Blvd in Charlotte, NC and moved it operations there from Charlotte Douglas Airport. Delta Airbase was created by some people from the Mississippi Delta area who moved to Charlotte to establish an airfield and operation to train pilots during WWII (hence the name Delta Airbase). 35°12′48"N 080°43′23.53"W

In the 1960s the company purchased a large number of ex-Eastern Airlines DC-6s & DC-7s. These were flown into Delta Airbase and parted out. Sometime in the past 20 years the airstrip was shortened and some of the land was used to develop an apartment complex.

• Laurinburg-Maxton Airport
  Laurinburg-Maxton Airport
  Laurinburg-Maxton Airport is a public airport located three miles north of the central business district of Maxton and east of Laurinburg. Maxton is located primarily in Robeson County, North Carolina, USA while Laurinburg is in Scotland County, North Carolina, USA as is the airport proper. This...
  
  : The company has a large operation at Laurinburg-Maxtion Airport where it flys in aircraft and reduces them to parts. Visitors to the airport can see 747s, 727s, DC-9s, and many other aircraft in various stages of being stripped of usable parts. 34°47′31"N 079°21′57"W

Former Locations

• Charlotte Douglas Airport: In the early years the company had a large operation at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. At this location the company acquired a large number of surplus aircraft (mainly T-6 aircraft), refurbished them and resold them to various purchasers including the Spanish Air Force
  Spanish Air Force
  -The early stages:Hot air balloons had been used with military purposes in Spain as far back as 1896. In 1905, with the help of Alfredo Kindelán, Leonardo Torres y Quevedo directed the construction of the first Spanish dirigible in the Army Military Aerostatics Service, created in 1896 and located...
  
   - (Ejército del Aire).

Interesting Aircraft from Charlotte Aircraft in museums

Over the years the company has supplied a number of aircraft to museums. These include but are not limited to:

• F-84: This aircraft was acquired by the Company from an ROTC unit in Florida and eventually was donated to the Carolinas Aviation Museum
  Carolinas Aviation Museum
  The Carolinas Aviation Museum is an aviation museum on the grounds of Charlotte/Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina. The mission of the Museum is to educate the public about the importance of aviation to our society and inspire the next generation to excel academically in the...
  
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• 747-100: The nose of the first 747 purchased by Northwest Airlines was removed from the airplane at Maxton and taken and installed in the National Air & Space Museum in Washington DC.

Interesting Aircraft from Charlotte Aircraft used in movies

Over the years the company has supplied a number of aircraft for use in movies. These include but are not limited to:

• 727: This aircraft was trucked from Maxton NC to Massachusetts for use in the Tom Cruise movie Knight and Day.