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Illinois airplane museums cover all aspects of airplanes.  Illinois is also the home of the 183rd fighter squadron flying the F-16 falcon jet fighter, located in Springfield.  YellowAirplane.com is also located in Illinois.  Illinois is nicknamed the Land of Lincoln after the birth place of President Abraham Lincoln.  It has a land area of 55,593 square miles.  The highest point in Illinois is Charles Mound which is 1,235 feet.  Illinois' capitol is Springfield and its largest city is Chicago.  The population of Illinois is 11,466,700 people.
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34th Fighter Squadron Exhibit
   Take a tour of an operational WW2 fighter squadron       stationed on the Western Pacific Island of Ie Shima.  This is a  historical event showing the complete fighter operation from the Mess Hall to the P-47 in flight.  You can also see the Japanese Surrender Delegation visit the Island.

 
Air National Guard Base
183rd Fighter Squadron
Springfield Airport
Mac Arthur Blvd.
Springfield, Illinois
Outside Aircraft Display
F-4, F-86, F-84
all in beautiful shape
About 3 Aircraft

 
Air National Guard Base
182nd Air Lift Wing
North West Side of the Peoria Airport
Outside Display
all in beautiful shape
About 3 Aircraft

 
Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum
1011 Pacesetter Drive
Rantoul, Illinois 61866-3672
call us at (217) 893-1613
Chanute Airfare Base is Located near Rantoul Illinois
http://www.aeromuseum.org/
About 40 Aircraft

 
Dupage County Airport
Located in St. Charles Illinois
Webmasters Note: The airplanes are very nicely kept, and they have some of the most beautifully built model airplanes I've ever seen.  It turns out, after I asked around awhile, that these models were built by the night watchman.
About 8 Aircraft

 
Frasca Air Museum
1402 E Illini Airport Rd
Urbana, IL. 61801
217-328-6088
About ? Aircraft

 
Illinois State Military Museum
Location:
Camp Lincoln
1301 North Mac Arthur Boulevard
Barracks Building #41
Springfield, Illinois, 62702-2399

      Visiting Hours:
Monday - Friday 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 
Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

      Admission / Suggested Donation:
Adult 18 Years and older $2.00 
Youth 17 years & younger $1.00 

      Your generosity directly contributes to the operation of this museum and will ensure Public Access, Preservation, and Programming in this facility. For further information contact: Mark Whitlock at (217) 761-3910 or fax (217) 761-3712.
 

 

 
Lincoln Airport
Located at the Lincoln Illinois Airport
About 6 Aircraft

 
Museum of Science and Industry 
57th St. & Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60637
This is an A-7 Corsair II  -- Located at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry
Webmasters Note:  This is one of the finest museums in the world.  I'm not kidding. They have, inside, a 727 mounted from the second floor which gives a real nice show of flight operations.  Don't miss the Onmi-Max theater and the space center.  Allow yourself 2 days to see this one.   I go here at least once per year.
About 13 Aircraft and Spacecraft, 1 Submarine, 1 Coal mine and a lot more

 
O'Hare Airport
Chicago IL.
O'Hare International Airport Terminal 2
Grumman F4F-3 12320 Painted As "Butch" O'Hare's Plane
    Probably 12260 Crashed Lake Michigan 3-1-44 Recovered 
1991.  Airport Renamed to O'HARE For "Butch"
Info thanks to Gil Bliss
Single  Aircraft Display

 
Prairie Aviation Museum 
P.O. Box 856 
Bloomington, IL. 61701
309-663-7632
this military airplane is an A-7 Corsair II sitting on the deck of the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier
Webmasters Note:  One of these aircraft is an A7 from VA-125.  This is the Squadron which I was attached to when stationed at NAS  Lemoore, CA  I also served with the World Famous Golden Dragons home based in Lemoore..  The plane shown here is an A-7E used by VA-192
 
About 8 Aircraft

 
Scott AFB
Just Southeast of St Louis
618-256-1110
About 5 Aircraft

 

 

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Jacob Dyrek,  from poland to pullman

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