Warbird Information Exchange

Mike, do you know the link you provided is for Indiana not Illinois?

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I corrected my first post. Here is the correct link as well...

http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/Locator.php?Region=IL

Mike

EDIT: The "Need Help" list has been moved to the latest posting.

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Terre Haute, Indiana American Legion F-84, is missing from the Legion post but I will try to find out where it went........it could be the same one located at Terre Haute,Hulman Regional Airport, Indiana ANG - 181st FG but I don't know that

Hope this helps.........
#9 Midwest Helicopters is on the old Hinsdale Airport site located in the former FBO hanger. The airport is gone, only the ramp & hanger remain for the industrial lift company. They are located just north of I-55 on Madison Avenue in the town of Willowbrook.
#11 Brookfield has a badly vandalized F-86D on a pole in their city park. It is located north of Plainfield Road and about 1.5 miles east of East Avenue.
#14 Lima-Lima flight group does not have a 'group' hanger. These are individual T-34 owners who started the flight team at Naper Aero private airstrip; identifier LL10. There are a few members of the team that base their aircraft at this airport in separate individual hangers.
#17 The A-7E location seems confusing in this description. There is a well kept USAF/ANG example in the town of Blue Island, at the city park on 127th Street about 8 blocks west of Western Avenue.
#47Rantoul Air Museum is easily accesible and open to the public. Nice clean low budget displays. Authentic USAF air base hangers and ramps on a relatively recently closed USAF training base. Many aircraft and missle displays.

VL

Mike, please see my earlier comments regarding #41 and #53.

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Although not on the subject of Illinois (my fault, and BTW the Indiana Locator will be covered next week), I am always will to accept any information which may be added to the Locator. When did the F-84 at the Legion disappear?



I looked for someplace that resembled a former airport. The area is very developed, so it must not have been an airport for many years now. I took my best guess as to the building you are referring to. Is this it? 41 45 49.28 N 87 55 20.57 W



Got it.



Noted.



Yep. That one is in the Locator. It still leaves the possibility of the A-7 in Danville. I will leave it listed for now.



Check.

Thanks for all of the good info Vlado!



I missed those. It looks like our postings came in at the same time and I overlooked it. Sorry about that!



I correct all misspellings in the data file. At least I am consistent! The changes won’t appear in the Locator until tonight.



Excellent! Thanks for your help.


I would like to thank everyone who posted here, and sent me info via the website. There are still many questions about the Illinois locations, so I hope there are still some people out there with info to share. I would also like to include Warbird related businesses, so if you have a business (restoration, repair, recovery, etc.) please let me know.

Also if there is a particular museum or site you have an interest in and would like to tell others about fell free to add to the Location Log for the particular location. To do look up the location in the Locator at…

http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/Locator.php

…then click the megaphone icon. If you are not logged into Aerial Visuals you will be asked to, but after you do you will be provided with an icon which will take you back to your search results where you can click the megaphone icon again to leave your log entry. Topics can be anything from how to find the site to the aircraft displayed there.

Mike

EDIT: The "Need Help" list has been moved to the latest posting.

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Do you want to find locations of displayed, stored or active aircraft? Then start with the The Locator.
Do you want to find or contribute to the documented history of an aircraft? If so then start with the Airframes Database.

Nope, you're a bit off.

It's at 41 44 58.67 N 87 56 7.69 W . You can see the H-34 sitting in front of the building.

BTW, they do have a website - www.midwesthelicopters.com

Got it. I have revised and uploaded the data file. One more off the list.

Mike


Here is the “Need Help” list…

#1: Altamont – Is there a F-86 displayed in Altamont?

#2: Canton – Is there a UH-1 displayed at the Southern Illinois University in Canton?

#3: Carbondale – Is there a T-33 being restored at a university in Carbondale?

#4: Cary – In Cary, is there an organization by the name of the Phoenix Restoration Group restoring aircraft for the Fantasy of Flight?

#5: Centralia - Apparently there is a T-33 displayed in Fairview Park in Centralia. Can you confirm? If so where exactly is it?

#6: Urbana – Does the Frasca Air Museum take-up all facilities at Frasca Field? If not what is the exact location of their hangar? Coordinates?

#7: Chicago – Is there an organization by the name of “American Warbirds Collections” in Chicago? If so are there any aircraft in their inventory and where exactly are they located?

#10: Chicago – R.J. Daley College have a T-39 and OV-1 as GI airframes. I am assuming these airframes are not accessible to the public. I would like to know where the college campus with the airframes is located.

#12: Bolingbrook (Chicago) – Is there a Fairchild C-61 Forwarder restoration project in Bolingbrook?

#13: Bolingbrook (Chicago) – I am looking for the exact location of the Illinois Aviation Museum at the Clow International Airport.

#15: DuPage (Chicago) – There may be a T-33 displayed in Du Page. If so where exactly is it?

#17: Danville - Apparently there is a A-7 displayed at Logan Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive. Martin Luther King Drive is not listed in any of the mapping programs. Can you confirm the A-7 exists? If so where exactly is it?

#19: Danville – Apparently Midwest Aero Restoration is located at the Vermillion County Airport. Which hangar does this organization occupy?

#20: Danville – Apparently the Tri-State Museum is located at the Vermillion County Airport. Which hangar does this museum occupy?

#21: Dixon - Apparently there is an AH-1 displayed in a veterans park in Dixon. Can you confirm? If so where exactly is it?

#23: Cahokia (East Saint Louis) – A & S Helicopters is an overhaul/rework business at the Bi-State Parks Airport. Where exactly are they located?

#24: Collinsville (East Saint Louis) - Apparently there is an AH-1 displayed at the local Legion. Where exactly is it?

#25: Elliott – Apparently there is a Commanche Flyer Foundation at the Gibson City Municipal Airport. Which hangar do they occupy?

#28: Herrin - There may be an AH-1 displayed at the local VFW. If so where exactly is it?

#29: Hillsboro – There may be a F-86 displayed in Hillsboro. If so where exactly is it?

#30: Holiday Hills (Island Lake) - Apparently there is an AH-1 displayed in a Veterans Park in the villiage of Island Lake or possibly closer to Holiday Hills. If so where exactly is it?

#31: Joliet – Where exactly is the Replica Fighters Association located in Joliet?

#32: Joliet – There may be an A-4 being restored by a group at the Joliet Regional Airport. If so which hangar does this group occupy?

#33: Aroma Park / Sun River Terrace – Apparently there is a UH-1 displayed at a local Legion. If so where exactly is it?

#34: Mark - Apparently there is an AH-1 displayed in Mark. If so where exactly is it?

#35: Milford - Apparently there is a JB-2 Buzz Bomb displayed by a Lions Club Sign in Milford. If so where exactly is it?

#37: O’Fallon – Has the new airpark been constructed at Scott AFB?

#39: Peoria – Where exactly is the Wheels O’ Time Museum located in Peoria?

#40: Bartonville (Peoria) – Is there a C-130 and UH-1 displayed at the Illinois ANG at the Greater Peoria Airport?

#41: South Perkin – Apparently there is a UH-1 displayed at a local VFW. Where exactly is it?

#42: Pinckneyville – There is a T-33 displayed in a city park/fairgrounds in Pinckneyville. If so where exactly is it?

#43: Pontiac – Apparently there is an A-7 displayed at a local Legion. Where exactly is it?

#44: Poplar Grove – Where exactly is the Poplar Grove Vintage Wings and Wheels Museum located? What aircraft do they have in their collection?

#45: Quincy - There may be a T-33 displayed in Quincy. If so where exactly is it?

#45: Quincy – Which hangar at the Quincy Regional Airport does the World Aerospace Museum occupy?

#46: Rantoul – Apparently there is a F-86 displayed beside route 45 near the airport. Where exactly is it?

#48: Rantoul – There may be a F-102 displayed in the area of the Rantoul National Aviation Center Airport. Where exactly is it?

#49: Rantoul – Is there an organization by the name of the ‘Rantoul Aviation Complex’ at the Rantoul National Aviation Center Airport? If so where exactly are they located?

#50: New Milford (Rockford) - Is there a company by the name of ‘North American Jet/Pride Aircraft’ at the Greater Rockford Airport? If so which hangar do they occupy?

#51: Russell – Where exactly is the Russell Military Museum located?

#52: Springfield – Is there a AH-1, UH-1 and H-55 displaed at Camp Lincoln?

#54: Washburn - Apparently there is a UH-1 displayed next to highway 89 in Washburn. Can you confirm? If so where exactly is it?

#55: Washington - Apparently there is an AH-1 displayed in Washington Park in Washington. If so where exactly is it?

#56: Wenona - Apparently there is a F-84 displayed at a Legion in Wenona. If so where exactly is it?

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Do you want to find locations of displayed, stored or active aircraft? Then start with the The Locator.
Do you want to find or contribute to the documented history of an aircraft? If so then start with the Airframes Database.

Mike,
I am a little confused by some of these requests, given that you have a copy of my book. For example:

#56: Wenona - Apparently there is a F-84 displayed at a Legion in Wenona. If so where exactly is it?

>> There is no "apparently" or "If so?"! Turning to Page 180, we see that it is in the car park of the Wright Brothers Buffet and Grill at I-39 Exit 35. It was first noted in Aug03 and was still there in Jul06.

Andy Marden
Confused of Lincoln

Andy...

Phrases using "apparently" or "if so" simply indicate I have only one source of inormation for the location (often your book), or I don't have photo evidence. This is a standard I have settled on and I am gradually working this phasing into the database.

Having said that, there is a good possiblity I have mistyped and made some other transcribing errors when I was entering data from your book into the database (manual process, therefore human errors are likely to occur). When I get home I will check out page 180 for this location (an others). Based on what you have told me here I have estimated the coordinates as: 41 01 35.69 N 89 03 14.96 W

The GE and Yahoo images in this area are poor at best, so I have not been able to confirm the exact location, so when the changes are uploaded the map reference will have a red reliability indicator, and there will be a request for help asking for confirmation of the location.

Others...

If you are not familiar with Andy's book it is title "U.S. Military Out of Service". It is a book version of the locator, but with much more information. If you are interested in how to find a copy visit the credits section of the Locator at: http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/Locator_Credits.php#Books


I hope this helps to clear up things.

Mike

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http://www.AerialVisuals.ca
http://www.facebook.com/AerialVisuals

Do you want to find locations of displayed, stored or active aircraft? Then start with the The Locator.
Do you want to find or contribute to the documented history of an aircraft? If so then start with the Airframes Database.