Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:48 am
No, the B-17 and the Indiana Aviation Museum are separate groups. The B-17 is in Marengo, IL while the Indiana Aviation Museum is in Valparaiso, IN.
Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:50 am
Definitly check out the U505.
While there look for me in one of the videos. I am the 3rd one down the tower ladder in the movie about the boarding of the sub. I am also the one that breaks open the safe to get the Enigma codes out. Talk about a fun time!
While there look for me in one of the videos. I am the 3rd one down the tower ladder in the movie about the boarding of the sub. I am also the one that breaks open the safe to get the Enigma codes out. Talk about a fun time!
Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:12 am
Besides the sights you have to try the food, we have the best Gyros, Italian beef and Pizza around, If you get down to the south suburbs down by me I can tell you where to go 
Makes me hungry just thinking about it 
Makes me hungry just thinking about it
Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:16 am
what town is the wedding in?
Where the B-17 is
Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:53 pm
Latitude: 42°11'24.54"N
Longitude: 88°36'23.83"W
Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:10 pm
Courtesy Aircraft (premier warbird dealer) is only an hour away from Chicago--to the NW on the Tollway--in Rockford:
5233 Falcon Rd.
Rockford, IL 61109
Phone: (800) 426-8783 or (815) 229-5112
Fax: (815) 229-1815
E-mail: sales@courtesyaircraft.com
Sometimes you can catch birds out on the tarmac. Call ahead and if it's a slow day, they might accommodate your visit.
And Mike Henniger, for your listing of the 94th Aero Squadron Restaurant, the place is located on Milwaukee Avenue, just north of the Palatine Road intersection, on the left side of the road as you head north on Milwaukee. This would be the southeast corner of the field. There's a reasonably big sign there showing you where to turn in...or at least there was on my last visit there a year or two ago.
5233 Falcon Rd.
Rockford, IL 61109
Phone: (800) 426-8783 or (815) 229-5112
Fax: (815) 229-1815
E-mail: sales@courtesyaircraft.com
Sometimes you can catch birds out on the tarmac. Call ahead and if it's a slow day, they might accommodate your visit.
And Mike Henniger, for your listing of the 94th Aero Squadron Restaurant, the place is located on Milwaukee Avenue, just north of the Palatine Road intersection, on the left side of the road as you head north on Milwaukee. This would be the southeast corner of the field. There's a reasonably big sign there showing you where to turn in...or at least there was on my last visit there a year or two ago.
Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:21 am
Thanks for the ideas everyone. I guess the wedding is in Glenview. Since I am the best man and the other warbird fan is the groom, we might be a little busy. I'll see what we can accomplish. Thanks again.
Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:33 am
By the way, right there in Glenview is the old main terminal of NAS Glenview, also known as "Hangar One". As I understand it, it is now a mall 
with a small display and museum honoring the naval history of the base. During the WWII, most of our carrier pilots trained there, including former President George H. Bush. NAS Glenview was the base from which pilots flew out to the paddlewheel carriers USS Sable and USS Wolverine to practice carrier landings and takeoffs. I have fond memories of the base as a kid, when my Dad would take us to the yearly airshows there--first place I ever saw an F-4 Phantom, A-4 Skyhawks, Avro Vulcan bombers...lots of other great planes and helos. It's also where I signed into the Navy back in '75. Unfortunately, they decommissioned the base in the 90's and erased the runways and now the base is a planned community...with only "Hangar One" left to show what it once was 
For a little more info, go to:
http://www.airfields-freeman.com/IL/Air ... cago_N.htm
...and scroll 1/2-way down the page to:
Curtiss-Reynolds Field / Glenview NAS, Chicago, IL
USS Sable/USS Wolverine:
http://ix-carriers.blogspot.com/
"Hangar One":
http://www.hangarone.org/NewLayoutIndex.asp
Don't know if it's worth your time, but perhaps a short visit there might be cool...and then you're also not too far from 94th Aero Squadron restaurant at Palwaukee Airport for lunch and plane gawking
Oh yeah, one other place you might want to check-out is the "Air Classics Museum" at the Aurora Municipal Airport in Sugar Grove. I've not been there yet, but I guess it's a small privately owned warbird museum with a few planes. My buddy tells me to call them first though, as I guess he's been there but no one was around and the place wasn't open at the time.
http://www.airclassicsmuseum.org/Schools/Butch%20O
Anybody know anything more about the Air Classics Museum??
--Tom
with a small display and museum honoring the naval history of the base. During the WWII, most of our carrier pilots trained there, including former President George H. Bush. NAS Glenview was the base from which pilots flew out to the paddlewheel carriers USS Sable and USS Wolverine to practice carrier landings and takeoffs. I have fond memories of the base as a kid, when my Dad would take us to the yearly airshows there--first place I ever saw an F-4 Phantom, A-4 Skyhawks, Avro Vulcan bombers...lots of other great planes and helos. It's also where I signed into the Navy back in '75. Unfortunately, they decommissioned the base in the 90's and erased the runways and now the base is a planned community...with only "Hangar One" left to show what it once was
For a little more info, go to:
http://www.airfields-freeman.com/IL/Air ... cago_N.htm
...and scroll 1/2-way down the page to:
Curtiss-Reynolds Field / Glenview NAS, Chicago, IL
USS Sable/USS Wolverine:
http://ix-carriers.blogspot.com/
"Hangar One":
http://www.hangarone.org/NewLayoutIndex.asp
Don't know if it's worth your time, but perhaps a short visit there might be cool...and then you're also not too far from 94th Aero Squadron restaurant at Palwaukee Airport for lunch and plane gawking
Oh yeah, one other place you might want to check-out is the "Air Classics Museum" at the Aurora Municipal Airport in Sugar Grove. I've not been there yet, but I guess it's a small privately owned warbird museum with a few planes. My buddy tells me to call them first though, as I guess he's been there but no one was around and the place wasn't open at the time.
http://www.airclassicsmuseum.org/Schools/Butch%20O
Anybody know anything more about the Air Classics Museum??
--Tom
Air Classics Museum
Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:11 am
They had an open house a few weeks ago.
As for their collection, they have:
A-7 Corsair II
F-4 Phantom II
A couple Hueys
Saberliner
F-105 Thunderchief
TA-4J
F-86F Saber Photo-recon bird
There was one or two more, but I forget what
they were.
They are at the south-western corner of the Aurora airport.
Looking at the usual map sites, the satellite images have the planes
in the old location at the airport.
Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:13 am
Well I'm off in the morning. Thanks for the help.
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Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:13 pm
Ltjg E H O'Hare 1942 Okey-Dokey
Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:32 pm
Notice anything unusual about that photograph 
HINT: Not so unusal for the times
HINT: Not so unusal for the times
????
Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:37 pm
censored sqd insignia!
Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:42 pm
Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:15 pm
Well I'm here. Saw the Wildcat. Now I'm screwing around downtown. I came across a computer finally and thought I'd check in.