Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:42 1 History
00:03:25 2 Status of known artifacts once at the museum
00:03:36 2.1 Non-military and replica airframes
00:04:35 2.2 Site Visit July 2018
00:06:14 3 See also
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The Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, the largest aviation museum in Illinois, occupied part of the grounds of the decommissioned Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Illinois. It and the base were named for Octave Chanute, railroad engineer and aviation pioneer. The museum was dedicated to the life and works of Chanute, the former air base, the history of aviation in the state of Illinois, and hosted an annual air show.
Highlights of the museum included a collection of over 40 aircraft including military fighters, bombers, rescue, recon, and cargo aircraft. Many of these were used for training purposes at Chanute, and most were on loan from the United States Air Force Museum. Other exhibits of note included a replica of the Wright 1903 Flyer, a large collection of Frasca Flight Simulators, and tributes to the veterans who have served in America's conflicts and wars.
The museum offered summer day camp programs, including a week-long aviation camp for teens and a science camp for elementary-school aged children. In addition, the museum offered various educational and social events throughout the year.
The facility enjoyed direct runway access to Rantoul National Aviation Center Airport - Frank Elliot Field, another successful use of the former base facilities. Fly-in visitors were welcomed. Ample vehicle and bus parking was also available to accommodate groups.
The museum closed on December 30, 2015.
On Broken Wings Chanute Air Force Base
**UPDATE - This location (White Hall) has been demolished**
The Art of Abandonment
Photography by Walter Arnold Copyright 2012
Built in 1917 and closed in 1993, Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, IL was responsible for training tens of thousands of airmen. White Hall was the largest military building in the US until the pentagon was built.
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Chanute Air Force Museum
A short photo tour through the Chanute Air Force Museum in Rantoul, IL.
Illinois Stories | AeroKnow Museum | WSEC-TV/PBS Springfield
An FBO at Springfield's Capital Airport frees up space for an aviation enthusiast who has a unique collections of models and memorabilia.
A DVD of this episode can be purchased by calling 217-483-7887.
Living Lenexa History - Octave Chanute
Learn the history of Lenexa, Kansas from the perspective of the man who platted the community, Octave Chanute.
In this video, you'll learn about Octave himself and his productive life in the 1800s.
Locomotive to Aeromotive: Octave Chanute & the Transportation Revolution
Drawing heavily on the rich aeronautical archives of the Library of Congress, including personal correspondence, Locomotive to Aeromotive: Octave Chanute and the Transportation Revolution is the first detailed examination of French-born and self-trained civil engineer Octave Chanute's life and his immeasurable contributions to engineering and transportation, from the ground-transportation revolution of the mid-19th century to the early days of aviation.
Speaker Biography: Simine Short is an aviation historian who has researched and written extensively on the history of motorless flight. Her first book, Glider Mail: An Aerophilatelic Handbook, received numerous research awards worldwide and is considered a standard reference by aerophilatelists and aviation researchers.
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SBS-Chanute
Dave Leake takes a trip to the Chanute Air Museum in Rantoul, to talk to Mark Hanson about the Mystery of Flight.
Air Force Base
Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Ill, U.S.A. shut down in 1993 at the end of the Cold War against world-wide tyranny. This is version 3 of 3.
USAF Thunderbirds Air Show Chanute AFB 1984
The United States Air Force Thunderbirds put on an air show at Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul Illinois in 1984. A Noel Chumbley TV production. Chanute Air Force Base no longer exists, it closed in 1993.
The African-American Experience in Hot Springs National Park
Tom Hill is the Curator at Hot Springs National Park, responsible for the management and preservation of the park’s museum collection, archives, and research library. He was born and raised in Hot Springs and graduated from Hot Springs High School. Tom holds an Associate’s degree from Garland County Community College, Bachelor’s degree in Physics from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Bachelor’s degree in History from Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, and a Master of Science in Museum Studies from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. He moved back to Hot Springs in 2011 after working for nine years for the United States Air Force History and Museums Program as Curator at Hill Aerospace Museum at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. Prior to that he had served as curator at the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum in Rantoul, Illinois, and spent fourteen years in the aerospace industry.
XB-47
Check out this video captured early this morning as portions of an historic XB-47 Stratojet bomber returned to Edwards Air Force Base after decades on display at Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois. The aircraft was flight tested at Edwards from 1948 to 1954. Once the bomber is re-assembled it will be put on permanent display at the Air Force Flight Test Museum at Edwards. For more information about the aircraft and its future restoration, visit xb-47- stratojet-65- 066. (U.S. Air Force video by Christopher Ball)
Last Cone Standing 2012
Autox @ Chanute Air Base, Rantoul, IL
Chanute AFB Weather School - 1993 - Smoking area and goofing around
Random video of a forecaster class break on February 4, 1993 at Chanute AFB, Illinois. Charlie (working the vending machine) was trying to figure out how to ask out the girl, Jane, who stops to visit us. They ended up getting married.
Fire - China Express Restaurant, Rantoul, IL
Air Combat Museum Springfield, ILLINOIS
List of aerospace museums | Wikipedia audio article
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00:00:20 1 Afghanistan
00:00:37 2 Argentina
00:00:59 3 Australia
00:01:09 3.1 Australian Capital Territory
00:01:24 3.2 New South Wales
00:02:26 3.3 Northern Territory
00:02:46 3.4 Queensland
00:03:22 3.5 South Australia
00:03:37 3.6 Victoria
00:04:20 3.7 Western Australia
00:04:42 4 Austria
00:05:29 5 Belarus
00:05:49 6 Belgium
00:06:27 7 Brazil
00:07:07 8 Bulgaria
00:07:17 8.1 Sofia
00:07:35 8.2 Plovdiv
00:07:49 9 Burma
00:08:03 10 Cambodia
00:08:18 11 Canada
00:08:27 11.1 Alberta
00:09:04 11.2 British Columbia
00:09:28 11.3 Manitoba
00:10:06 11.4 Newfoundland and Labrador
00:10:21 11.5 Nova Scotia
00:10:49 11.6 Ontario
00:11:41 11.7 Quebec
00:12:13 11.8 Saskatchewan
00:12:29 12 Chile
00:12:50 13 China
00:14:00 14 Colombia
00:14:24 15 Croatia
00:14:37 16 Cuba
00:14:47 16.1 Havana
00:15:04 16.2 Matanzas
00:15:18 17 Czech Republic
00:16:06 18 Denmark
00:16:48 19 Ecuador
00:17:05 20 El Salvador
00:17:20 21 Estonia
00:17:34 22 Finland
00:18:10 23 France
00:20:34 24 Germany
00:24:22 25 Greece
00:25:02 26 Hungary
00:25:35 27 Iceland
00:25:50 28 India
00:26:19 29 Indonesia
00:26:34 30 Iran
00:26:58 31 Ireland
00:27:16 32 Israel
00:27:34 33 Italy
00:28:21 34 Japan
00:28:30 34.1 Honshu
00:29:15 34.2 Hokkaido
00:29:43 35 Laos
00:29:58 36 Latvia
00:30:12 37 Lebanon
00:30:26 38 Lithuania
00:30:41 39 Malaysia
00:31:04 40 Malta
00:31:19 41 Mexico
00:31:44 42 Nepal
00:32:04 43 Netherlands
00:32:54 44 New Zealand
00:33:38 45 Nigeria
00:33:51 46 Norway
00:34:25 47 Pakistan
00:34:39 48 Peru
00:34:54 49 Philippines
00:35:13 50 Poland
00:36:09 51 Portugal
00:36:31 52 Republic of China (Taiwan)
00:36:53 53 Romania
00:37:17 54 Russia
00:39:02 55 Saudi Arabia
00:39:17 56 Serbia
00:39:31 57 Singapore
00:39:45 58 Slovakia
00:40:04 59 South Africa
00:40:32 60 South Korea
00:40:55 61 Spain
00:41:36 62 Sri Lanka
00:41:51 63 Sweden
00:42:36 64 Switzerland
00:43:02 65 Taiwan
00:43:21 66 Thailand
00:43:36 67 Turkey
00:44:10 68 Ukraine
00:44:37 69 United Kingdom
00:44:47 69.1 England
00:48:34 69.2 Isle of Man
00:48:49 69.3 Northern Ireland
00:49:04 69.4 Scotland
00:49:30 69.5 Wales
00:49:45 70 United States
00:49:55 70.1 Alabama
00:50:11 70.2 Alaska
00:50:31 70.3 Arkansas
00:50:41 70.4 Arizona
00:50:57 70.5 California
00:54:34 70.6 Colorado
00:55:16 70.7 Connecticut
00:55:39 70.8 Delaware
00:55:53 70.9 Florida
00:57:00 70.10 Georgia
00:57:31 70.11 Hawaii
00:57:52 70.12 Idaho
00:58:18 70.13 Illinois
00:59:16 70.14 Indiana
01:00:11 70.15 Iowa
01:00:31 70.16 Kansas
01:01:05 70.17 Kentucky
01:01:33 70.18 Louisiana
01:01:54 70.19 Maine
01:02:13 70.20 Maryland
01:02:48 70.21 Massachusetts
01:03:09 70.22 Michigan
01:03:55 70.23 Minnesota
01:04:48 70.24 Mississippi
01:05:04 70.25 Missouri
01:05:39 70.26 Montana
01:05:53 70.27 Nebraska
01:06:08 70.28 Nevada
01:06:29 70.29 New Hampshire
01:06:51 70.30 New Jersey
01:07:20 70.31 New Mexico
01:07:57 70.32 New York
01:09:19 70.33 North Carolina
01:10:16 70.34 North Dakota
01:10:44 70.35 Ohio
01:11:51 70.36 Oklahoma
01:12:11 70.37 Oregon
01:12:34 70.38 Pennsylvania
01:13:10 70.39 Rhode Island
01:13:27 70.40 South Carolina
01:13:42 70.41 South Dakota
01:14:05 70.42 Tennessee
01:14:26 70.43 Texas
01:16:15 70.44 Utah
01:16:35 70.45 Vermont
01:16:51 70.46 Virginia
01:17:51 70.47 Washington
01:18:36 70.48 Washington, D.C.
01:18:57 70.49 Wisconsin
01:19:17 70.50 Wyoming
01:19:31 71 Venezuela
01:19:46 72 Vietnam
01:20:22 73 See also
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This is a list of aerospace museums and museums that contain significant aerospace-related exhibits throughout the world. The aerospace museums are listed alphabetically by country and their article name.
3345th SPS, CAFB, tape 1
3345th SPS, Chanute Air Force Base, late 1980's photo collage, tape 1. Made by Captain Billy Harjo.
AGM-28 Hound Dog
The North American Aviation AGM-28 Hound Dog was a supersonic, turbojet-propelled, air-launched cruise missile developed in 1959 for the United States Air Force. It was primarily designed to be capable of attacking Soviet ground-based air defense sites prior to a potential air attack by B-52 Stratofortress long range bombers during the Cold War. The Hound Dog was first given the designation B-77, then redesignated GAM-77, and finally as AGM-28. It was conceived as a temporary standoff missile for the B-52, to be used until the GAM-87 Skybolt air-launched ballistic missile was available. Instead, the Skybolt was cancelled within a few years and the Hound Dog continued to be deployed for a total of 15 years until its replacement by newer missiles, including the AGM-69 SRAM and the AGM-86 ALCM.
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Republic F-84E Thunderjet | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:37 1 Design and development
00:10:17 2 Operational history
00:17:56 2.1 Flying the Thunderjet
00:22:33 2.2 Korean War
00:25:11 2.3 Portuguese Overseas War
00:26:02 2.4 Notable achievements
00:29:33 2.5 Costs
00:29:53 3 Variants
00:30:02 3.1 Straight-wing variants
00:43:29 3.2 Swept-wing variants
00:44:46 4 Operators
00:48:43 4.1 Major USAF operational F-84 units
00:53:34 4.2 Royal Netherlands Air Force operational F-84 units
00:55:13 5 Aircraft on display
00:55:24 5.1 Croatia
00:55:43 5.2 Denmark
00:56:43 5.3 Netherlands
00:57:01 5.4 Norway
00:57:51 5.5 Portugal
00:58:18 5.6 Serbia
00:59:28 5.7 Slovenia
00:59:57 5.8 Thailand
01:00:19 5.9 Turkey
01:00:53 5.10 United States
01:04:55 6 Specifications (F-84G Thunderjet)
01:08:22 7 See also
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The Republic F-84 Thunderjet was an American turbojet fighter-bomber aircraft. Originating as a 1944 United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) proposal for a day fighter, the F-84 first flew in 1946. Although it entered service in 1947, the Thunderjet was plagued by so many structural and engine problems that a 1948 U.S. Air Force review declared it unable to execute any aspect of its intended mission and considered canceling the program. The aircraft was not considered fully operational until the 1949 F-84D model and the design matured only with the definitive F-84G introduced in 1951. In 1954, the straight-wing Thunderjet was joined by the swept-wing F-84F Thunderstreak fighter and RF-84F Thunderflash photo reconnaissance aircraft.
The Thunderjet became the USAF's primary strike aircraft during the Korean War, flying 86,408 sorties and destroying 60% of all ground targets in the war as well as eight Soviet-built MiG fighters. Over half of the 7,524 F-84s produced served with NATO nations, and it was the first aircraft to fly with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration team. The USAF Strategic Air Command had F-84 Thunderjets in service from 1948 through 1957.
The F-84 was the first production fighter aircraft to utilize inflight refueling and the first fighter capable of carrying a nuclear weapon, the Mark 7 nuclear bomb. Modified F-84s were used in several unusual projects, including the FICON and Tom-Tom dockings to the B-29 Superfortress and B-36 bomber motherships, and the experimental XF-84H Thunderscreech turboprop.
The F-84 nomenclature can be somewhat confusing. The straight-wing F-84A to F-84E and F-84G models were called the Thunderjet. The F-84F Thunderstreak and RF-84F Thunderflash were different airplanes with swept wings. The XF-84H Thunderscreech (not its official name) was an experimental turboprop version of the F-84F. The F-84F swept wing version was intended to be a small variation of the normal Thunderjet with only a few different parts, so it kept the basic F-84 number. Production delays on the F-84F resulted in another order of the straight-wing version; this was the F-84G.
Heartland Highways Program 805
Fellow show producers Fred Peralta and Rameen Karbassioon pitch in two stories in this episode. Rameen takes viewers to Fat Tire Bikes in Kansas, Illinois, where you'll meet the owner whose passion for bicycles turned into a business too. Then, Fred showcases the Chanute Air Museum in Rantoul, Illinois, where many new things have been added since our last visit. The countdown is on for the final story! Central Illinois Aerospace will take us to new heights and remind viewers why they loved those model rockets so much as a kid!