Rantoul, Illinois: Missile and Aircraft Outdoor Exhibit (Gone)
Octave Chanute Air Museum featured the only XB-47 in existence; allowed visitors to climb into B-52 bomber cockpit and Minuteman missile silo. Museum closed Nov. 1, 2015, outdoor missile and aircraft gone by 2021.
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This former air base has two features: The Chanute Air Museum and the 2nd largest military building (or maybe it was the largest until the Pentagon came along). This building is for sale, if interested. The museum is located in a building near the flightline. The lady that takes your money tells you to follow the course on the map-no wandering. You wind through the rooms chronologically through the AF base's history.
Finally, you come out in one of two hangars. Here are all the planes the Air Force left behind when the closed the place including a B-58 Hustler and a C-131. Best part: Go in to the business front-end of a B-52, climb up a narrow ladder and you are on a flight deck of a BUF bomber. Also on site are some flight simulators (I think the AF techs learned to fix them here) and a couple of missile silo mock ups. Don't get too excited about these; they were for electrical wiring training and one was flooded.
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Missile and Aircraft Outdoor Exhibit
Octave Chanute Air Museum
- Directions:
- I-57 Exit 250, to US 136 to Rantoul. At the third traffic light, turn right to Century Blvd. Continue on Century to 4-way stop with Borman Ave. Continue to the second street, Flessner St. Turn left; Flessner turns into Pacesetter Dr.
- Hours:
- April 2021: Gone
- Status:
- Gone
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