Bloomington, Illinois: Prairie Aviation Museum
Mostly indoors. There's an outdoor selection of fenced-in fighter jets with steps that enable paying customers to peek into the cockpits.
- Address:
- 2929 E Empire St., Bloomington, IL
- Directions:
- South side of Rt. 9 off Carnahan Dr.
- Phone:
- 309-663-7632
- Admission:
- Adults $5, 6-11 $2, members free.
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I would have given this 3-4 [Smiley Water Towers]. It was great to be able and get into some of the planes - but they also have a good variety and friendly volunteers.
[Mary Campbell, 07/06/2024]
Features fighter jets: Grumman F-14D Tomcat, Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star, McDonnell-Douglas A-4M Skyhawk, North American F-100 Super Sabre, Northrop T-38A Talon, Vought A-7A Corsair II, McDonnell-Douglas F-4N Phantom II, Cessna 310, and helicopters: Bell AH-1J SeaCobra, Bell UH-1H Iroquois (Huey) Hughes 269A . You can see right off of Rt. 9.
PAM is a family-friendly museum, where visitors can touch displays and aircraft and visit with members who flew and maintained the aircraft in the Air Park.
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