Heritage in Flight Museum

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Heritage in Flight Museum
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Location within Illinois
Established1981 (1981)
Location Lincoln, Illinois, US
Coordinates 40°09′33″N89°20′14″W / 40.1591°N 89.3372°W / 40.1591; -89.3372
Type Aviation museum
FounderGerald Oliver, Jr.
Website www.heritage-in-flight.org

The Heritage in Flight Museum is an aviation museum located at the Logan County Airport in Lincoln, Illinois.

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History

The museum was founded by Gerald Oliver, Jr. in 1981 at Capital Airport in Springfield, Illinois around plans to restore a B-25 using parts recovered from Alabama. [1] [2] It briefly included a second chapter in Bloomington, before that organization split off to form the Prairie Aviation Museum in 1983. [3] Following the separation, in 1985 it began negotiating for the lease of a hangar at the Logan County Airport. [4]

In 1987, the museum was given a 2,000 sq ft (190 m2) World War II barracks that had been moved to the airport from Camp Ellis years before and began renovating it. [5] [2] An F-4B located at Chanute Air Force Base was flown to the museum as a sling load underneath a helicopter in 1991. [6] The B-25 project, which had been brought with the museum after its move, was eventually sold in 1994. [7] [8]

After learning it would be receiving a grant, the museum announced plans to upgrade its building in 2013. [9]

Exhibits

Exhibits at the museum include a searchlight. [10]

Collection

See also

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  2. 1 2 Reid, Tony (26 March 2007). "Flight Lessons". Herald & Review. pp. A1–A2. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "History of PAM". Prairie Aviation Museum. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  4. ↑ DeVries, Melinda (15 March 1985). "Logan County Airport May Be Museum Site". The Pantagraph. p. A2. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  5. ↑ Marquardt, Susan (21 August 1987). "Logan Group Saving Vintage Army Barrack". The Pantagraph. p. A3. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  6. ↑ Seils, William (6 April 1991). "Fighter Jet Takes Haven in Heyworth on Way to Museum". The Pantagraph. p. A2. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  7. ↑ Wyneken, Stuart (26 June 1985). "[Unknown]". Herald & Review. p. n.p. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
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  9. ↑ Barlow, Kevin (15 January 2013). "Logan Museum to Upgrade Building". The Pantagraph. p. A4. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "Search Light". Heritage in Flight Museum. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  11. ↑ "Airframe Dossier - Beech UC-45F Expeditor, s/n 44-47139 USAAF, c/n 7044, c/r N44569". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "Airframe Dossier - Bell TH-13T-BF Sioux, s/n 67-15962 US, c/n 3681, c/r N67124". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  13. ↑ "Airframe Dossier - Bell UH-1H Iroquois, s/n 65-10030 US, c/n 5074". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
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  15. ↑ "Airframe Dossier - Vought A-7E Corsair II, s/n 158026 USN, c/n E342". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
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