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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.
Airbus in 2006 achieved its second best year ever in its entire 35-year history in terms of the number of orders it received, 824, second only to the previous year. [143] Airbus plans to increase production of A320 airliners to reach 40 per month by 2012, at a time when Boeing is increasing monthly 737 production from 31.5 to 35 per month. [144]
The three Airbus A310 purchased by Interflug in 1988 were handed over by the Treuhandanstalt to the Federal Republic of Germany and became part of the German Air Force, [19] used for VIP transport of high-ranking politicians like the German president or chancellor. Several former Interflug aircraft have been preserved in different places in ...
Finally, a 6-month quasi-military academy program, the Lincoln's ChalleNGe Academy, is run for troubled youths, ages 16–18, by the Illinois Army National Guard and the Illinois Air National Guard in other former Chanute AFB facilities. Portions of the base were added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Chanute Field Historic ...
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September 20 – Cicero Aviation Field (Chicago, Illinois) – Pilot Howard W. Gill was killed and pilot George Mestach injured when their aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision during a race. [371] September 8 – Gray, Haute-Saône, France – Four spectators were killed and ten injured when an out of control aircraft crashed into a crowd.