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I have a question.

What was the name of the air strip the Victory Air Museum (Gilmer Rd. near Volv Ill.) was on, or, wasn't it named ??

thanks

Steve

P.S. I have no idea

Do you mean Volo?

I went down there quite a few times, was it not Mundelein?

Glen

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Excuse my typing it is Volo, I think the address was Mundeline however VAM was closer to Volo.

Steve

I believe it was the Paul Polidori Air Strip. I knew Earl and Ray Reinert well back in the late 1970s and visited the museum a few times.

here's another question

Did some of his planes fly in or were they all trucked in. I used to go there in the late 1960's and don't remember anything of any size landing there. maybe Dick Phillips can find some photos


Steve

Polidori Field, owned by Paul Polidori. Paul had a T-6G there. The nearest town was Volo, the nearest place anyone local had heard of was Mundelein.

He later sold the T-6 and died in the crash of his Taylorcraft:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001214X36689&key=1

Pretty sure everything but the T-6 and the Spam cans were trucked in and out.

I believe a few ultralights are still based there.
FYI.
VL

Let's go to the source:







Glad I found this last time I was back in Illinois... Cimmaron, when was the last time you went there? I used to go there almost every weekend from '79 through '81 (including winter, because it was the only time you could work on the planes without getting strafed by wasps!) If you remember a kid from Northbrook who drove a green VW station wagon or a gold '74 Cadillac, that was me.

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I went past there about a year ago. There isn't much left, houses are all around the field but Paul's house and the main hanger were still there. I'm hoping someone digging a basement will find a Buffalo

Steve

Hmm, I had no idea that was there. It was way before my time living in Chicago.

Where are all the aircaft now?

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)