Chicagoland Aviation Events

[warbirdguy]

Chicagoland is going to be a busy place this summer for warbird enthusiasts:

*This listing is for those events featuring warbirds. Many other events will be occuring, over the course of the summer, that may or may not have warbirds in attendance.

June 6-8 - Rockford, IL - Rockford Airfest
June 8 - Lansing, IL - Wings & Wheels Breakfast Lunch
June 14-15 - Valparaiso, IN - Indiana Aviation Museum Warbird Fly-in & EAA Pancake Breakfast (15 Only)
June 15 - Joliet, IL - Joliet Park District Airport Open House
*July 11-13 - Gary, IN - Gary South Shore Air Show* - New Dates
July 13 - Michigan City, IN - EAA Chapter 966 Pancake Breakfast
July 16-18 - Waukegan, IL - Collings Foundation
July 18-21 - Chicago, IL - Collings Foundation
July 21-23 - Valparaiso, IN - Collings Foundation
July 23-25 - Rockford, IL - Collings Foundation
July 25-28 - West Chicago, IL - Collings Foundation
July 28-30 - Kankakee, IL - Collings Foundation
August 18-24 - De Kalb, IL - CAF B-17 SJ
September 6 - Waukegan, IL - Waukegan Regional Air Show
September 9-10 - Valparaiso, IN - EAA B-17
September 12-14 - West Chicago, IL - EAA B-17

Last edited by warbirdguy on Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:39 pm, edited 2 times in total.

[davidbray]

wow, i didn't realize there was so much going on in the illinois area.

also huzzah for Collings coming to Rockford.

[TonyM]

The CAF Great Lakes Wing will be there at Lansing, IL (IGQ) on June 8, 2008 with our Douglas C-47B The Black Sparrow.
Come see our beautiful airplane.

Tony Mireles
CAF Great Lakes Wing

[davidbray]

I've been checking to see if I can get down to Lansing but it doesn't look like that will work out. My tickets for RFD airfest are for Sunday. And Sunday is the only day that my sisters can make it.

curses.

[cg51]

Im going to try and make it as i am only 20 minutes away from Lansing. I will get some pictures if i can make it out there.

[kalamazookid]

Wish I would have know about the Indiana Aviation Museum event a little sooner. Looks like I'm not going to be able to make that one. I'm hoping to make the Waukegan show this year though.

[cg51]

I made it out to Lansing today before the thunderstorm rolled in,









The UH-1 is now back on its pole at the corner of the airport

[Matt Gunsch]

When they host a airshow at Miegs field, then I will think about going there.

[valdez25]

Don't forget the National Stearman Fly-IN, Sept 1-7, about 120nm SW. http://www.stearmanflyin.com/

[warbird1]

WOW, look at the size of that man! He's a giant! He must be at least 8 feet tall. I'll bet he's a retired NBA player.

[TonyM]

We need more warbirds to show up at the Lansing event. There used to be more warbird activity, but in recent years it has fallen off. The AT-6 wasn't even there this year.

Great photos of the Lansing EAA fly in Pancake breakfast. That is me sitting in the cockpit of the C-47 in the very first C-47 photo. Can't see me very well. It was hot up there. At least no one was shooting at me.

TonyM.

[Django]

I guess it is just not meant to be for me this summer as all of those that are the closest for me to get to are days I am out of town!

[warbirdguy]

*NOTE*

The Gary Air Show will now be held July 11-13 and NOT July 18-20!

[Eric Friedebach]

That is me sitting in the cockpit of the C-47 in the very first C-47 photo. Can't see me very well. It was hot up there.

Hey Tony, prior to the current windshield that we installed around 15 years ago, it really got hot in there with just the two side windows to open!

[Rob Mears]

The Stewart S-51 was the greatest scale warbird replica ever! I'm still upset that the people who bought the rights to the design allowed it to fall though the cracks vis-avis poor management decisions. I always hoped to see a couple dozen of them in the air together.