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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.
Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum. Aviation and Aerospace Museums. 1011 Pacesetter Drive Rantoul Illinois 61866-3672 United States. (217) 893-1613. http://www.aeromuseum.org/ The Chanute Air Museum is dedicated to collect, preserve, exhibit, and interpret aviation and aerospace artifacts.
The Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, in Rantoul, Illinois, USA, was located at the former Chanute AFB. The base was a key technical training center for the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force since 1917. Chanute closed in 1993, and the museum opened in 1994, comprised largely of aircraft that were already on display around the base.
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The Chanute Aerospace Museum was the first new attraction, opening in 1994. It showcases over 40 aircraft and 14 exhibits. It also has a very extensive gift shop that is sure to captivate historians and souvenir hunters and aviation buffs.
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The base was decommissioned in 1993 and converted to peacetime endeavors. One of these endeavors was the now-closed Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, which detailed the history of Chanute Air Force Base and of aviation in general, and included a replica of Chanute's 1896 glider.
Nov. 23, 1910, Chicago, Ill., U.S. (aged 78) Octave Chanute (born Feb. 18, 1832, Paris, France—died Nov. 23, 1910, Chicago, Ill., U.S.) was a leading American civil engineer and aeronautical pioneer. (Read Orville Wright’s 1929 biography of his brother, Wilbur.)
The Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum closed in 2015 and former exhibits that were not passed to other museums were sold at a government auction at Rantoul in September 2017, the fate of this aircraft is unknown but it is believed to have been scrapped.
