Brookfield, Ehlert Memorial Park

Illinois Guide

Cahokia, Parks College

Cahokia — Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum
Illinois Aviation Museum Guide

Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum ^[1]
2300 Vector Drive
Cahokia, IL 62206
(618) 332-3664
(877) 332-3664 (toll free)

The Greater Saint Louis Air & Space Museum is a museum with the mission to preservation and display of historic air and space craft and artifacts, and provide educational programs. The museum is housed in the Curtiss Wright Hanger number two at St. Louis Downtown Airport, Cahokia, Illinois. The adjacent Hanger one and two are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Hanger was completed in March 1930 on the newly opened Curtiss-Stienburg airport. The brick structure featured a cast Curtiss Wright emblem across the doorway. The first occupant of Hanger 2 was St. Louis based Union Electric Company. It's Ford 4-AT-B was used for corporate transport and line patrols, and is now part of the National Naval Aviation Museum. Later it was used for the East St. Louis Flying School. In 1939, Oliver Parks expanded his flight operations to the airport for the Civilian Pilot Training Program. Parks College used the hanger for flight operations until the mid 1990's. The Saint Louis Air & Space Museum was incorporated in July 1982. The original site for the museum was located at Spirit of St. Louis Airport. The Museum relocated to Cahokia, Illinois into the Curtiss-Wright Hanger number two. The following aircraft are currently on display. ^[3]

• Bede BD-5J Microjet (N126ARW) (Refurbished by volunteers from the Illinois ANG 126th Air Refuelling Wing, hence N126ARW)
• Link D-4 Flight Trainer
• 1969 Lockheed Model 1329-23E JetStar 8 (N511TD, c/n 5145)
• team Mini-MAX Ultralight
• 1941 Meyers OTW-145 (N34305, c/n 50)
• Pietenpol/St. Croix/Jenny Replica
• 1963 Schempp-Hirth Standard Austria SH, (N10685, c/n 45)
• Uniforms, memorabilia, artifacts
• Library

Help Needed

We need photos of these aircraft. If you can help, please let us know via the “Contact Us” link.

References

1. Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum, website
2. Google Earth, Satellite Image
3. Wikipedia, Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum
4. Skytamer Images, Thumbnail Images © Skytamer.com