21 July 1948: First flight, flown by Boeing test pilots. December/48: TOS USAF. Spent its entire career as a flying test bed. 1954: Transferred to Chanute AFB, IL for maintenance and familiarization training. 1994: Placed on display with the Chanute Air Museum. 31 Oct 2015: The museum closed and the following year this plane was transported to the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum at Edwards AFB, CA.

Spitfire P9306 and behind, another WWII veteran Stuka, A5-HL one of only two complete Stukas in the world. P9306 was the 508th Spitfire built and first flew 19 January 1940. Assigned to 74 Sqd, Hornchurch on 6th July 1940, it moved to a number of airfields and flew throughout the Battle of Britian. With five enemy aircraft claimed destroyed, by October 1941 it was transferred to training duties and withdrawn from active service in January 1944. Shipped to Chicago in October 1944. Stuka JU-87R-2, A5-HL was found abandoned in Libya in 1941 and at some stage sent to the US. Restored in 1974.

Taken at Chicago Municipal Airport for a flight to Kansas City. Registered to United Airlines/National Air Transport on 3 June 1931. Replaced by the Boeing 247 it was sold to TACA, Honduras on 15 July 1935. Re-registered to TACA Nicaragua as AN-AAK24 January 1942. Sold to an unknown owner in Mexico in January 1946 as XA-FON. The aircraft was later operated by Servicios Aereos de Chiapas and was written off after a double engine failure resulted in a non-fatal crash on a flight from Veracruz-Las Bajadas Airport with four POB for Minatitlan/Coatzacoalco Airport, Mexico. (United Airlines Photo)

Scan from slide. Cheatline is Aeromar. Flew with Aeromar as XA-SJJ.

Scan from slide

photographer unknown

Departing ORD off runway 22.

Seen about to lift off runway 22 at ORD.

After the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum closed in 2015 the exhibits were dispersed and this aircraft is now displayed at the Yankee Air Museum, Ypsilanti, MI.

After the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum closed in 2015 the exhibits were dispersed and this aircraft is now displayed at the Indiana Air National Guard base, Fort Wayne International Airport, IN.

The painted serial 42-805 is false and was applied for an unknown reason. When the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum closed in 2015 this aircraft was taken back into the USAF Museum collection but its current whereabouts is unknown.

Displayed in fake USAF Thunderbirds colours. After the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum closed in 2015 the exhibits were dispersed and this aircraft is now displayed at the Frost Science Museum, Miami, FL.

After the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum closed in 2015 the exhibits were dispersed and this aircraft is now displayed at the Southern Museum of Flight at Birmingham - Shuttlesworth International Airport, AL.

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.

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.

The painted serial number "488656" is fictitious, it was painted to represent a USAF Thunderbirds formation team F-84D serial 48-656; the correct type is fact YF-84A and the correct serial 45-59494. After the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum closed in 2015 the exhibits were dispersed and this aircraft is now displayed at the Discovery Park of America, Union City, TN.

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.

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 remains unknown.

After the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum closed in 2015 the exhibits were dispersed and this aircraft is now displayed at the Indiana Air National Guard base, Fort Wayne International Airport, IN.