Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum, Illinois, United States

5Bernardo F 5:00 PM Dec 14, 2016

Looked like a nice museum, and I didn't even get to go inside
It's only open on weekends, but you can still see alot of the great planes and other things from outside the fence. It was well maintained and just a short drive outside of St Louis in Illinois.

5Taylor B 5:00 PM Oct 12, 2019

See a Jenny, a JetStar and a Microjet
At the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum in Cahokia, Illinois, the hangar is almost as historic as the airplanes it houses. Located at 2300 Vector Drive, in the Curtiss Wright Hanger No. 2 at St. Louis Downtown Airport, across the Mississippi River from St. Louis' Gateway Arch, the museum preserves and displays historic air and space craft, uniforms, flight gear, artifacts and memorabilia. Opened in 1982, the museum originally was located at the Spirit of St. Louis Airport, then relocated to Cahokia. Hangers One and Two are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Hangar Two was completed in 1930 and was occupied by St. Louis-based Union Electric Company, then 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-1900s. Today, visitors can see a Lockheed Model 1329 JetStar 8, a World War II flight trainer, Phantom F-4 cockpit and simulator, Bede DB-5J Microjet, World War I Curtiss Jn-4 Jenny, a 1941 Meyers OTW-145 and a 1963 Schempp-Hirth Standard Austrian SH, an Ultralight, even an original Demoiselle bamboo aircraft. It is an educational experience to see how far aviation has progressed over the last 100 years.