Images: WWII era planes at Chicago Executive Airport
See WWII aircraft as part of The Collings Foundation event at the Chicago Executive Airport for their annual display of the well-maintained planes.Members of the media rode alongon some of the planes from Waukegan Airport to Chicago Executive.
Mark Hansen and his 4-year-old son Erik of Ft. Sheridan look up the bomb-bay doors of a B-17 Bomber at Waukegan Municipal Airport Friday.
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The sun shines high over the nose of a B-17 Bomber at Waukegan Municipal Airport.
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Sponsors' names cover the hull of this B-17 Bomber.
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Pilot Mark Murphy of Albany, New York sits in the cockpit of a B-25 Bomber at Waukegan Municipal Airport Friday.
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A B-17 Bomber, left, and a B-25 Bomber sit on the tarmac at Waukegan Municipal Airport Friday.
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Correspondent Caroline Radnofsky of Al Jazeera America looks out the window of a B-17 Bomber on its way to Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling Friday.
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A view out the nose of a B-17 Bomber on its way to Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling Friday.
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The prop of a B-17 Bomber at Waukegan Municipal Airport Friday.
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Co-Pilot Robert Pinkston of New Hampshire cleans the outside of a B-24 Bomber at Waukegan Municipal Airport Friday.
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