Air Classics Museum of Aviation opens for season April 10 in Sugar Grove

Posted March 30, 2021 11:00 pm

Submitted by Kenneth Kwiatkowski

The Air Classics Museum of Aviation in Sugar Grove will open its doors for the season on Saturday, April 10.

The museum is open Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The museum is located one mile west of the Aurora Municipal Airport entrance at 44W546 W. Route 30.

Admission is $10 for age 16 to 61; $7 for age 62 or older; or $5 for children, age 5 to 15. Children under age 5 are admitted free when accompanied by a parent. Group tours are available Tuesday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. by reservation.

Exhibits consist of indoor displays of aviation memorabilia from the 1930s to present. New this year is a full size mock-up of a Boeing 737 cockpit.

The outdoor flight line consists of a RF-86 Sabre Jet, a TA4-J Skyhawk, a F-105 Thunder Chief, a T-39 Sabre Liner, a F-4B Phantom II, an A&E Corsair II and a HU-1 Huey Helicopter. The Huey and Corsair are veterans of the Vietnam War.

The Air Classics Museum of Aviation in Sugar Grove features four building of exhibits in its museum aircraft collection, including the North American T-39 Sabreliner. Courtesy of Air Classics Museum of Aviation

Also on the line are full size replicas of a P-51 Mustang, a P-40 Warhawk, a P-47 Thunderbolt and a BF-109 Messerschmitt.

The museum honors Blue Star Families, Museum Adventure Pass, Harvest Hosts, and the Kane-DuPge Regional Association Passport Program.

The mission of the volunteer-run aviation museum is to chronicle and preserve the critical role aviation has played throughout history and share this valuable information to the public through exhibits, educational programs, and flight operations. The collection includes aircraft, vehicles, uniforms and other aviation memorabilia from the 1930s to the present time. Volunteer veterans offer guided tours of the aircraft located on-site and visitors are encouraged to sit in an A-7 flown in the Gulf War, as well as climb into the pilot's seat of an UH-1 Huey helicopter.

For more information on the museum or booking a tour, call (630) 466-0888 or visit airclassicsmuseum.org.

Follow the museum on www.facebook.com/AirClassicsMuseumOfAviation/.

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