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Article: Happy landingMuseum's latest display model trucked in from Rantoul
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- The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
- Article date:
- August 17, 2009
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CopyrightCopyright 2009 The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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BLOOMINGTON - The term "oversize load" seemed a comic
understatement as the Boeing North American F-100C Super Sabre jet
fighter made its way Sunday to the Prairie Aviation Museum.
Accompanied by personnel from the Illinois Department of
Transportation and the Illinois State Police, the aircraft and its
nearly 39-foot wingspan took up the entire westbound lane of Empire
Street, which had been blocked by police to make way for the
museum's latest acquisition.
In a rare move, the plane was left intact and on landing gear for
its transport, which began at 7 a.m. Sunday at the Chanute Air
Museum in Rantoul, where it moved across county roads to Illinois
136, to Interstate 57, then to Interstate ...
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