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OFF A NY INE -I ARRY -O UT INNER By Tina Kapinos Special to the Tribune A museum that opened recently in The Glen aims to tell the story of the Glenview Naval Air Station that once occupied the area. The most important part of that story is the role the air station played during World War II, said Bobby committee chairman. The station was the training ground for more than 15,000 pilots during the war, Ferguson said. them former President George to the base to become certified to take off and land from aircraft carriers. (Photocopies of flight log and orders are on display.) The Naval Air Station Glenview 1951Tower June 19 in a temporary space in the Glen Town Center provided by developer Oliver McMillan.

The foundation hopes to break ground on a permanent site in The Glen in the next four years, said Frank Mack, president of the Hangar One Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to recognizing the service of those who were stationed at the Glenview base. role as a major center for Navy pilots came after the attack on Pearl Harbor. After the losses to the Navy fleet, all of its carriers were in service on the front lines, Ferguson said. To train pilots, the Navy converted two passenger steamships on Lake Michigan so they had the same kind of flat tops as aircraft carriers. Pilots usually would stay in Glenview for three days to receive classroom instruction and practice takeoffsand landings on the base before flying out to Lake Michigan for training on the converted ships.

Pilots had to have eight successful landings and takeoffs on the steamships for certification, Ferguson said. A 6-foot-4scale model of one of those ships, the USS Sable, is on display at the museum. The model is on loan from the Great Lakes Naval Museumuntil sometime in September. Curator Beverly Dawsonsaid she plans to rotate exhibits at the Glenview museum about every three to four months. The museum has about 500 items in its permanent collection and at least 150 on loan, she said.

Those numbers are growing quickly, she said. get e-mails just about every day saying, I have this or that, would you be said Dawson, who also is president of the Glenview Area Historical Society. Nearby businesses have helped, too, Naval museum takes off in the right direction.