Middletown in Logan County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Middletown's Air Events

Photographed by Jason Voigt, February 22, 2025

1. Middletown's Air Events Marker

Inscription. Oct. 9, 1911-Vin Fiz, built by the Wright Brothers, piloted by Calbraith Perry Rodgers, Armours sponsored, landed on Harmon Hinck's farm. This first transcontinental flight, also carried first Illinois air mail from Peoria to Springfield.
1926 Charles A. Lindbergh stopped at Middletown in route Peoria to Springfield.
Jan. 18, 1984-John Petrenh landed his six story AX-7 hot air balloon, the flying lightbulb, on Barton's farm, making Middletown the only city where five world records were set in one balloon flight.
Oct. 8, 1986-James R. Lloyd Jr. landed Vin Fiz II, on James Glenn's farm marking seventy-fifth anniversary of C.P. Rodgers Memorial skyway flight.

Erected 1987 by Middletown Bi-Centennial Commission, Inc. and Logan County Tourism Bureau.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Air & Space. A significant historical date for this entry is January 18, 1926.

Location. 40° 5.943′ N, 89° 35.455′ W. Marker is in Middletown, Illinois, in Logan County. It is on South Madison Street north of 4th Street, on the right when traveling north. Marker is in front of the Dunlap House. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 204 S Madison St, Middletown IL 62666, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Illinois

and in Greater Springfield.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow

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flies: Middletown's Lincoln (here, next to this marker); War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Middletown (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Knapp Store & Middletown U.S. Post Office (about 500 feet away); Elkhart, Illinois (approx. 7.6 miles away); Marbold Farmstead (approx. 7.8 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 7.9 miles away); 1917 Krupp K-14 Light Artillery Cannon (approx. 7.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Middletown.

More about this marker. While this has the same style and format as typical Illinois State Historical Society markers, this was not erected by the ISHS.

Photographed by Jason Voigt, February 22, 2025

2. Middletown's Air Events Marker

Marker is in front of the Dunlap House.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 25, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 25, 2025, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 122 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 25, 2025, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.