Illini Glider Club
Flying club in Danville, Illinois, where the main public airport is Vermilion Regional (DNV). The FAA register lists 4 aircraft under this name and 1 other spelling of it, all at the same address or in the same town, mostly Wsk Pzl-Krosno KR-03A.
Website: illinigliderclub.org (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)
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How many aircraft does Illini Glider Club have?
4 aircraft are registered to it with the FAA as of October 23, 2026; aircraft it leases from their owners are not counted.
What does Illini Glider Club fly?
Mostly the Wsk Pzl-Krosno KR-03A, along with the Let L 33 SOLO and the Piper PA-25-235.
How old are Illini Glider Club's aircraft?
Built between 1971 and 1994; half were built in 1992 or earlier, so the typical one is about 34 years old.
Has Illini Glider Club had any accidents?
The NTSB recorded no accident or incident involving the aircraft registered to it today in the last 10 years.
Where is Illini Glider Club?
In Danville, Illinois; the main public airport there is Vermilion Regional (DNV).
Are there FAA examiners near Illini Glider Club?
7 pilot examiners and 4 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles of its airport. See them by name
About Illini Glider Club from its own website, read October 13, 2026
The Illini Glider Club is a non-profit soaring club located at Vermillion Regional Airport in Danville, Illinois. It offers glider rides and flight instruction to members and the public, operating weekends from March through December and occasionally during winter months.
- Calls itself
- Illini Glider Club
- What it is
- Flying club
- Bases
- Danville, IL KDNV
- Services
- glider rides, flight instruction, aircraft rental
- Hours
- Weekends March 15 through December 15, weather permitting; midweek tows available by request
- Founded
- 1948
- Address
- 22633 N Bowman Ave Ste 16, Danville, IL, 61834
- Telephone
- (217) 978-4401
- [email protected]
Written by the site from the pages of www.illinigliderclub.org on October 13, 2026; the company's own words and pictures stay on its site. Out of date or wrong? Tell us.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
7 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 7 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 6 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 7 for airplanes, 7 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 4 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 2 training center evaluators, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Brian Glenn Dillman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Purdue Aviation · West Lafayette, IN (32 nm) · (765) 409-4501 · [email protected]
- James Paulsen private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Purdue Aviation, LLC · West Lafayette, IN (32 nm) · (703) 498-7930 · [email protected]
- Larry Wayne Gross private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN (34 nm) · (765) 476-6603 · [email protected]
- Ethan James Malavolti private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Terre Haute, IN (47 nm) · (309) 645-9774 · [email protected]
- John Henderson private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Indiana State University · Terre Haute, IN (47 nm) · (812) 596-4627 · [email protected]
- John Phillip Mellor private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Mellor Aviation · Terre Haute, IN (47 nm) · (812) 870-9686 · [email protected]
- Steven Edward Stombaugh private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Indiana State University · Terre Haute, IN (47 nm) · (317) 272-6180 · [email protected]
All 18 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
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Its aircraft and their safety record from the FAA register and the NTSB
4 aircraft are registered to Illini Glider Club today, mostly Wsk Pzl-Krosno KR-03A. Built between 1971 and 1994; half of them in 1992 or earlier, so the typical one is about 34 years old.
All 4 aircraft, each with its own page
The NTSB recorded no accident or incident involving these aircraft in the last 10 years.
Only the aircraft registered to Illini Glider Club today are counted, wherever they were flying and whoever was flying them, including any accident before the school owned them; aircraft a school leases from their owners are registered to those owners and are not. A school that flies more hours will show more; nobody publishes those hours, so this is a record, not a score. Compare with the other training organisations in Illinois.
Other flight schools nearby within about 15 miles
- Vermillion County Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club, Danville
Compare every school in Illinois: fleets, aircraft ages and safety records side by side. Each school is placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre when it has none.
Connections how this company links to the rest of the register
- Danville, IL · where it registers its aircraft
- Vermilion Regional · DNV
- Illinois 8,050 aircraft registered
- 4 aircraft on the register · Wsk Pzl-Krosno KR-03A
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