For more than half a centenary Glen...

For more than half a centenary Glenview Naval Air Station occupied a 1,121-acre site in the Chicago suburb from which its name is derived. From its establishment in 1937 Glenview NAS trained about 10,000 aviation cadets. During World War 11 more than 15000 pilots, including a young aviator named George HW Bush, received aircraft carrier qualification at the base.

Glenview, which lies 20 miles north of Chicago's aperture is a relatively affluent bedroom suburb with 54% of its land area dedicated to single-family housing (median value: $233400)

In the early 1990 with