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Sky Ride postcard. The Sky Ride consisted of two towers, each 628 feet (191 m) high, spaced 1,850 feet (560 m) apart. Each tower had four elevators with a 30-person capacity. Fair goers could take a trip across from one tower to the other at the 200-foot (61 m) level, or take the elevator farther up to the observation decks at the top of the tower.
On July 24, 1949, a 40-year-old man was killed after falling 20 feet (6.1 m) from the ride. Park officials stated that the safety restraints were not properly secured. [66] On October 29, 2013, two women were injured after riding the roller coaster. Reports have said that they may have hit their faces on the lap bar during their ride. [67]
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Scheduled passenger helicopter airline service was also available between Meigs Field and Chicago O'Hare Airport and Chicago Midway Airport at different times over the years. From the late 1950s to late 1960s, Chicago Helicopter Airways operated 12-seat Sikorsky S-58C helicopters with frequent flights to both O'Hare and Midway. [7]
Today, companies like Uber and Hyundai or United Airlines and Archer are working to get fleets of VTOL aircraft to serve as short-hop air taxis, ferrying travelers from city centers to airports ...
The Chicago Air & Water Show is an annual air show held since 1959 on the shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago. The largest free show of its kind in the United States, [ 1 ] it was most recently held August 10-11, 2024.
CHCAGO — The Chicago Department of Public Health issued a warning that attendees of a recent outdoor concert at the popular Salt Shed music venue may have been exposed to rabies-carrying bats ...
Milton Lee Olive Park is a public park in the city of Chicago, Illinois. Designed by Dan Kiley , the park is located west of the James W. Jardine Water Purification Plant and adjacent to Jane Addams Memorial Park and Ohio Street Beach .