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Amelia Mary Earhart (/ ˈ ɛər h ɑːr t / AIR-hart; born July 24, 1897; declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviation pioneer.On July 2, 1937, Earhart disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world.
Stinson began exhibition flying and became known as the "Flying Schoolgirl" and "America's Sweetheart of the Air." [12] On July 18, 1915, at Cicero Field in Chicago, Illinois, Stinson performed a loop (a year after Lydia Zvereva became the first woman aviator to do so [13]), and went on to perform this feat some 500 times without a single ...
She started her aviation career as a TWA flight attendant in 1972 before obtaining a departmental transfer as a TWA B-727 flight engineer in 1978. [ 1 ] She was first officer on the first all-female crew for a scheduled commercial US carrier with Captain Emilie Jones, flying an Air Illinois , DHC-6 Twin Otter, 30 December 1977.
Nadine E. Velázquez (born November 20, 1978) is an American actress and model known for her roles as Catalina Aruca on My Name Is Earl and Sofia Ruxin on The League.She has also appeared in films such as Blast (2004), A Day in the Life (2009), Flight (2012), Snitch (2013), and Ride Along 2 (2016), and was a cast member on the TV series Major Crimes.
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] Numerous VIPs used the airport in order to maintain security and also to avoid inconveniencing the Chicago traveling public, including President John F. Kennedy.
Miró's Chicago (originally called The Sun, the Moon and One Star) [1] is a sculpture by Joan Miró in Brunswick Plaza, Chicago, United States. It is 39 feet (12 m) tall, and is made of steel , wire mesh , concrete , bronze , and ceramic tile .
Chicago Executive Airport (IATA: PWK, ICAO: KPWK, FAA LID: PWK), formerly Palwaukee Municipal Airport, is a public airport 18 miles (33 km) northwest of Chicago, in the village of Wheeling in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is owned by the City of Prospect Heights and the Village of Wheeling. [1] [2]
United Air Lines Flight 553 was a scheduled service from Washington National Airport to Omaha, Nebraska, via Chicago Midway International Airport. The aircraft used for the flight was a four-year-old Boeing 737-222, City of Lincoln, registration N9031U, [10] [1]: 2 (built in 1968).