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Retired from military service in 1946, now on display at Museum of Flying, July 2024 Santa Monica Museum of Flying, exterior view Statue of Donald W. Douglas Sr. with the Spirit of Santa Monica, a modified DC-3, outside the Museum. The Museum of Flying is a private non-profit aerospace museum in Santa Monica, California. It was founded in 1974 ...
The airport is about 2 miles (3 km) from the Pacific Ocean (Santa Monica Bay) and 6 miles (10 km) north of Los Angeles International Airport, and south of The 10. The Museum of Flying is located in facilities leased from the City of Santa Monica at 3100 Airport Avenue, south of Santa Monica Airport.
Dearborn Station (also called, Polk Street Depot) was, beginning in the late 1800s, one of six intercity train stations serving downtown Chicago, Illinois. It remained in operation until May 1, 1971. Built in 1883, it is located at Dearborn and Polk Streets, to the south of the Loop, adjacent to Printers Row.
The Santa Monica Landmarks and Historic Districts Ordinance was amended in 1987 and again in 1991, to create a more comprehensive preservation program. The ordinance established a seven-member appointed Landmarks Commission with the power to designate Structures of Merit and Landmarks, and to make recommendations to the City Council regarding ...
Originally Clover Field, after World War I aviator 2nd lieutenant Greayer "Grubby" Clover, the airport was the home of the Douglas Aircraft company. [3] [7] [8] [9]The first circumnavigation of the world by air, accomplished by the U.S. Army in a fleet of special custom built aircraft named the Douglas World Cruiser, took off from Clover Field on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1924, and returned ...
Allen Airways Flying Museum, El Cajon [36] Aviation Museum of Santa Paula, Santa Paula [37] Blackbird Airpark, Palmdale [38] Boron Aerospace Museum, Boron; CAF Southern California Wing Museum, Camarillo; California Science Center, Los Angeles; Castle Air Museum, Atwater; Chico Air Museum, Chico; China Lake Museum, Ridgecrest; Classic Rotors ...
The museum has on display "The Spirit of Seventy-Six," a DC-3 that flew in commercial airline service, before serving as a corporate aircraft for Union 76 Oil Company for 32 years. The plane was built in the Douglas Aircraft Company plant in Santa Monica in January 1941, which was a major producer of both commercial and military aircraft. [321]
Polk is an 'L' station on the Pink Line of the Chicago Transit Authority. It is adjacent to Rush University Medical Center within the Illinois Medical District in the Near West Side community area. It formerly served as a transfer station between the Pink and Blue Lines from June 25, 2006 to April 25, 2008.