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Bill Haast (December 30, 1910 – June 15, 2011 [1]) was the owner and operator, from 1947 until 1984, of the Miami Serpentarium, a tourist attraction south of Miami, Florida, where he entertained customers by performing live venom extraction from snakes. [2]
On August 16, 1987, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, operating as Northwest Airlines Flight 255, crashed shortly after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, about 8:46 pm EDT (00:46 UTC August 17), resulting in the deaths of all six crew members and 148 of the 149 passengers, along with two people on the ground.
Telegraph - Taylor/Tel-Twelve: 12 Mile + Telegraph Road Southland Center/Taylor Meijer 27.4 miles (44.1 km) 40–60 60 -Overlaps with 375 from 7 Mile to 12 Mile 280: Western Wayne Crosstown: Old Redford Meijer (Northwest Detroit) Detroit Metro Airport Evans Terminal 23.0 miles (37.0 km) 60 75 75 Only services Evans Terminal at Metro Airport
DET was Detroit's primary airport until 1946–47 when almost all airline flights moved to Willow Run Airport and later to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. The March 1939 Official Aviation Guide shows 13 weekday departures on American, 10 on Pennsylvania Central and one on Marquette. [15]
Metro Airport may refer to Metro/Airport station, a VTA railway station in California; Van Nuys Airport in California, formerly known as Metropolitan Airport; Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport near Detroit, Michigan; Metropolitan Airports Commission, the agency that owns and operates airports in the Twin Cities region; Mesquite Metro ...
The Wayne County Airport Authority is a governmental entity that operates airports in Metro Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan. The authority operates Detroit Metropolitan Airport and Willow Run Airport. [1] It has its headquarters in the 11050 Rogell Drive-Bldg 602, Detroit, MI 48242 at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus. [2]
Taylor Municipal Airport (FAA LID: T74) is a city-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) west of the central business district of Taylor, a city in Williamson County, Texas, United States. [1] The airport is located on Highway 79 and it is an important component of economic development for the City of Taylor and the region ...
In 1949 the airport added runways 3L/21R and 9L/27R, followed by runway 4R/22L in 1950. In 1946-47 most airline traffic moved from the cramped Detroit City Airport (now Coleman A. Young International Airport) northeast of downtown Detroit to Willow Run Airport over 20 miles (32 km) west of the city, and 10 miles (16 km) west of Wayne County ...