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Leonard Frank Baldy (February 15, 1927 – May 2, 1960) was a Chicago Police Department officer who became the city's first helicopter traffic reporter. His sometimes comical look at Chicago's traffic problems made him a household name. His peers gave him the nickname "Flying Officer Leonard Baldy".
[4] [3] In 1960 126 flights carried 6,000 passengers every day, primarily using Sikorsky S-58C helicopters, a civilian version of the Sikorsky H-34. With the disaster of Chicago Helicopter Airways Flight 698, business quickly dropped off so that by 1963 it was down to 3,000 passengers per day. Grant money ran out in 1966.
Flying Officer Baldy was killed in a helicopter crash, while on duty, on May 2, 1960. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] [ 36 ] Eleven years later, WGN suffered another helicopter-related tragedy when Flying Officer Irv Hayden and his pilot were killed on August 10, 1971, after their helicopter struck a utility pole in the Chicago suburb of Bellwood .
An air traffic controller contacts the Black Hawk helicopter, flying under the call sign PAT 2-5, to confirm it sees American Airlines flight 5342, which he refers to as a “CRJ,” based on the ...
U.S. Coast Guard, local, state and federal agencies respond to an aircraft collision in Washington D.C., January 30, 2025. ©Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles | U.S. Coast Guard photo
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 Helicopter Airways Flight 698 was a scheduled domestic helicopter service between Chicago Midway Airport and Chicago O'Hare Airport. [1] On 27 July 1960 it was operated by a Sikorsky S-58C helicopter which departed Chicago Midway Airport with two pilots and 11 passengers. [ 1 ]
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