IL -- Chicago -- O'Hare International Airport (ORD):
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- ORD_090924_05.JPG: Edward Henry "Butch" O'Hare would have flown this type of plane, the Wildcat.
Background:
Originally designed as a biplane, the Wildcat was converted to a monoplane in 1938. The Wildcat was a basic flying machine with hand-cranked landing gear (utilizing bicycle chains and sprockets), manual gun charging and cowl flats. The Wildcat had vacuum-packed wing flaps, a simple electrical system, and no hydraulics. This stubby fighter was "tough as nails" with a high degree of pilot survivability in crashes. For all these reasons, the Wildcat earned for the Grumman aircraft factory the nickname -- The Iron Works.
- ORD_090924_17.JPG: Franz Volz
Lincoln Memorial Replica:
The sculpture representing the historic Lincoln Memorial statue was created by Chicago artist Fran Volz. Measuring 10-1/2 feet tall and 9 feet wide, this impressive replica is nearly half the size of the original marble sculpture by Daniel Chester French on the National Mall in Washington D.C. Interestingly, the original statue was planned to be slightly smaller than this replica, but was changed so the figure of Lincoln would not be outsides by the immensity of the memorial's chamber.
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States. He successfully led the country through the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery. Repeated polls of historians have ranked Lincoln as among the greatest presidents in U.S. history. Lincoln's political career began in Illinois, where he served four successive terms in the Illinois House of Representatives.
On Memorial Day, May 30, 1922, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated, 57 years after Lincoln died. Nearly 50,000 people attended the ceremony, including hundreds of Civil War veterans and Robert Todd Lincoln, the president's only surviving son.
This statue is carved from an environmentally friendly and recyclable material called Expanded Polystyrene (EPS). EPS is a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified product, commonly used for design and construction of high performance green buildings. Using EPS in commercial and residential construction helps to reduce energy consumption and green house gas emissions. This replica has also been on exhibit in Chicago's City Hall, Navy Pier, libraries and schools.
A self-taught sculptor, Volz honed his skills first in woodworking, and later in bronze. He is a founding partner of Snow Visions, Inc., a non-profit national show sculpture competition. Snow Visions, Inc. recently collaborated with the City of Chicago's Snow Days Winter Festival in February.
- Wikipedia Description: O'Hare International Airport
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
O'Hare International Airport (IATA: ORD, ICAO: KORD, FAA LID: ORD), also known simply as O'Hare Airport or O'Hare Field or O'Hare, is a major airport located in the northwestern-most corner of Chicago, Illinois, United States, 17 miles (27 km) northwest of the Chicago Loop. It is the largest hub of United Airlines (whose headquarters are in downtown Chicago) and the second-largest hub of American Airlines (after Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport). It is operated by the City of Chicago Department of Aviation, associated with an umbrella regional authority.
In 2008, the airport had 881,566 aircraft operations, an average of 2,409 per day (64% scheduled commercial, 33% air taxi, 3% general aviation and less than 1% military). O'Hare International Airport is the second busiest airport in the world, behind Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport with 69,353,654 passengers passing through the airport in 2008; a -8.96% change from 2007. O'Hare also has a strong international presence, with flights to more than 60 foreign destinations. O'Hare was ranked fourth in 2005 of the United States' international gateways, with only John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, Los Angeles International Airport and Miami International Airport, serving more foreign passengers.
O’Hare International Airport has been voted the "Best Airport in North America" for 10 years, by readers of the U.S. Edition of Business Traveler Magazine (1998 - 2003) and Global Traveler Magazine (2004 - 2007).
Most of O'Hare Airport is in Cook County, but a section in the southwest part of the airport is in DuPage County.
Although O'Hare is Chicago's primary airport, Chicago Midway International Airport, the city's second airport, is about 10 miles (16 km) closer to the Loop, the main business and financial district.
History:
The airport was constructed between 1942 and 1943, as a manufacturing plant for Douglas C-54s during World War II. The site was chosen for its proximity to the city and transportation. The two million square-foot (180,000 mē) factory needed easy access to the workforce of the nation's then-second-largest city, as well as its extensive railroad infrastructure. Orchard Place was a small pre-existing community in the area and the airport was known during the war as Orchard Place Airport/Douglas Field (hence the location identifier ORD). The facility was also the site of the Army Air Force's 803 Special Depot, which stored many rare or experimental planes, including captured enemy aircraft. These historic aircraft would later be transferred to the National Air Museum, going on to form the core of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's collection.
Douglas Aircraft Company's contract ended in 1945 and though plans were proposed to build commercial aircraft, the company ultimately chose to concentrate production on the west coast. With the departure of Douglas, the airport took the name Orchard Field Airport. In 1945, the facility was chosen by the City of Chicago, as the site for a facility to meet future aviation demands.
Matthew Laflin Rockwell, (1915–1988) was the director of planning for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and responsible for the site selection and design of O'Hare International Airport. He was the great grandson of Matthew Laflin, a founder and pioneer of Chicago. Though its familiar three-letter IATA code ORD still reflects the early identity of the airport, it was renamed in 1949, after Lieutenant Commander Edward "Butch" O'Hare, USN, a World War II flying ace, who was awarded the Medal of Honor.
See also: Illinois World War II Army Airfields
By the early 1950s, Chicago Midway International Airport, which had been the primary Chicago airport since 1931, had become too small and crowded, despite multiple expansions and was unable to handle the planned first generation of jets. The City of Chicago and the FAA began to develop O'Hare as the main airport for Chicago's future. The first commercial passenger flights were started there in 1955 and an international terminal was built in 1958, but the majority of domestic traffic did not move from Midway until completion of a 1962 expansion at O'Hare. The arrival of Midway's former traffic instantly made O'Hare the new World's Busiest Airport, serving 10 million passengers annually. Within two years, that number would double, with more people passing through O'Hare in 12 months than Ellis Island had processed in its entire existence. In 1997, annual passenger volume reached 70 million; it is now approaching 80 million. At this time of writing,[when?] United serves its flagship hub with 650 daily departures, but the carrier's utilization of O'Hare peaked at over 1,000 daily flights in 1994.
O'Hare Airport is municipally connected to the city of Chicago via a narrow strip of land, approximately 200 feet (61 m) wide, running along Higgins Rd, from the Des Plaines river to the airport. This land was annexed into the city limits in the 1950s, to assure the airport was contiguous with the city to keep it under city control and for the massive tax revenue. The strip is bounded on the north by Rosemont and the south by Schiller Park. The CTA Blue Line was extended to the airport in 1984.
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