Lost Airports of Chicago
eBook - ePub

Lost Airports of Chicago

  1. 144 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Lost Airports of Chicago

About this book

To book a ride on the "World's Shortest Airline" or learn aerial stunts from the redheaded widow of Lawrence Avenue, you've got to go through the airports buried beneath the housing developments and shopping malls of Chicagoland. Many of these airports sprang up after World War I, when training killed more pilots than combat, and the aviation pioneers who developed Chicago's flying fields played a critical role in getting the nation ready to dare the skies in World War II. Author Nick Selig has rolled wheels on his fair share of Chicago's landing strips but faces an entirely new challenge in touching down in places being swallowed by a city and forgotten by history.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. A Gofer at Elmhurst Airport
  8. Mitchell Field
  9. Henry Ford and Sky Haven Airport
  10. Sky Haven Airport: Part Two
  11. The Redheaded Widow on Lawrence Avenue
  12. The Russians and Gray Goose Airlines at Sky Harbor
  13. Chicago Heights Airport
  14. Prosperi Airport, Tinley Park, Illinois
  15. Sanger, the Mom-and-Pop Airport
  16. The Flying Newsboy at Chicago Municipal Airport
  17. The Swamp that Became a Harbor in the Sky
  18. Sally and the Associated Flying Club of America
  19. “Tale Spin” Tommy and the World’s Shortest Airline
  20. The Original Waukegan Airport
  21. Wilhemi Field, the Original Joliet Airport
  22. Carl “Breezy” Unger
  23. How I Got Started in Aviation via the Brown Shoe Army
  24. Climbing the Aeronautical Ladder at Pal-Waukee
  25. Cross-Country World War II Style
  26. Chicagoland Airport
  27. Rubinkam and Dixie Airports
  28. Elgin Airport
  29. Lombard, York Township Airport
  30. About the Author