O'Hare Airport and Butch O'Hare

[rchawk]

It may surprise some that the airport isn't named after a politician. Butch O'Hare was the US Navy's first ace. An old F4F Wildcat, the same type he flew, is in Terminal 2. I see it because I usually fly United (not a plug). It's a big plane.

Butch O'Hare's story is very interesting. Like many of his generation it ended too soon.

His squadron's nickname was "Felix the Cat," which I find amusing for some reason.


This post was edited on 3/13 8:54 PM by rchawk

Edward O'Hare

 

[dgordo]

There are 8 McDonald’s at O’Hare.

 

[lucas80]

There are 8 McDonald’s at O’Hare.

Any Chili’s ToGo locations. I prefer upscale dining.

 

[lucas80]

It may surprise some that the airport isn't named after a politician. Butch O'Hare was the US Navy's first ace. An old F4F Wildcat, the same type he flew, is in Terminal 2. I see it because I usually fly United (not a plug). It's a big plane.

Butch O'Hare's story is very interesting. Like many of his generation it ended too soon.

His squadron's nickname was "Felix the Cat," which I find amusing for some reason.


This post was edited on 3/13 8:54 PM by rchawk

Edward O'Hare

There is a F4F Wildcat hanging in one of the terminals, or there was the last time I was there.

 

[dgordo]

Any Chili’s ToGo locations. I prefer upscale dining.

4 locations

 

[HostelAlfalfaWilcoxKeto]

There is a F4F Wildcat hanging in one of the terminals, or there was the last time I was there.

An old F4F Wildcat, the same type he flew, is in Terminal 2. I see it because I usually fly United (not a plug). It's a big plane.

Butch O'Hare's story is very interesting. Like many of his generation it ended too soon.

His squadron's nickname was "Felix the Cat," which I find amusing for some reason.


This post was edited on 3/13 8:54 PM by rchawk

Edward O'Hare

 

[GOHOX69]

There is a F4F Wildcat hanging in one of the terminals, or there was the last time I was there.

Still is in the c concourse next to the sushi restaurant.

 

[NCHawk5]

There is a F4F Wildcat hanging in one of the terminals, or there was the last time I was there.

You don’t read good.

 

[GOHOX69]

Besse Coleman of Besse Coleman drive, where O'hare is, was a famous female black aviator. She died doing a loop in her biplane because she wasn't chained to the aircraft floor and believe it or not fell out of her aircraft when it was inverted.

 

[lucas80]

Still is in the c concourse next to the sushi restaurant.

That seems mean. All those Japanese people eating airport sushi seeing a plane like the one that torched their granddad.

 

[HostelAlfalfaWilcoxKeto]

Still is in the c concourse next to the sushi restaurant.

lucas80 said:
There is a F4F Wildcat hanging in one of the terminals, or there was the last time I was there.

rchawk said:
An old F4F Wildcat, the same type he flew, is in Terminal 2. I see it because I usually fly United (not a plug). It's a big plane.

Butch O'Hare's story is very interesting. Like many of his generation it ended too soon.

His squadron's nickname was "Felix the Cat," which I find amusing for some reason.


This post was edited on 3/13 8:54 PM by rchawk

 

[HostelAlfalfaWilcoxKeto]

Besse Coleman of Besse Coleman drive, where O'hare is, was a famous female black aviator. She died doing a loop in her biplane because she wasn't chained to the aircraft floor and believe it or not fell out of her aircraft when it was inverted.

 

[General Roman Malaise]

Besse Coleman of Besse Coleman drive, where O'hare is, was a famous female black aviator. She died doing a loop in her biplane because she wasn't chained to the aircraft floor and believe it or not fell out of her aircraft when it was inverted.

My usual morbid curiosity drove me to fact check this. Sounds like while she did die on impact after being thrown from a plane, it wasn’t during a planned stunt loop. Rather, her plane was already in a death spiral due to a wrench jamming the controls(!). So she was a goner whether she stayed belted in or deplaned early.

 

[swagsurfer02]

I’ll be in O’Hare Tuesday but usually fly American.

 

[Hawk_4shur]

The last time I was at O'Hare was for a meeting - but I actually drove to it.

 

[GOHOX69]

My usual morbid curiosity drove me to fact check this. Sounds like while she did die on impact after being thrown from a plane, it wasn’t during a planned stunt loop. Rather, her plane was already in a death spiral due to a wrench jamming the controls(!). So she was a goner whether she stayed belted in or deplaned early.

Bessie Coleman Proves the Haters Wrong - Uncensored - Drunk History | Comedy Central US

Lyric Lewis shares the story of Bessie Coleman and the obstacles she conquered to become the first African-American woman to hold a pilot's license.

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