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  2. USS Wolverine (IX-64) - Wikipedia

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    Though unsuited for combat, she was highly functional in her pilot training mission. The first aircraft landing on USS Wolverine occurred during September 1942. [ 14 ] From 1943 until the end of the war in 1945, USS Wolverine along with her sister ship USS Sable was used for the training of 17,000 pilots, landing signal officers and other navy ...

  3. Blue Angels - Wikipedia

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    Captain Harley H. Hall – 27 January 1973: Blue Angels (1970–1971; Commander/Team Leader 1971): Hall and his co-pilot were shot down by anti-aircraft fire in South Vietnam flying their F-4J Phantom II on the last day of the Vietnam War, and they both were officially listed as prisoners of war. In 1980, Hall was presumed to have died while ...

  4. Lima Lima Flight Team - Wikipedia

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    Naper Aero Club (LL-10) is located in the western suburbs of Chicago. It is an airport community, with 100 homes connected to its two runways via taxiways behind the homes. The original flying club (Mentor Flyers, Inc.) which spawned the Lima Lima team is still based at LL-10, but the founding members who lived there have since moved on, and ...

  5. Chicago Air & Water Show - Wikipedia

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    Aircraft take off and land at Gary/Chicago International Airport in Gary, Indiana.All pilots perform stunts over the water in a set area known as a "safety box". This area extends from the lakefront shoreline out to a section on Lake Michigan where recreational boats and kayakers line up for an alternate vantage point.

  6. Aviation Cadet Training Program (USAAF) - Wikipedia

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    Basic Pilot Training taught the cadets to fly in formation, fly by instruments or by aerial navigation, fly at night, and fly for long distances. Cadets got about 70 flight hours in BT-9 or BT-13 basic trainers before being promoted to Advanced Training. [16] Advanced Pilot Training placed the graduates in two categories: single-engined and ...

  7. James H. Knight - Wikipedia

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    James Herbert "Jack" Knight (March 14, 1892 – February 24, 1945) was an American pilot who made the first overnight transcontinental air mail delivery. Knight was part of an airmail relay team that flew 2,629 miles across the United States on February 22–23, 1921 in an effort to show that the airmail service was much faster than the railroads.

  8. DuPage Airport - Wikipedia

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    The pilot reported the landing gear was reported as down and locked by the aircraft's indicators, but when the nosegear touched down, the aircraft pulled hard to the left. Though the pilot attempted to maintain control, the aircraft traveled into the grass off the runway, where the wing impacted an airport sign and the gear collapsed.

  9. Skydive Chicago Resort - Wikipedia

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    The Skydive Chicago Airport is identified as 8N2 and covers an area of 200 acres at an elevation of 616 feet (188m) above mean sea level and has one paved and 2 grass runways. Runway 3/21 has a 4,522 x 50 ft (1,378 x 15 m) treated asphalt pavement.