Running out of variations on titles...TRIVIA QUIZ!
Today's trivia quiz is brought to you by the urge to fly. Please do not try jumping off tall buildings!
We all know that Chicago Midway Airport's 3-letter code is MDW. It's fairly simple to see how they came up with that one. However, Chicago O'Hare Airport's code is ORD. What is the origin of this code? Why not OHR or something?
Bonus points if you actually fly to O'Hare to find the answer to this question :)
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Well once upon a time, before the editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune, Colonel Robert McCormick suggested a name change as tribute to pilot Lt. Cmdr. Edward "Butch" O'Hare, USN, there was an airstrip well to the northwest of Chicago with a quaint, peaceful name -- ORcharD field.
-Rodrigo
I guess it doesn't count if I had to look it up in Google - but great question, R-Dogg!
Since I don't have a blog of my own (ahem, yet), let me ask a followup here:
What was JFK Airport called before there was a JFK?
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Rodrigo, I couldn't have said it better myself, and I'm too lazy to cut and paste, so please see the correct answer above. Approaching the Kennedy Expressway on the "eastbound" Edens, there's a sign for I-90 west that points to "O'Hare Field" but that's about as close as you can get to the Orchard Field legacy.
Interesting, a challenge here in my very own blog. I can tell you that JFK used to be New York International Airport. However, I have no clue where it got that name :)
dude,
you can't post a comment without reading the other comments! it's like cheating on the trivia quiz!
kim
OK, so I've heard that Idlewild is also an acceptable answer for the former JFK name.
Kim, you're on your honor to formulate your answer and post without any regard for previous answers!
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