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Greater Southwest International Airport

Index Greater Southwest International Airport

Greater Southwest International Airport, originally Amon Carter Field (ACF), is a now closed commercial airport serving Fort Worth, Texas, from 1953 until 1974. [1]

48 relations: Airport, American Airlines, Amon G. Carter, Annexation, BAC One-Eleven, Boeing 707, Boeing 727, Braniff International Airways, Central Airlines, Civil Aeronautics Board, Continental Airlines, Convair 880, Convair B-36 Peacemaker, Dallas Love Field, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, Delta Air Lines, Delta Air Lines Flight 9570, Eastern Air Lines, Federal Aviation Administration, Fort Worth Meacham International Airport, Fort Worth, Texas, Frontier Airlines (1950–1986), Great Depression, Hangar, Headquarters, IATA airport code, Instrument landing system, Lockheed L-188 Electra, Los Angeles, Los Angeles International Airport, McDonnell Douglas DC-10, McDonnell Douglas DC-9, Metropolitan area, Microsoft Research, National Transportation Safety Board, Pima Air & Space Museum, Southwest Airlines, Tarrant County, Texas, Texas, Texas International Airlines, Texas State Highway 183, Texas State Highway 360, Tucson, Arizona, Vickers Viscount, Wake turbulence, Works Progress Administration, World War II.

Airport

An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport.

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American Airlines

American Airlines, Inc. (AA) is a major United States airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, within the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.

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Amon G. Carter

Amon G. Carter, Sr. (December 11, 1879 – June 23, 1955) was the creator and publisher of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and a nationally known civic booster for Fort Worth, Texas.

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Annexation

Annexation (Latin ad, to, and nexus, joining) is the administrative action and concept in international law relating to the forcible transition of one state's territory by another state.

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BAC One-Eleven

The British Aircraft Corporation One-Eleven, also known as the BAC-111 or BAC 1-11, is a British short-range jet airliner used during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Boeing 707

The Boeing 707 is a mid-sized, long-range, narrow-body, four-engine jet airliner built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes from 1958 to 1979.

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Boeing 727

The Boeing 727 is a midsized, narrow-body three-engined jet aircraft built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes from the early 1960s to 1984.

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Braniff International Airways

Braniff Airways, Inc., doing business as Braniff International Airways, from 1948 until 1965, and then Braniff International from 1965 until 1983, was an American airline that operated from 1928 until 1982.

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Central Airlines

Central Airlines was a regional airline (then called a "local service" air carrier by the federal Civil Aeronautics Board which was known as the CAB) operating scheduled passenger flights in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas from 1949 to 1967.

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Civil Aeronautics Board

The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) was an agency of the federal government of the United States that regulated aviation services, including scheduled passenger airline service, and provided air accident investigation.

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Continental Airlines

Continental Airlines was a major United States airline founded in 1934 and eventually headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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Convair 880

The Convair 880 is an American narrow-body jet airliner produced by the Convair division of General Dynamics.

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Convair B-36 Peacemaker

The Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" is a strategic bomber built by Convair and operated solely by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1949 to 1959.

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Dallas Love Field

Dallas Love Field is a city-owned public airport 6 miles (10 km) northwest of downtown Dallas, Texas.

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Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is the primary international airport serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex area in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex

The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area, the official title designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget, encompasses 13 counties within the U.S. state of Texas.

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Delta Air Lines

Delta Air Lines, Inc., commonly referred to as Delta, is a major United States airline, with its headquarters and largest hub at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Delta Air Lines Flight 9570

Delta Air Lines Flight 9570 crashed on 30 May 1972 at the Greater Southwest International Airport in Fort Worth, Texas, while conducting a training flight.

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Eastern Air Lines

Eastern Air Lines was a major American airline from 1926 to 1991.

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Federal Aviation Administration

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States is a national authority with powers to regulate all aspects of civil aviation.

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Fort Worth Meacham International Airport

Fort Worth Meacham International Airport (Meacham Field) is a general aviation airport in Fort Worth, Texas similar to Addison Airport on the Dallas side of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.

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Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is the 15th-largest city in the United States and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas.

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Frontier Airlines (1950–1986)

Frontier Airlines was a United States airline formed by a merger of Arizona Airways, Challenger Airlines, and Monarch Airlines (1946–1950) on June 1, 1950.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

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Hangar

A hangar is a closed building structure to hold aircraft, or spacecraft.

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Headquarters

Headquarters (commonly referred to as HQ or HD) is/are the locations where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated.

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IATA airport code

An IATA airport code, also known as an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

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Instrument landing system

An instrument landing system (ILS) enables pilots to conduct an instrument approach to landing if they are unable to establish visual contact with the runway.

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Lockheed L-188 Electra

The Lockheed L-188 Electra is an American turboprop airliner built by Lockheed.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Los Angeles International Airport

Los Angeles International Airport is the primary international airport serving Los Angeles, California.

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McDonnell Douglas DC-10

The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is a three-engine wide-body jet airliner manufactured by McDonnell Douglas.

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McDonnell Douglas DC-9

The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 (initially known as the Douglas DC-9) is a twin-engine, single-aisle jet airliner.

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Metropolitan area

A metropolitan area, sometimes referred to as a metro area or commuter belt, is a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories, sharing industry, infrastructure, and housing.

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Microsoft Research

Microsoft Research is the research subsidiary of Microsoft.

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National Transportation Safety Board

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation.

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Pima Air & Space Museum

The Pima Air & Space Museum, located in Tucson, Arizona, is one of the world's largest non-government funded aerospace museums.

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Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines Co. is a major United States airline headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and the world’s largest low-cost carrier.

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Tarrant County, Texas

Tarrant County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

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Texas International Airlines

Texas International Airlines Inc. was a United States airline, known from 1944 until 1947 as Aviation Enterprises, until 1969 as Trans-Texas Airways (TTa), and as Texas International Airlines until 1982 when it merged with Continental Airlines.

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Texas State Highway 183

State Highway 183 or SH 183 is a state highway in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex in Texas.

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Texas State Highway 360

State Highway 360 or SH 360 is a north–south state highway in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Tucson, Arizona

Tucson is a city and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, and home to the University of Arizona.

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Vickers Viscount

The Vickers Viscount was a British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs.

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Wake turbulence

Wake turbulence is a disturbance in the atmosphere that forms behind an aircraft as it passes through the air.

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Works Progress Administration

The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing millions of people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Southwest_International_Airport

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