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unusual facts about Love Field



11th Victim

Director Jonathan Kaplan went onto critical acclaim as a director of feature films including The Accused (1988), Unlawful Entry (1993), Love Field (1994) and Brokedown Palace (1999).

Greater Southwest International Airport

The airport never reached capacity and saw its traffic dwindle while traffic at Love Field in Dallas continued to grow.

Nancy Harkness Love

By June 1943, Nancy Love was commanding four different squadrons of WAFS at Love Field, Texas; New Castle, Delaware; Romulus, Michigan; and Long Beach, California.


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Bradfield Elementary School

The aircraft, owned by Ling-Temco-Vought, was occupied by a professional pilot and 6 US military servicemen being ferried to Love Field; all 7 were killed.

Clint Grant

At Dallas, Love Field, Grant took what is believed to be the only photo from the trip showing the faces of the president, Jacqueline Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, Texas Gov. John Connally and Nellie Connally.

Greater Southwest International Airport

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) opened in 1974 a few miles north of the airport to replace both Greater Southwest and Dallas Love Field as the single main airport for the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex (though Love Field survives).

Legend Airlines

The airline provided service which bypassed the restrictions imposed by the Wright Amendment, which limits long-range passenger service into Love Field.