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unusual facts about Wendell H. Ford Expressway



Continental Express Flight 2574

This movement for air safety continued with the enactment on April 5, 2000, of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century, which is also called AIR 21.

U.S. Route 231

At Owensboro, US 231 joins US 60 (also known as the Wendell H. Ford Expressway) around the city's east side, which it then follows to just north of Maceo.

Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century

This provision was a goal of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association which sought to unlock the aviation trust fund.

On 11 September 1991, Continental Express Flight 2574, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia carrying 14 people, crashed as it was approaching Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, killing all 14 people on board.

Wendell H. Furry

In 1953, he was subpoenaed several times as a suspected communist by the House Unamerican Activities Committee and by US Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, and invoked his Fifth Amendment privilege in refusing to answer questions about his past membership in the Communist Party.

He made important contributions to the early development of Quantum Field Theory with J. Robert Oppenheimer, Vladimir Fock, and others.

Wendell H. Murphy

While in politics, Murphy also helped with North Carolina State University athletics.


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