Leonard Baldy
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title:
Leonard Baldy
text:
Leonard Frank Baldy was a Chicago Police Department officer who became the city's first helicopter traffic reporter. His sometimes comical look at Chicago's traffic problems made him a household name. His peers gave him the nickname "Flying Officer Leonard Baldy". He died in a fiery crash on May 2, 1960, when his helicopter threw a rotor blade and crashed in a railroad yard near Milwaukee Avenue and Hubbard Street. A native of Chicago, he graduated from Lane Technical College Preparatory High Sc
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American law enforcement officer
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Baldy
date created:
2007-01-07T19:11:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T00:38:01Z
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