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  • History Of Commercial Flights
    On January 1, 1914, while much of Europe was embroiled in a war. A small Benoist (pronounced Ben-wah or Ben-weest) Model 14 seaplane took off from St. Petersburg, Florida, and traveled 20 miles across Tampa Bay to land in Tampa, Florida. The pilot on this first commercial airline voyage was Anthony Jannus.
  • Mundelein - Chicago
    Mundelein is a relatively new housing settlement, which was incorporated in 1909. It comes under Lake County, Chicago. Mundelein is an exquisitely beautiful town located on the picturesque banks of Diamond Lake.
  • Gurnee - Chicago
    The village of Gurnee is located in the Lake County, Illinois. Gurnee is situated on the banks of the Des Plaines River. The village of Gurnee is bifurcated into two parts by the Interstate 94. The east part is known as the old part while the west part is known as the new part. Gurnee covers a total area of around 34.8 square kilometers. The village has a pulation of about 28,834 as per the 2000 census. Gurnee came into news in May 2004.
  • Hawthorn Woods, Chicago
    Hawthorn Woods, established in 1958, is a lovely suburb covering around 5.5 square miles, under the Lake county. It is inhabited by a young population mass averaging 40 years; its population grew from 6000 in 2000 to 7000 by mid 2005, showing a high rate of growth.
  • The Suburb of Lake Villa
    During the late 1800s many residents of Chicago and the surrounding area referred to Lake Villa as the Lake Geneva of Chicagoland. Chicagoland had then become accepted as the term that best described the entire mass of buildings and people that had arisen from the region around the city of Chicago. Lake Villa got its nickname from the construction along the banks of Lake Micihigan of a number of mansions.
  • Rolling Meadows Chicago
    Rolling Meadows is a quaintly beautiful town sprawled over 5.5 square miles of country side in the Cook County. It is situated about 28 miles from Chicago and is surrounded by other Chicago suburbs within easy reach of a 5-7 miles radius. Its neighbors are, Arlington Heights, Palatine,
    Schaumburg, Elk Grove Village, Mount Prospect, Hoffman Estates, to name a few.

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