President Eisenhower

FreightWaves Classics: President Eisenhower takes a helicopter hop

President Eisenhower departs the White House on July 12, 1957 in a 2-passenger Bell H-13J helicopter. (Photo: White House)

Almost all of us have seen television images of a President of the United States board Air Force One or Marine One at some point in time.

Air Force One

What many may not know is that “Air Force One” is the official air traffic control call sign of any U.S. Air Force (USAF) aircraft that has the President of the United States on-board. The presidential air fleet now includes multiple aircraft, so the call sign is moved from airplane to airplane as necessary.

The “Air Force One” call sign came about...

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NTSB determines cause of engine room fire aboard containership President Eisenhower

An incorrectly installed section of main engine fuel oil return tubing led to an engine room fire aboard a containership off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, on Ap ..

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FreightWaves Classics: Mack Trucks continues its industry leadership

In a recent FreightWaves Classics article the history of White Motor Company was profiled. Today, the history of Mack Trucks is featured. Much of the information in this article came from the Mack Trucks website; FreightWaves Classics thanks Mack Trucks and the Mack Trucks Historical Museum. The museum is located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and it is the authority regarding the history of Mack Trucks. The museum has restored antiques and records of every truck the company has ever built. It is...

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FreightWaves Classics: Origins of the Interstate Highway System

It is unlikely that highway planners of the 1930s-40s never envisioned this complexity. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

President Eisenhower was a proponent of the interstate system as well as the legislation passed by Congress to fund the system’s construction. He signed the legislation into law on June 29, 1956. The U.S. interstate system was officially named the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways in 1990 and signed into law one day before the centennial celebration of Eisenhower’s birth. 

However, the idea of an interstate system originated long before Eisenhower took...

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