Why is Oklahoma City's Airport named after someone who was killed in a plane Crash?
Why is Oklahoma City's Airport named after someone who was killed in a plane Crash?
Because Will Rogers was a native Oklahoman.it is named in his honor
"William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers was a stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, American cowboy, humorist, newspaper columnist, and social commentator from Oklahoma."
Not just "someone who was killed in a plane crash."
He was possibly the most famous person ever to come out of Oklahoma. It's better than naming the airport after some probably corrupt politician, like so many are.
Your premise makes as much sense as YOU donating a ton of money to a rehab facility for brain damage, and worrying that people would think you did it, because YOU were really, really mentally slow. Just sayin' …
Airports like to honor local people who have impacted the area in one positive way or another. Aviators, film and tv stars and politicians are the most commonly honored people.
He was a famous man born in Oklahoma.
Yes
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