Chicago Helicopter
Aiorlines Sikorsky S-61L N301Y (C/n
61-032)
Flushed with the success of its Midway to O'Hare business, CHA order
three Sikorsky S-61Ls in
1959. Unfortunately once most of the airlines had accomplished
their moves from Midway to the
new Chicago
Airport, traffic declined considerably and the company
postponed delivery of these
large helicopters
until 1962. The development of high speed freeways in
and around the Chicago
area, plus the loss
of air mail subsidies spelled the doom of not only CHA, but all the
helicopter
airlines. CHA wentout
of business sometime in the 1970s.