Tom Bradley International Terminal of Los Angeles International Airport - Los Angeles, CA, USA. - People-Named Places on Waymarking.com

Copied from website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Bradley_(politician) TOM BRADLEY: Tom Bradley (December 29, 1917 – September 29, 1998)was the mayor of Los Angeles, California for 5 terms (from 1973 to 1993). To date, his 20 years in office mark the longest tenure by any mayor of that city's history. Bradley also ran twice (unsuccessfully) for Govenor of California, in 1982 and 1986 and was defeated each time by the Republican George Deukmejian. Bradley attended Polytechnic High School, where he starred in both American football and track. He became the first African American to be elected president of the Poly Boys' League and he was also the first to be inducted into the national honor society club called Ephebians. As captain of the track team he made the all-city football team as a tackle. He later attended University of California, Los Angeles on a track scholarship. One job he had while at UCLA was photographer for comedian Jimmy Durante. He left UCLA during his junior year to enter the Los Angeles Police Academy and eventually became a member of the Los Angeles Police Department, rising to the rank of lieutenant, the highest rank held by an African American police officer in Los Angeles at that time. While working for the police department he also attended Southwestern University School of Law and received his law degree, passing the bar exam to become a lawyer. *********************************** copied from website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_International_Airport TOM BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL (OF LAX AIRPORT in Los Angeles, CA) Tom Bradley International Terminal has 12 gates, including six on the north concourse and six on the south concourse. In addition, there are nine satellite gates for international flights located on the west side of LAX (Los Angeles International Airport). Passengers are ferried to the west side gates by bus. This terminal opened for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games and is named in honor of Tom Bradley, the first African-American and longest serving (20 years) mayor of Los Angeles, and champion of LAX. The terminal is located at the west end of the passenger terminal area between Terminals 3 and 4. There are 34 airlines that serve the Tom Bradley International Terminal and the terminal handles 10 million passengers per year. The terminal is currently undergoing major renovations to facelift and modernize the entire facility and add more building space for baggage screening equipment. The renovations include refreshed check in space with inline baggage screening, three large alliance aligned lounges plus one unaligned lounge (to replace the multiple airline specific lounges) and fully facelifted departures and arrivals areas. These renovations are expected to be completed by 2010. The current renovations do not add any new gates. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> About LAX: copied from website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_International_Airport LAX: Los Angeles International Airport is the primary airport serving Los Angeles, California, the second-most populated metropolitan area of the United States. With 59,542,151 passengers in 2009, LAX is the seventh busiest airport in the world and is served by direct flights to North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East. The airport is a major hub for both United Airlines and Alaska Airlines, a focus city for American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Allegiant Air, Air New Zealand and Virgin America. It also serves as an international gateway for Delta Air Lines. The airport also functions as joint civil-military facility, providing a base for the United States Coast Guard and its Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles facility, operating 4 HH-65 Dolphin helicopters. LAX is the busiest airport in California in terms of flight operations, passenger traffic and air cargo activity, followed by San Francisco International Airport. LAX is also the only U.S. airport to serve 3 or more international destinations with ridership of 1 million passengers or more per year (Tokyo-Narita, London-Heathrow, Taipei).

Year it was dedicated: 1984 Location of Coordinates: Front entrance Related Web address (if available): [Web Link] Type of place/structure you are waymarking: Los Angeles Internation Airport-Tom Bradley Terminal

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