PLANS TO CHANGE AIRPORT NAME GROUNDED, FOR NOW
Plans to change the name of the Indianapolis International Airport have been grounded, for now. A proposal to change add H. Weir Cook’s name to the Airport failed to garner a do-pass recommendation from the Council’s Rules Committee. Cook was a World War I aviation hero, shooting down more than a half dozen German planes during the conflict. His name was part of the Airport’s name until 1976 when it was changed to the Indianapolis International Airport. The vote was 3-3, which still allows the full Council to take up the proposal at its next meeting in June.
