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just got back from Chicago yesterday afternoon...
Posted by Richard Allnutt on Wed Apr 02, 2003 11:57:17 AM
In reply top Embarrased to be a Chicago native... posted by bdk on Tue Apr 01, 2003 11:19:54 AM
... and was shocked to see the news, as I had been up to Meigs the very day it happened. It's a terribly offhanded thing to do, and Daily had been fighting to get the airfield closed well before 9/11... totally ridiculous and corrupt actions! The land is incredibly valuable real estate, I wonder if there were some favours exchanged over the deal... another park really doesn't make sense, as much of the lake front is parkland already!
Chicago sure is a beautiful city though, with the most incredibly diverse and exceptional architecture. The museum of Science and Industry was pretty cool too, with the Spitfire, and bullet riddled Stuka (which most of you already know about). They also have a 727 hanging from the ceiling! The cool thing is that the 727 is "operated" every hour or so on a flight, where they go through the procedures of a flight from San Francisco to Chicago... complete with flaps deploying, ailerons, rudder and elevators moving, undercarriage retracting and reverse thrust on landing... it was very impressive! Anyway, that being said, it was a sad day for GA when Meigs got axed... bloody Daily!!!
Richard